Mark Roseland, Professor of Community Resources and Development in ASU's Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, is lead and corresponding author on Toward Sustainable Communities: Solutions for Citizens and

Sonja Klinsky, Associate Professor in the School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures, is lead author on How needs-based assessments could advance equity in the global stocktake and beyond, a new

The inaugural Carbon Summit, hosted at ASU's Rob and Melani Walton Center for Planetary Health, served as an informative showcase of sustainable solutions spanning five themes that were all on display through presentations and panels: food systems, energy transitions, circular economies, climate adaptation, and sustainability.

The Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, TMG Think Tank for Sustainability, and the German Embassy of Washington, DC, joined together to host an event designed to identify the most pressing questions policymakers must confront as they write the forthcoming US farm bill.

In May 2023, DC Central Kitchen welcomed our cohort from the ASU Sustainable Food Systems graduate program to their facility for a tour of their operation. Located in the LEED Certified RiverPoint development, this non-profit organization’s mission is to “use food as a tool to strengthen bodies, empower minds, and build communities.”

Read on for an interview with Yujin Park, Assistant Professor in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts.

In the spring of 2023, my cohort and I had the pleasure of traveling to Washington, D.C. to meet with various policy experts as part of our Food Policy Immersive course. To kick off the week, we first met with Andrew Perry and Steve O’Neill from the USDA Office of Budget and Program Analysis (OBPA) via Zoom. They shared valuable insights with us, from where comments go when discussing topics, how addressing rulemaking can be effective (in its passage or not), and self-implementing agencies.

In this series, we’re meeting with Swette Center team members to explore their background in food systems, what they are currently working on, and their vision of food systems transformation. Read on for an interview with Courtney Buzzard, Projects and Events Coordinator.

The 14th International Congress of Orthopterology was held in Mérida, Mexico on October 16-19, 2023. Over five days we heard from excellent plenary speakers from Mexico, Australia, the United States,

Center for Biodiversity Outcomes director Leah Gerber recently published a paper in Conservation Science and Practice with colleagues Mark Shwartz and Lindsay Dreiss on the need for a national biodiversity

My students and staff exclaim – she’s off again on an international trip! Indeed. For nearly six years, I’ve been engaged as a member of the board of trustees for CIFOR-ICRAF, an international institution comprised of two merged research centers that together produce much of the world’s knowledge on trees, forests, agroforestry, and sustainable landscapes.

When I learned that my graduate cohort would be meeting with USDA Secretary Vilsack during our food policy immersion course in Washington, D.C., the gears immediately started turning in my head.