Talent and leadership for a sustainable world

On October 15, 2017, ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Founding Director Leah Gerber represented the university as a panelist in a World Business Council on Sustainable Development hosted discussion titled

Creating smart and connected coastal communities

Aiming to benefit the lives of more than a million people, the Urban Resilience to Extremes Sustainability Research Network is using an NSF Smart & Connected Communities grant to develop a plan that prepares three coastal cities for the increasing frequency and severity of storms.

Ecohydrological role of biological soil crusts in drylands

An interdisciplinary team of field ecologists and ecohydrology modelers led by Kristen Whitney studied the importance of biological soil crusts to soil water balance in drylands in their new paper

ASU, a new IUCN Red List training center

The week of October 13-18, 2017, the ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes facilitated IUCN Red List of Threatened Species training certification for 10 people from across the United States as

Incentives for Galápagos protection

ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes’ Founding Director Leah Gerber and Dean Diego Quiroga of the San Francisco de Quito University in Ecuador published a paper this week in Science magazine

The Spirit of Science brings history to life

On October 17, ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Project Manager Amy Scoville-Weaver volunteered in a unique educational event, “The Spirit of Science” at in Jacobsen Elementary in Chandler. Over 150

KS and ASU Virtual Huakaʻi Project concludes pilot phase with West Hawaiʻi schools

By KS-ASU Virtual Huaka'i Team  Kamehameha Schools is working collaboratively with Arizona State University, striving to improve education systems for Native Hawaiian learners by cultivating vital community partnerships in Hawai‘i and

Committed to action

With an exclusive invite, School of Sustainability undergraduate Yann Raymond and his thesis partner attended the 2017 Clinton Global Initiative University in Boston, Mass. The team’s “commitment to action” –

Sustainability professors named 2017 AASHE award winners

For their outstanding achievements and progress toward sustainability, School of Sustainability professors Katja Brundiers and Arnim Wiek received a Campus Sustainability Research award from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

PhD positions in interdisciplinary locust research and management at Arizona State University

The Cease Lab at Arizona State University is looking for passionate people to join our dynamic, international, and interdisciplinary team. The primary focus of our research is to connect lab

Sustainability alumnus showcases outlet meters at ASU

Unplugging unused appliances has always been a personal sustainability tip to reduce a building’s carbon footprint. But do you know how much energy is actually taken up by the coffee

New staff advances biodiversity outcomes

The ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes continues to grow, welcoming three new team members—two postdoctoral research associates in partnership with Conservation International and an associate director in partnership with the