The worth of water

The story of the American West is a story of water, and of our Herculean efforts to capture and spread that water across an arid landscape. As our western cities

Arizona State University released its Sustainability Operations Annual Review 2012 this February. The four-panel pamphlet includes highlights about ASU’s progress in operational sustainability as well as relevant facts for each

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized Arizona State University’s Sustainable Cities Network and its efforts in educating and promoting sustainability throughout the state. On March 4, Jared Blumenfeld, the

Presentations City of Phoenix: Planning the Urban Forest Lysistrata Hall, City of Phoenix "Speak for the Trees": Developing a Tree and Shade Plan, Richard Adkins, City of Phoenix From Quartzsite

Environment and Water: Decision-support Tools for Managing Ecosystem Services in Arizona Humans benefit from a multitude of resources and services that are supplied by ecosystems. ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability

On January 24, 2013, ASU students, faculty, researchers, and members from across the Phoenix metropolitan area attended a public event titled “The Future of Energy: Brown, Clean, or In Between?”.

Authors: Kelli L. Larson (a,b), Arnim Wiek (a), Lauren Withycombe Keeler (a) Journal of Environmental Management Volume 116, 15 February 2013, Pages 58–71 Abstract In Phoenix, Arizona and other metropolitan

The Arizona Riparian Council is holding its annual meeting on April 4-6, 2013 in the Convergence Room at ASU SkySong in Scottsdale. The theme of the meeting is "Sustaining Urban

CAP Ph.D. student Juan Declet-Barreto presented research on vegetation and the urban heat island recently to a seminar of Fulbright scholars held in Phoenix. Declet-Barreto noted that a lack of

The 2013 winners of the CAP ASM student poster competition have been announced. First Place: Elizabeth Cook, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University. Runners-up: David Huber, Department of Biological

Intel's WaterMatch research partnership with CH2M Hill and DCDC is highlighted in the following article. via Green Biz by Aaron Tilley For the past year, Intel has been doing its

The Dynamics of Energy and Water for Central Arizona Agriculture Water, energy, and policy are intimately linked in the West. Irrigated agriculture is particularly sensitive to changes in the source