June 24: Match yourself and your students to real projects in Peoria

SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities

June 24: Match yourself and your students to real projects in Peoria

Scientists and scholars are invited to join Project Cities and the City of Peoria to co-develop class projects for the 2021-2022 academic year. The program is designed to support most class formats and work across disciplines.

Earth Day AZ beautified the landscape and inspired residents

Earth Day was something special in Arizona this year: it was a united movement of celebration and action. 10 Mayors and communities across the state joined together for Earth Day

"Everything Change" anthology discussed in KJZZ podcast

The discussion includes Joey Eschrich, one of the editors, Jules Hogan whose work is featured in the anthology, and Kelly Lydick who served as a judge of the contest that shaped the collection.

Housing is Health Care: New Morrison Institute report

It's considerably less costly to provide permanent supportive housing to people with chronic mental illness than if they experience frequent homelessness, a Morrison Institute report released May 12 concludes.

May 12: The impact of supportive housing on the costs of chronic mental illness

Sustainability scholar Chrissie Bausch and scientist Jonathan Koppell are among the featured presenters for this noontime event, "Housing is Health Care," presented by ASU's Morrison Institute for Public Policy

GovLove podcast highlights student led sustainability planning effort

For four years, Project Cities has acted as a convener for students and local government leaders to collaborate to tackle real-world sustainability problems and develop professional skills. As we wrap up

New book: Resilient Urban Futures

Just released, "Resilient Urban Futures," an open access book that addresses the way in which urban and urbanizing regions profoundly impact and are impacted by climate change. An exciting collaboration among members of ASU's Urban Resilience to Extremes SRN.

10 AZ Mayors Unite to Honor Earth Day 2021 and Advance Regional Sustainability Efforts

Ten Arizona Mayors pledged to partake in a statewide celebration of Earth Day this April. Their video message, as well as an extensive list of Earth Day events and activities,

Mayors Across Arizona Join Together to Celebrate Earth Day AZ

Press Release: April 19, 2021 Mayors Across Arizona Join Together to Celebrate Earth Day AZ Ten Arizona mayors are joining together to celebrate Earth Day AZ, a new statewide collaboration

Recap: Measuring impact using the Sustainable Development Goals framework

  On Wednesday, March 24, Project Cities Program Manager Steve Russell was joined by Dr. Gregory Broberg, community partners Tracie Hlavinka (Town of Clarkdale) and Jay Davies (City of Peoria),

Study of ancient cities can offer lessons for today

ASU researchers suggest urbanists shouldn't forget the past when studying the future. Complexity scientists studying urbanism need to take a historical perspective, according to Jose Lobo and his co-authors.

ASU launches Sustainable Maryvale StoryMap

The tool demonstrates how we can localize the Sustainable Development Goals using six forms of Community Capital to redirect local systems toward community sustainability, and how this approach can be replicated in neighborhoods across the US and beyond.