Sustainability Highlights magazine covers a notable 2015

For an in-depth look at what the ASU Wrigley Institute accomplished last year – including a School of Sustainability professor among the Popular Science "Brilliant 10," media visibility at the Paris Climate Conference and an international network to combat extreme weather impacts – browse our newly-released 2015 Sustainability Highlights magazine.

At a 2016 Legislative Breakfast hosted by Valley of the Sun and Tucson Regional Clean Cities Coalitions, ASU Wrigley Institute and LightWorks Director Gary Dirks was recognized as someone making a significant contribution to the Department of Energy's goals of clean air and energy security.

Concerned about the effects climate change will have on its infrastructure projects, the World Bank asked ASU's School of Sustainability to design and deliver a "how-to" on inventorying carbon emissions, which was presented in Washington, D.C. to officials from around the world.

An enlightening study abroad experience, expanded job prospects and a Fullbright Scholarship are just a few of the ways recent School of Sustainability graduate Bridget Harding's life has been influenced by her interest in Korean, which she studied throughout high school and her time at ASU.

In a May 2016 article in Huffpost Green, the directorate of the ASU Wrigley Institute contends that universities can be instrumental in closing the gap between mega-problems and their solutions by making knowledge implementation a goal, rather than knowledge generation and dissemination alone.

While the focus has been on algal biofuel, sustainability scientist Milton Sommerfeld – co-director of the Arizona Center for Algae Technology and Innovation – says the most immediate impact of algae will be in bioremediation, which uses the organisms to remove or neutralize pollutants from a contaminated site.

To help address the mounting challenges of Africa's most populous city – Lagos, Nigeria – the Global Sustainability Solutions Services of ASU’s Walton Initiatives hosted a three-day, first-of-its-kind workshop titled "Introduction to Ethical Circular Economy" at the Sustainability School Lagos.

An interdisciplinary team featuring a School of Sustainability student and faculty member has been awarded $200,000 by NASA to design and build a bread loaf-sized satellite that will investigate how human activity and weather create urban heat islands around the Valley.

In a May 2016 segment of "Is it worth it?" on FOX 10 Arizona Morning, ASU senior sustainability scientist Harvey Bryan answered frequently-asked questions about installing solar panels on a home, including detailing the types of panels, plans and providers that are available.

Strengthening Arizona State University’s commitment to innovation, ASU and Beijing Normal University have agreed to establish the Joint International Research Laboratory of Disaster Risk and Sustainability Sciences. The mission of

A joint education program between Arizona State and Beijing Normal universities allows qualified undergraduates who complete three years at BNU to transfer to ASU for their final year, with the option of pursuing a Master of Sustainability Solutions at the School of Sustainability after graduation.

The largest turnout in the event's seven-year history, roughly 150 volunteers from the ASU Wrigley Institute and other organizations hit the trails of "A" Mountain – Tempe's only nature preserve – collecting up to 150 bags of trash in commemoration of Earth Day.