Glendale Becomes First in Arizona to Replace Streetlights with LED Bulbs
It isn’t every day a city council gets a treat like the one Glendale enjoyed Tuesday night. The city was honored for its work to change out all of their
Illuminating gender inequality in Mexican aquaculture
Maria Cruz Torres, an anthropologist and senior sustainability scientist, has worked tirelessly for twenty years to make the efforts of Sinaloa's female shrimp traders visible – even despite the threat of personal violence.
Getting to the source of poor water management
We often think of the impacts of extreme events, like the flooding in Houston or the damage from the earthquake this year in Mexico City, as resulting from some anomalous
Teaching in the rainforest, science communication and leadership
On January 5-8, 2018, ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Founding Director Leah Gerber, along with Affiliated Faculty John Sabo and Tod Swanson, facilitated an intensive workshop titled Environmental Communication and
Assessing the value of urban agriculture
The benefits of urban agriculture may seem local and limited, but – according to a team of researchers led by ASU and Google – the collective environmental impact is significant.
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Turns Brownfield to Greenfield
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) is turning a former Brownfield site into an Environmental Education Demonstration Garden. The site, formerly called the Beeline Gravel Pit, was a raceway-turned-disposal
Biodegradable plastics made from bacteria
By employing cyanobacteria – a photosynthesis-happy bug – Senior Sustainability Scientist Taylor Weiss is making environmentally-friendly bioplastics that dissolve in a matter of months.
Linked food systems affect global governance
School of Sustainability Associate Professor Hallie Eakin is the lead author of a new article in the Ecology and Society journal. The article, titled "Transforming governance in telecoupled food systems," uses case studies
Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Pest management in coupled human-natural systems in developing countries
We invite applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with training in resource economics, quantitative human geography, land systems science, or similar. The Fellow will develop an innovative research program in
Marine reserves connectivity and global warming
ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Founding Director Leah Gerber and Faculty Associate Maria del Mar Mancha-Cisneros recently co-authored a publication led by Jorge Alvarez Romero and other conservation scientists around
Future Cities podcast episode 5: Green gentrification and urban agriculture
UREx SRN researchers Jason Sauer and Marissa Matsler talk with Portland State University associate professor of urban studies and planning, Nathan McClintock, about green gentrification in the context of urban
Water management in Brazil
One of the most pressing global challenges for sustainable development in the era of the Anthropocene is freshwater management. Water is a fundamental human necessity and essential to improve social