Call for proposals - BGU and ASU faculty

The Global Drylands Center at ASU invites scientists at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to submit proposals for collaboration with Ben-Gurion University in Israel. Download full request for

#1 in innovation for three consecutive years

For the third year in a row, Arizona State University tops U.S. News and World Report's list of “most innovative schools” in the nation – a recognition of the university’s groundbreaking initiatives, partnerships, programs and research in fields like sustainability.

Conservation solutions for sustainable fisheries

On September 6, 2017, ASU-Conservation International Professor of Practice Jack Kittinger and Postdoctoral Research Associate Elena Finkbeiner facilitated a presentation on recent findings from sustainability science that are helping transform

New book provides a pathway towards international cooperation and sustainability

Sustainability Scientist Martin Pasqualetti is one of three editors on a book now out from Routledge titled The Routledge Research Companion to Energy Geographies. The book provides a pathway toward

Hurricane Harvey – a Tragic Yet Teachable Moment

Joyce Coffee – President of Climate Resilience Consulting and a UREx SRN Management Team member – wrote a captivating piece about the recent devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey in Triple

How to weather calamities like Harvey and Irma

According to Charles Redman – founding director of ASU’s School of Sustainability and leader of the Urban Resilience to Extreme Weather Related Events Sustainability Research Network – new ideas on how to build more resilient cities focus on working with nature rather than trying to master it.

Executive Team members present 6 rules for rebuilding after ‘unprecedented’ weather events

The UREx SRN’s Thaddeus Miller, a social scientist, and Mikhail Chester, an engineer, lay out six rules for investing in infrastructure during a time of ‘unprecedented’ weather events. Considering U.S.

ASU undergraduate intern awarded by Idaho National Laboratory

Brianna Fornes, an undergraduate at Arizona State University, was recently awarded Best Technical Presentation by the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). This award highlights her work during a summer internship at

Making cities more resilient after Harvey and Irma

The UREx SRN’s Charles Redman talks with ASU Now about how to better prepare for events like Harvey and Irma and how the UREx network is developing tools to make cities

Sustainable Cities Network (SCN) Partner News – City of Glendale Desert Food Forest

Earlier this summer, the City of Glendale Water Services Department sponsored three “Hotel Saguaro” puppet shows during the Glendale Library’s busy summer reading program. A unique pre-show activity called “Taste Your

Apache Junction becomes inaugural partner of ASU’s Project Cities

Nestled at the foot of the Superstition Mountains, Apache Junction is strategically positioned as the eastern gateway into the Greater Phoenix metro area and the western entry to the Tonto

Apache Junction becomes inaugural partner of ASU’s Project Cities

Nestled at the foot of the Superstition Mountains, Apache Junction is strategically positioned as the eastern gateway into the Greater Phoenix metro area and the western entry to the Tonto