Peace Corps, ASU partner to provide digital libraries across the globe
SDG 4 - Quality Education
Peace Corps, ASU partner to provide digital libraries across the globe
Through this new agreement, Peace Corps Volunteers, including many recalled due to COVID-19, will curate hyper-local library content specific to the locations of their postings, to be disseminated via the SolarSPELL technology.
ASU project has potential to revolutionize education around the globe
Initially developed as a student engineering project, the Solar Powered Educational Learning Library (SolarSPELL) has evolved into a global humanitarian mission that has the potential to revamp the way communities
ASU collaborates on virtual field trip to Makalawena, Hawai'i
ASU’s School of Sustainability and Center for Education Through eXploration (ETX Center) have collaborated with Kamehameha Schools on two virtual field trips to remote natural and cultural sites of Hawai'i.
Refugees in Uganda learn agribusiness online
A group of 30 people are the first to take the online Agribusiness 250 course through Education for Humanity, an ASU initiative that is offering higher education to refugees in Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Uganda and Rwanda.
ASU–Wells Fargo Earth Day broadcast reaches more than 1.7 million people
The ASU Wrigley Institute celebrated Earth Day with an around-the-clock documentary broadcast highlighting projects and people making an impact for a sustainable tomorrow. The successful “24 Hours of Sustainability” broadcast reached 1.7 million Facebook users in 45 countries.
ASU students gamify sustainability education with Kahoot! quizzes
As part of ASU’s efforts to advance K–12 sustainability education, a student group led by School of Sustainability professor Stephanie Pfirman created a suite of Kahoot! quizzes to teach sustainability concepts including environment, food, social justice and energy.
ASU, Wells Fargo advancing K-12 sustainability education
Many students go through elementary, middle and high school without ever learning about sustainability. That needs to change — and Arizona State University is doing something about it. Accomplishing this
Confronting grand social challenges with humanities
Regents' Professor Sally Kitch launched the ASU Humanities Lab in 2017 to engage students of all disciplines with real-world problems. Kitch, a distinguished sustainability scientist in the Julie Ann Wrigley
New funding allows ASU to solidify sustainability solutions service
Arizona State University is pleased to announce the permanent establishment of the Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Service, furthering the institution’s efforts to become a global leader in sustainability
Inspiring sustainability action through virtual field trips
Virtual field trips are a next-level, but underdeveloped, educational tool. Now two sustainability scientists are putting VFT creation in the hands of students — in hopes they will inspire youth around the world to take sustainability action around the SDGs.