ASU mends the trails of iconic mountain on Earth Day

The largest turnout in the event's seven-year history, roughly 150 volunteers from the ASU Wrigley Institute and other organizations hit the trails of "A" Mountain – Tempe's only nature preserve – collecting up to 150 bags of trash in commemoration of Earth Day.

From a Wrigley Lecture by Michael Pollan to a Festival of Sustainability at ASU, the events of April 14 not only celebrated the evolution and accomplishments of the nation's first School of Sustainability, they spotlighted the foresight and collaborative spirit of the university as a whole.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo will begin offering a certificate in energy science in fall 2016, a program made possible through collaboration with ASU's School of Sustainability, which provided courses, syllabi and rationale from its own undergraduate certificate in energy and sustainability.

Haley Paul is a 2010 graduate of the School of Sustainability’s Master of Science in Sustainability program, as well as a former NCAA athlete for the ASU track and field

When we last spoke with Sharyn Tom, she was graduating from the School of Sustainability with a Bachelor of Science in the Economics of Sustainability. She also obtained a Bachelor

In a recent contribution to the Journal of Sustainability Education titled "On Hope and Agency in Sustainability: Lessons from Arizona State University," School of Sustainability Dean Christopher Boone examines why students are attracted to sustainability programs and how ASU prepares students to work toward a desirable future.

Ann Marie Raymondi, a 2013 graduate of the School of Sustainability's Master of Science program, has been named a NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Graduate Fellow following a rigorous selection process. Now pursuing her master’s in biology at Boise State, Raymondi will use the award to examine the effects of fire and climate change on plant communities in the sagebrush-steppe system.

Since graduating from the School of Sustainability in 2012 with a Master of Arts degree, Lucky Sharma has worked with Fortune 500 companies like Apple and US Airways. And though her name may suggest

During CNN's October Democratic presidential debate, Master of Sustainable Solutions student Anna Bettis appeared in a pre-recorded video expressing her concern about climate change and asking what candidates would do to address it.

Carbon Roots International - a company co-founded by School of Sustainability graduate Ryan Delaney and dedicated to helping rural Haitian farmers develop more efficient agricultural practices - was highlighted as a "Great Energy Challenge" grant-winner in the October issue of National Geographic magazine.

Leah Sunna is a Tempe native, School of Sustainability alum and a true advocate for helping people find connections to the environment and world around them. Sunna recalls, at a

The recently-announced winners of last fall's Smart City and Technology Innovation Challenge - a course that encouraged students to consider how the latest smart technologies could be applied to cities - included the School of Sustainability's Alex Slaymaker, who proposed an online waste-networking platform.