Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
Sortile: Using technology to redirect waste creating a sustainable future
Constanza Gomez - Co-Founder and Ceo of Sortile 2026 WE Empower UN SDG Challenge Finalist, Latin America and Caribbean Coming from Chile, Constanza Gomez grew up aware of the large
Divina Stella Maloum: Building Peace
Divina Stella Maloum - Regional Coordinator for Children For Peace 2026 WE Empower UN SDG Awardee, Sub-Saharan Africa Divina Stella Maloum is a passionate, driven entrepreneur based in Cameroon. As
Rudayna Abdo: How Thaki Empowers Children in Conflict Zones
Rudayna Abdo - Thaki Founder 2026 WE Empower UN SDG Awardee, Middle East Thaki is a nonprofit organization founded by Rudayna Abdo, focused on bringing quality education to children living
Meet affiliated faculty Angelia Seyfferth
Read on for an interview with Angelia Seyfferth, Professor in the School of Life Sciences.
Protecting the World’s Water: How Viridis is Transforming Industrial Wastewater Through Innovation
Macarena Cataldo - Viridis Founder and CEO 2026 WE Empower UN SDG Awardee, North America From Chile to Canada: A Mission Rooted in Water Justice For Macarena Cataldo, the journey
Tahina Booth: Building social change in Papua New Guinea
Tahina Booth - Founder and Managing Director of the Grass Skirt Project 2026 WE Empower UN SDG Awardee, Asia-Pacific Region Tahina Booth founded the Grass Skirt Project in 2017 to
Ramona AI: Expanding Opportunity for Job-Seekers through Fraud Protection
Daniela Camberos, Founder of Ramona AI 2026 WE Empower UN SDG Challenge Finalist, Latin America and the Caribbean As the founder of Ramona AI, Daniela Camberos is committed to expanding
Nathalie Mindus: Creating an Inclusive and Sustainable Digital Future
Nathalie Mindus - Co-Founder and CEO of MINDUS – House of Green Digital 2026 WE Empower UN SDG Challenge Finalist, Europe and North America Nathalie Mindus never set out to
Sabrina Rashid Sheonty: Making Safe Water a Birthright in Coastal Bangladesh
Sabrina Rashid Sheonty - Co-Founder and CEO of Tetra 2026 WE Empower UN SDG Challenge Finalist, Asia Pacific Region In 2018, while completing her final year in water resources engineering
Reflecting on an impactful career: A conversation with Dr. Mauricio Bellon
From the milpa fields of Mexico to the communal lands of Zimbabwe, researcher Mauricio Bellon has spent decades listening to farmers and learning from the crops they keep. After this spring semester, Mauricio will be retiring from Arizona State University and the Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems.
Model USDA 2026: A weekend debate over voluntary claims
"Overall, students walked away with valuable lessons in coalition building, negotiation, and compromise, as well as a broader understanding of the complex structures that are at the foundation of the rulemaking process."
Model USDA 2026: Making space for urban agriculture
"The room was not fractured over whether urban agriculture matters, but rather who governs it, how it’s funded and who bears responsibility when tradeoffs arise."