Returning to our roots at Hayden Flour Mills

Our ASU graduate cohort arrived at Hayden Flour Mills, our last stop of the second day on our Arizona food and farm immersion, as the sun was gently moving downwards towards the western horizon. It was peacefully quiet while we soaked in the ambiance and awaited our tour.

SPRI Associate Director completes sustainable purchasing tutorial videos for thinkfour

SPRI Associate Director Shirley-Ann Augustin-Behravesh completed a series of five videos for UK based company, thinkfour. thinkfour takes complicated ideas and makes them accessible and easy to understand for classroom

Olive fruit on the tree

A look beyond olives as oil

In early December of 2022, two dozen students from the new Food Policy and Sustainability Leadership cohort piled out of large Suburban’s, peeling off their extra layers from the early morning as they adjusted to the warm, sunny, and welcoming weather of central Arizona.

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La Cana: Restoring women with their liberties one knit at a time

Daniela Ancira, WE Empower Finalist 2021 and 2022, Latin America and the Caribbean  In her efforts to pursue fair employment opportunities for women who are incarcerated, Ancira created a company known as

Collaborating to save agriculture in Arizona

The 2022 Sustainable Food Systems graduate cohort includes individuals from different states, professional backgrounds, and experiences. The program's administrators brought us to Arizona for a week to observe agricultural operations and meet with stakeholders.

3 truths and a myth about ESG: March 2023 Sustainability Strategist

Our March newsletter features 3 truths and a myth about the CSO’s role in an era of ESG and economic turmoil, 5 women working to change the world, and an

SPRI and SPLC interviewed on E&E News about upcoming changes to federal acquisition

Nicole Darnall (SPRI Director), Steve Schooner (SPRI Global Affiliate), and our friend Sarah O'Brien with the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC), were interviewed by Jean Chemnick from E&E News ClimateWire

JRN Global Drylands Modeling Workshop 2023

The Global Drylands Center is hosting the JRN Global Drylands Modeling Workshop 2023. At the workshop, we will discuss the important processes needed to represent drylands in a low-dimensional (i.e.,

A journey to a more sustainable kitchen with Atlasta Catering

Have you ever worked in a restaurant and noticed the amount of waste produced daily? The endless cycle of taking bag after bag of trash to a dumpster at the end of each night?

SPRI student wins 2023 Doctoral Research Symposium Best Paper Award

Brian Seo, a SPRI affiliated student, won the 2023 Doctoral Research Symposium Best Paper Award at the 5th annual Watts Doctoral Research Conference. His paper, "Adopting Environmental Policies: Does the

Meet affiliated faculty Elisabeth llboudo Nébié

Read on for an interview with Elisabeth llboudo Nébié, assistant professor at the School of Human Evolution and Social Change.

Project Cities releases first impact report, measuring five years of community partnerships

Since its start in 2017, Project Cities has partnered with four local communities, engaged 38 interdisciplinary faculty members, and facilitated over 75 high-impact projects with over 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students. As we look back on a transformative five years and celebrate our recent President’s Medal for Social Embeddedness, Project Cities is excited to announce the release of its first Impact Report.