Phoenix riverbed primed for transformation

Inspired by the river walk in San Antonio, U.S. Senator John McCain plans to transform the entire Salt River bottom with help from ASU. Rio Salado 2.0 will run through

Sitting first among institutions with more than 10,000 students and seventh overall, ASU is recognized in the 2017 edition of Sierra magazine's annual "Cool Schools" ranking for its commitment to upholding high environmental standards.

GreenLight Solutions – a consulting organization started by ASU School of Sustainability students – has partnered with nonprofit Build Us HOPE to assist those experiencing homelessness. In August 2017, members of

Albert Kyi is entering the 11th grade this fall at Grace Church High School in New York City, NY, and has demonstrated a passion for innovation and sustainability far beyond

Focusing on issues like the impacts of land-use change and the ecology of desertification, ASU's Global Drylands Center – a unit of the ASU Wrigley Institute – will engage key actors of dryland stewardship in developing use-inspired research, training and solutions for arid ecosystems around the world.

This June, ASU signed its second Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Tribhuvan University (TU) in Kathmandu, Nepal, furthering a five-year partnership. The partnership dates back to 2012, when ASU Senior

Eight people spend a month in the Mojave desert without AC – and with only four gallons of water a day. This was the premise of Drylab, an “extreme experiential

Making ASU the largest recipient of funding in the 2017 Photovoltaics Research category, ASU researchers – including three sustainability scientists – received $4.3 million in Department of Energy SunShot Awards for their work to make solar cost-competitive.

Over the summer of 2017, a group of ASU sustainability and engineering students traveled to the Hindu Kush region of the Himalayas to help local farmers make their operations viable year-round using solar energy – eliminating the need for them to migrate.

A team from Arizona State University, led by ASU Lightworks® Director Bill Brandt, wrapped up a week-long series of meetings with Bulgarian institutions in Sofia, Bulgaria. These meetings established collaborative

Calling her a “sustainability pioneer,” Sally Ranney of the American Renewable Energy Institute presented Julie Ann Wrigley with an award on American Renewable Energy Day – a recognition of the leap of faith Wrigley took when investing in the country’s first School of Sustainability.

Aimed at making it easier for cities to “buy green," ASU's new Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative created eight real-world recommendations that can be used by city officials considering environmentally-friendly products – from light bulbs to carpeting.