Arizona PBS highlights sustainability scientists’ work in hot cars

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Arizona PBS highlights sustainability scientists’ work in hot cars

A new segment of “Catalyst” by Arizona PBS features three Senior Sustainability Scientists in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability: Jenni Vanos, Nancy Selover and Ariane Middel. The

Sustainability scientist contributes to paper linking empathy and sustainability

John “Marty” Anderies is a senior sustainability scientist in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability and a professor and graduate director in the School of Sustainability. He is

Harnessing the power of solar to enhance the electric grid

Arizona State University researchers are set to receive a $3.6 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office to advance solar energy’s role in strengthening reliability

All hands on deck to protect Island Earth

Read the latest Thought Leader Series essay by Hawaiian master navigator Nainoa Thompson, president of the Polynesian Voyaging Society. Thompson encourages all people to come together and act for a better future for the world's children — "but we have to move quickly."

ASU partners with Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings to initiate Global KAITEKI Center

A unique center officially opened on April 3 at ASU, housed within the ASU Wrigley Institute. The Global KAITEKI Center focuses on research aimed at realizing the concept of KAITEKI — “the sustainable well-being of people, society and our planet Earth.”

Sustainability scientist to explore farm labor shortages, immigration policy

An ASU Now story discusses the complicated matrix of farm labor, wages, costs and consumer prices when it comes to getting produce onto our plates. The growers who produce that produce have been sounding the alarm in recent years that the lack of farm labor is cutting into their livelihoods and leaving crops unharvested in the fields.

Watch research seminars from the East-West Center

The Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability frequently co-sponsors events with the East-West Center in Hawaii. Videos of two of these research seminars were recently made available online for

Ten Across Water Summit examines pressing sustainability issues

Ten Across examines the U.S. Interstate 10 corridor and engages this region as a living laboratory for resilience, innovation and new narratives for the future.

Saving the world from thin air

Inspired by Senior Sustainability Scholar Klaus Lackner's machine that physically removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, three ASU grads have launched a business that focuses on creating a marketplace that incentivizes the removal of carbon.

Priming the ocean’s carbon pump

When it comes to climate change and carbon reduction, Senior Sustainability Scientist Susanne Neuer is thinking small — extremely small. The Arizona State University biological oceanographer is an expert on

Saving the world from thin air

ASU Now Senior Sustainability Scholar Klaus Lackner, director for the Center for Negative Carbon Emissions, has created a machine that physically sucks greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. This machine gave

ASU, Wells Fargo advancing K-12 sustainability education

Many students go through elementary, middle and high school without ever learning about sustainability. That needs to change — and Arizona State University is doing something about it. Accomplishing this