Sustainability scholar hosts panel at Sun Valley Institute Annual Forum
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Sustainability scholar hosts panel at Sun Valley Institute Annual Forum
The Sun Valley Forum is an annual event that "accelerates the transformation to sustainable, equitable, and secure economies and communities," according to the forum's website. Founded by Aimée Christensen, the
ASU experts highlight implications behind publication patterns in sustainability science
Sustainability scientists in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability Osvaldo Sala, Christopher Boone and Billie Turner and Arizona State University student Courtney Currier recently published a journal article,
Confronting the challenge of water shortages
As the challenges of conserving water grow and water crises are growing globally, this month-long experiment of life with water shortages showed how people might respond.
ASU project has potential to revolutionize education around the globe
Initially developed as a student engineering project, the Solar Powered Educational Learning Library (SolarSPELL) has evolved into a global humanitarian mission that has the potential to revamp the way communities
Keeping Olympic marathon spectators cool
To help city officials and the Tokyo Olympic Committee prepare for extreme heat, Jenni Vanos and Ariane Middel measured and mapped out microclimates along the marathon course to identify hot spots where spectators may face discomfort or illness.
Peoria and Project Cities lay groundwork for promising academic year
Campus tends to slow down over the summer, but not at the Sustainable Cities Network. We’re hard at work preparing for the upcoming school year with our newest Project Cities
ASU collaborates on virtual field trip to Makalawena, Hawai'i
ASU’s School of Sustainability and Center for Education Through eXploration (ETX Center) have collaborated with Kamehameha Schools on two virtual field trips to remote natural and cultural sites of Hawai'i.
Designing for community and sustainability
Design School Assistant Professors Paul Coseo and Chingwen Cheng led a group of four landscape architecture students and one design student in a project to collaboratively redesign Old Stadium Park in Hawaii.
ASU urban climatologist reveals hottest and coolest spots on Tempe campus
Urban climatologists Ariane Middel (senior sustainability scientist and assistant professor with two schools at Arizona State University) and Scott Krayenhoff did a three-year study of the Tempe campus, mapping out
When roundworms lose, carbon emissions rise
Soil food webs play a key role in supporting grassland ecosystems, which cover about one-quarter of the land on Earth. Climate change poses a threat to these environments, partly because
Pervasive polymers of the deep blue sea
Researchers at Arizona State University are finding a particularly pervasive problem with the microplastics that originate from human everyday use. Senior Sustainability Scientist Rolf Halden, director of the Biodesign Center
Refugees in Uganda learn agribusiness online
A group of 30 people are the first to take the online Agribusiness 250 course through Education for Humanity, an ASU initiative that is offering higher education to refugees in Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Uganda and Rwanda.