Board member wins NCSE lifetime achievement award

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Board member wins NCSE lifetime achievement award

Julia Marton-Lefèvre won a lifetime achievement award from the National Council for Science and the Environment. According to NCSE, this award "honors those who have made a significant impact to our community through research, education, diplomacy and/or innovative technologies."

Oxford eco-critic Jonathan Bate takes up residence at ASU

A prominent British biographer, broadcaster, eco-critic and Shakespearean is visiting Arizona State University this spring to further elevate the university’s already top-ranked humanities research. From January to February 2019, Sir

The ethics of conservation: Should we bring back extinct species?

The losses of animal species have spurred some conservationists to do just about anything to save endangered animals and have inspired researchers to develop technology that might bring back once-extinct

New funding allows ASU to solidify sustainability solutions service

Arizona State University is pleased to announce the permanent establishment of the Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Service, furthering the institution’s efforts to become a global leader in sustainability

Inspiring sustainability action through virtual field trips

Virtual field trips are a next-level, but underdeveloped, educational tool. Now two sustainability scientists are putting VFT creation in the hands of students — in hopes they will inspire youth around the world to take sustainability action around the SDGs.

ASU engineers break solar cell record

Thanks to ASU researchers, tandem solar cells are becoming more and more efficient. Improving solar cell efficiency brings down the cost of solar electricity, which allows this source of renewable energy to become a viable option for more people.

ASU hosts international visitors to talk sustainable development in Guyana

ASU welcomed representatives from the University of Guyana, Conservation International and International Institute for Environment and Development in support of a program to advance Guyana’s sustainable economy.

Learning sustainability on the ground in Nepal and China

A three-week study abroad program in Nepal and China, directed by Senior Sustainability Scientists Nalini and Netra Chhetri, connects cultures and engages students in renewable energy and sustainable development projects.

Project Cities celebrates successful fall semester at student showcase

Arizona State University Project Cities held its end-of-semester fall student showcase with the City of Glendale at ASU Wrigley Hall on November 28, 2018. Project Cities is a young program

Sustainability scientist Arianne Cease wins New Innovator Award

The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) announced today that Arianne Cease, director of the Global Locust Initiative in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, is one

Newly funded grant will address aridity effects on nutrient cycles

Global Drylands Center director Osvaldo Sala is part of a research team that recently garnered funding from the Australian Research Council. The project, entitled “Biogeochemical mismatches: Decoupling of carbon, nitrogen,

Fischer appointed to board of sustainable consumption organization

Assistant Professor Daniel Fischer from Arizona State University’s School of Sustainability has been appointed as a board member to SCORAI, the Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative. Fischer is a