Learning sustainability on the ground in Nepal and China
A three-week study abroad program in Nepal and China, directed by Senior Sustainability Scientists Nalini and Netra Chhetri, connects cultures and engages students in renewable energy and sustainable development projects.
Project Cities celebrates successful fall semester at student showcase
Arizona State University Project Cities held its end-of-semester fall student showcase with the City of Glendale at ASU Wrigley Hall on November 28, 2018. Project Cities is a young program
Sustainability scientist Arianne Cease wins New Innovator Award
The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) announced today that Arianne Cease, director of the Global Locust Initiative in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, is one
Meet Sustainability junior Danielle Vermeer
Arizona State University student Danielle Vermeer has her optimistic and humanitarian outlook set on helping others. From making a difference in Phoenix to holding the title of a Peace Corps
NOAA Marine Debris Program
ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Associate Director of Biodiversity Valuation and Assessments Beth Polidoro, recently lead a Microplastic’s Risk Assessment with students in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Marine
Researchers help mitigate marine plastic pollution
ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcome Founding Director Leah Gerber and Life Sciences PhD student Miranda Bernard were participants in the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, or SESYNC, through the Plastic Pollution
Newly funded grant will address aridity effects on nutrient cycles
Global Drylands Center director Osvaldo Sala is part of a research team that recently garnered funding from the Australian Research Council. The project, entitled “Biogeochemical mismatches: Decoupling of carbon, nitrogen,
Meet sustainability junior Tammy Nguyen
Tammy Nguyen is one powerhouse of a student. Although her initial decision for her degree was to attend the University of Arizona, Nguyen decided to join Arizona State University’s School
Group effort to preserve nature in Buckeye
The White Tank Mountain Conservancy and ASU teamed up to identify how the city of Buckeye can grow without blocking wildlife’s natural corridors. ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes researcher and
Private sector, climate change impacts
ASU-Conservation International Professor of Practice David Hole, recently co-authored a paper in Nature called, “The private sector’s climate change risk and adaptation blind spots.” Abstract: The private sector is already
Fischer appointed to board of sustainable consumption organization
Assistant Professor Daniel Fischer from Arizona State University’s School of Sustainability has been appointed as a board member to SCORAI, the Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative. Fischer is a
Meet sustainability senior Sawyer Treese
School of Sustainability senior Sawyer Treese is a proud Sun Devil. Since both of his parents are Arizona State University alumni and he’s lived in Arizona his whole life, it’s