ASU named among 2017 be Waste Wise Pioneers

"This year, we are introducing a new category of be Waste Wise Pioneers, which includes universities & media. We analyzed 900 social media accounts to find this year's Pioneers, an increase from 750

Meet Our Alumni: Joe Fullerton

Joe Fullerton graduated from the School of Sustainability with an Executive Master of Sustainability Leadership in May 2017. Fullerton, already working as the Energy and Sustainability Manager at San Mateo

Advancing conservation partnerships in Colombia

In July 2017, a delegation of the ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes faculty, professors of practice, postdoctoral research associates and students attended the Partnerships for Conservation workshop sponsored by the

Professor Grimm, new American Geophysical Union Fellow

Nancy Grimm, ASU School of Life Sciences professor and Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Affiliate Faculty, was recently named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. This recognition is awarded to

Faculty Affiliate Spotlight: Tod Swanson

Tod Swanson is a Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Faculty Affiliate and Professor in The School of History Philosophy and Religious Studies. He studies language of indigenous people and how language

ASU and TU Sign MOU to expand university partnership

This June, ASU signed its second Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Tribhuvan University (TU) in Kathmandu, Nepal, furthering a five-year partnership. The partnership dates back to 2012, when ASU Senior

ASU Sustainability and Design Team Develop Award-Winning Project in Hawai’i

Since August 2016, an interdisciplinary team of ASU design and sustainability students and faculty have been working on a group project called “Water is Life” with local Hawai’ians to imagine

A water experiment to remember

Eight people spend a month in the Mojave desert without AC – and with only four gallons of water a day. This was the premise of Drylab, an “extreme experiential

ASU-CI: A transformational partnership

The ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes (CBO) and Conservation International (CI) unveiled a video featuring CBO’s Distinguished Professor of Practice and CI’s new CEO, M. Sanjayan, describing the transformational potential

A funny thing happened on the way to the job market

A Thought Leader Series Piece by Christopher Boone Note: This essay originally appeared in several newspapers in the Valley and across the country. Deans of colleges and schools have an annual ritual.

ASU researchers receive accolades for solar energy research

Making ASU the largest recipient of funding in the 2017 Photovoltaics Research category, ASU researchers – including three sustainability scientists – received $4.3 million in Department of Energy SunShot Awards for their work to make solar cost-competitive.

Solar-powered system helps provide water beyond the annual rainy season

Over the summer of 2017, a group of ASU sustainability and engineering students traveled to the Hindu Kush region of the Himalayas to help local farmers make their operations viable year-round using solar energy – eliminating the need for them to migrate.