Municipal sludge holds hints to human health risks

Research from sustainability scientist Rolf Halden's lab suggests that potentially hazardous chemicals found in humans are found in similar proportion in municipal biosolids, making sludge a useful indicator of human exposure and bioaccumulation.

In the first of two articles, Scott G. McNall and George Basile explain why we need a new narrative for sustainability, one grounded in how humans make decisions and also in how the world we live in works.

The four-year partnership will establish the Center for Resource Intelligence to more effectively manage the city's resources and create economic value through research, development, education, and solutions services.

Overharvest by commercial whaling has been a well-recognized world threat to stable whale populations since the International Whaling Commission (IWC) issued a moratorium against commercial whaling in 1986. However, because

In a Future Tense article for Slate magazine, ASU’s James Elser and Bruce Rittmann propose a three-part solution to dwindling supplies of the fertilizer ingredient phosphorous in the face of a growing demand for food production.

Together with GreenBiz and The Sustainability Consortium, ASU's Sustainability Solutions Festival will bring leaders in sustainable business, renewable energy, research, humanities, and innovation during one week of local events.

School of Sustainability graduate Rud Moe is the hospital sustainability specialist for Stericycle, organizing safe recycling and disposal of hospital waste products.

A native of Mexico, School of Sustainability graduate Emma Huizar-Felix hopes to return home to implement sustainability practices and consult for local businesses.

Mariela Castaneda is a water resource specialist at the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR), a job she attained following an internship there during her senior year at Arizona State

School of Sustainability master's graduate Andrea Baty develops employee engagement programs, finds volunteer opportunities, and devises sustainability strategies for the Sportswear division of VF Corporation, an $11 billion clothing company.

Daniel Culotta is organizing a team of city officials, stakeholders, and planning experts to devise the city's first-ever integrative sustainability master plan using existing evidence and community participation.

Doctoral graduate Rajesh Buch is a practice lead with the Sustainability Solutions Extension Service, organizing students and faculty members into consulting groups for private and public sustainability projects.