Hope for the sustainability of American suburbs

In his latest book, "The Future of the Suburban City," Senior Sustainability Scholar Grady Gammage explains why suburbs show promise in the era of climate change and provides examples of cities that are making strides toward resilience.

The worst locust outbreak Argentina had experienced in 60 years brought Arianne Cease, a School of Sustainability professor and locust expert, to that country to discuss rapid responses to swarms – the motivation behind her Global Locust Consortium.

In a recent contribution to Christian Science Monitor, School of Sustainability alumnus Christa Brelsford writes that solutions to today's water problems lie with a complex systems approach to water management.

Common-pool resources – like water, air and the internet – are no stranger to debate, say the two sustainability scientists behind the latest edition of the book "Sustaining the Commons," but are also not without solutions.

In a two-week course this fall, ASU students will have the opportunity to earn credit while getting first-hand insight from the two senior staff members who led the Senate environment subcommittee during the 1970s – the so-called "Golden Age."

For the fourth year in a row, the School of Sustainability sponsored a study abroad excursion to Morocco, a place whose unique cultures with differing priorities illustrate to student participants the complexities of sustainable development.

In June of 2016, ASU hosted its third institute to explore how modern concepts of sustainability relate to Aldo Leopold – a man who was "one of the springboards for environmental ethics," according to Senior Sustainability Scientist Joan McGregor.

According to an ASU study led by Senior Sustainability Scientist Kevin Gurney, federal data on power-plant carbon dioxide emissions is significantly flawed and undermines efforts to strengthen the clean-energy trend.

To meet an increasing demand for sustainability education, the School of Sustainability has made its popular undergraduate programs – the Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts and 18-credit minor – available at ASU's Polytechnic campus.

Leonardo Beltrán Rodríguez, undersecretary for planning and energy transition under Mexico’s Secretary of Energy, is managing the most significant reform of Mexico’s energy sector in more than 70 years –

Upon analyzing water-use records for properties throughout several neighborhoods in Goodyear, Arizona, Senior Sustainability Scientist Elizabeth Wentz found that houses in homeowners associations used much less water than those that were not.

This 2016 documentary by a team of seven ASU students, under the direction of sustainability scientist Peter Byck, explores why a Saudi Arabian-owned farming operation is growing hay year-round in the desert of Arizona and what this means for the state's water security.