Searching for pests with USDA
Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
Searching for pests with USDA
This past fall, the ASU Sustainable Food Systems cohort visited the APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine facility in Yuma, Arizona. APHIS is an agency within the United States Department of Agriculture that oversees and initiates response pertaining to animal health, animal welfare and plant health.
Earth Day AZ 2023 Celebrates Community Resilience
Join mayors from around Arizona in celebrating Earth Day AZ 2023! This statewide collaboration campaign highlights the many ways Arizona communities support the Earth with the goal of inspiring residents
RatedPower: Merging tech and engineering to bring a new name to renewable energy
Sustainable Cities and Communities In the interests of preserving the natural world and helping communities grow in an efficient and safe manner, pvDesign has contributed to 20,000 project developments all
Returning to our roots at Hayden Flour Mills
Our ASU graduate cohort arrived at Hayden Flour Mills, our last stop of the second day on our Arizona food and farm immersion, as the sun was gently moving downwards towards the western horizon. It was peacefully quiet while we soaked in the ambiance and awaited our tour.
SPRI Associate Director completes sustainable purchasing tutorial videos for thinkfour
SPRI Associate Director Shirley-Ann Augustin-Behravesh completed a series of five videos for UK based company, thinkfour. thinkfour takes complicated ideas and makes them accessible and easy to understand for classroom
A look beyond olives as oil
In early December of 2022, two dozen students from the new Food Policy and Sustainability Leadership cohort piled out of large Suburban’s, peeling off their extra layers from the early morning as they adjusted to the warm, sunny, and welcoming weather of central Arizona.
La Cana: Restoring women with their liberties one knit at a time
Daniela Ancira, WE Empower Finalist 2021 and 2022, Latin America and the Caribbean In her efforts to pursue fair employment opportunities for women who are incarcerated, Ancira created a company known as
Collaborating to save agriculture in Arizona
The 2022 Sustainable Food Systems graduate cohort includes individuals from different states, professional backgrounds, and experiences. The program's administrators brought us to Arizona for a week to observe agricultural operations and meet with stakeholders.
SPRI and SPLC interviewed on E&E News about upcoming changes to federal acquisition
Nicole Darnall (SPRI Director), Steve Schooner (SPRI Global Affiliate), and our friend Sarah O'Brien with the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC), were interviewed by Jean Chemnick from E&E News ClimateWire
JRN Global Drylands Modeling Workshop 2023
The Global Drylands Center is hosting the JRN Global Drylands Modeling Workshop 2023. At the workshop, we will discuss the important processes needed to represent drylands in a low-dimensional (i.e.,
A journey to a more sustainable kitchen with Atlasta Catering
Have you ever worked in a restaurant and noticed the amount of waste produced daily? The endless cycle of taking bag after bag of trash to a dumpster at the end of each night?
SPRI student wins 2023 Doctoral Research Symposium Best Paper Award
Brian Seo, a SPRI affiliated student, won the 2023 Doctoral Research Symposium Best Paper Award at the 5th annual Watts Doctoral Research Conference. His paper, "Adopting Environmental Policies: Does the