ASU on the forefront of a Great Transition

There is a Great Transition underway, a colossal shift from fossil fuels to wind, plants, natural processes and our sun. It’s born from technological innovation and necessity. If humanity continues

Student helps expand bike share program, LEED certification in Phoenix neighborhood

During a four month internship, Ethan McCloskey, a Bachelor of Science student at the School of Sustainability, used his drive and work ethic to participate in the Stardust Affordable Housing

Julie Ann Wrigley creates new sustainability scholarship

Julie Ann Wrigley, in partnership with ASU President Michael Crow, created a new scholarship that will be awarded to an ASU School of Sustainability student each year to support an education, research or service activity that prepares them to address a specific sustainability challenge.

Guyana: ASU to support ExxonMobil Foundation US$10 million sustainability investment

A new collaboration established between ExxonMobil Foundation, Conservation International and the University of Guyana promises to advance sustainable employment and conservation in the region, as announced yesterday in a Houston

Meet sustainability alumna Genevieve Pearthree

Arizona State University School of Sustainability alumna Genevieve Pearthree knew what she wanted to do in a career and forged her own educational path to get there. After creating her

Future Cities podcast episode 12: Green Stormwater Management Across Three U.S. Cities

In this episode, Stephen Elser sits down with Drs. Lauren McPhillips and Marissa Matsler to talk about their recent paper published in Frontiers in Built Environment entitled "Temporal Evolution of

Nature at ASU: Undergraduate nature enthusiasts join forces

ASU undergraduate students who have a love for nature and the environment can join Nature at ASU.  This student-led organization helps connect students with education and career opportunities in a variety

News from the Field: Douglas Lawton in Australia!

Douglas Lawton, Global Locust Initiative member and Arizona State University doctoral student, is spending the summer in Australia. Douglas studies landscape variables that affect the behavior of Australian plague locusts,

ASU sustainability alumnus gears up for carbon-neutral road trip

To Arizona State University alumnus John Martinson, “range anxiety” — the fear of becoming stranded in an electric vehicle after the battery dies — is a state of mind, not

Graduate student rides the solar curve to a Master of Sustainability Solutions

Devon Rood completed her Solar Duck Curve and Sustainable Storage Options project in April 2018 as the culminating project for her Master of Sustainability Solutions (MSUS) degree. Working with Arizona

Real-World Learning Experiences site helps professors teach hands-on sustainability

As a professor, it can be hard to implement real-world projects and activities into lesson plans. That’s why a team of Arizona State University sustainability researchers, staff and students created

ASU participates in Women Political Leaders Summit

Earlier this June, Amanda Ellis, Director of Strategic Partnerships for Arizona State University’s Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, attended the annual Women Political Leaders Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.