Largest community of ecologists names ASU scientist its 2019 president

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Largest community of ecologists names ASU scientist its 2019 president

The members of the Ecological Society of America have elected Osvaldo Sala – founding director of Arizona State University's Global Drylands Center – to a three-year term on the ESA governing board.

ASU hosts Environmental Humanities workshop

In January 2018, over 40 participants from universities around the world gathered at ASU for a workshop co-sponsored by the Environmental Humanities Initiative and the PLuS Alliance. The workshop focused on

Habitat for Humanity CEO talks to KJZZ about affordable housing

While Habitat for Humanity CEO Jonathan Reckford was in Phoenix as a speaker for the Wrigley Lecture Series, he stopped by the public radio station KJZZ to talk about the

Retailers rise with the tide of responsible products

$200 billion worth of consumer products are now managed using tools created by The Sustainability Consortium – an organization run by ASU and the University of Arkansas – according to the consortium's 2017 impact report.

Housing is critical to equitable and inclusive cities

A Thought Leader Series Piece by Jonathan Reckford Note: Habitat for Humanity CEO Jonathan Reckford gave a Wrigley Lecture titled "Housing for Inclusive and Equitable Cities" in January 2018. With 60

Survival strategies for the 21st century city

Senior Sustainability Scientist Shade Shutters garnered interest in 'green decision tools' by rebranding them as 'innovation and creative economy tools' – one of the insights he shared at a Future Tense event called “Will our Cities Survive the 21st Century?"

Professor says crisis should serve as 'wakeup call'

As Cape Town, South Africa nears “Day Zero” when authorities turn off the taps — expected in the first half of April 2018 — Senior Sustainability Scientist Dave White expresses the pressing need to adapt urban water systems to stresses like climate change.

EMSL graduate hired as executive director

Jessica Morrison, a School of Sustainability graduate who earned an Executive Master of Sustainability Leadership degree, has been chosen as Resource Conservation Partners's new executive director.  Resource Conservation Partners is a

Pioneering planetary management

ASU Now With the goal of harnessing the innovative capacity of academia and developing options for the sound management of our planet, ASU President Michael Crow announced the launch of the Global

Glendale Becomes First in Arizona to Replace Streetlights with LED Bulbs

It isn’t every day a city council gets a treat like the one Glendale enjoyed Tuesday night. The city was honored for its work to change out all of their

Illuminating gender inequality in Mexican aquaculture

Maria Cruz Torres, an anthropologist and senior sustainability scientist, has worked tirelessly for twenty years to make the efforts of Sinaloa's female shrimp traders visible – even despite the threat of personal violence.

Getting to the source of poor water management

We often think of the impacts of extreme events, like the flooding in Houston or the damage from the earthquake this year in Mexico City, as resulting from some anomalous