By Erin Rugland The City of Peoria recently finalized a contract with energy efficiency and renewable energy company, Ameresco, Inc. This partnership will include energy efficiency retrofits of thirteen different

A team from Arizona State University, led by ASU Lightworks® Director Bill Brandt, wrapped up a week-long series of meetings with Bulgarian institutions in Sofia, Bulgaria. These meetings established collaborative

Calling her a “sustainability pioneer,” Sally Ranney of the American Renewable Energy Institute presented Julie Ann Wrigley with an award on American Renewable Energy Day – a recognition of the leap of faith Wrigley took when investing in the country’s first School of Sustainability.

A team of researchers at Arizona State University have launched a project to make it easier for cities to “buy green.” The “Advancing Green Purchasing in Local Governments” initiative is

Aimed at making it easier for cities to “buy green," ASU's new Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative created eight real-world recommendations that can be used by city officials considering environmentally-friendly products – from light bulbs to carpeting.

The Environmental Humanities Initiative (EHI) networks faculty and students from across 22 units at ASU and is rapidly expanding its international partnerships. This was evident at the recent Conference of

"Sustainability is the ability to understand the intricacies of connected systems, and from that understanding, being able to make decisions as if I were going to be around here forever."

"Sustainability is the balance between economics, society, and the environment – a true balance." Danielle Van Vleet, a 2013 Sustainability Bachelor of Arts graduate, emphasizes the importance of balance in

"Sustainability is everything. You can apply it to law, you can apply it to business, you can apply it to sports management, you can apply it to education, outreach, activism,

"Sustainability is pursuing a different path that ensures current generations and future generations can enjoy the benefits of ecosystem processes that nature provides for us, while at the same time

"Sustainability provides us the tools and the opportunities in order to enable a more fruitful and sustainable outcome." Senior sustainability scholar and School of Sustainability instructor Colin Tetreault describes what sustainability can

"Sustainability is taking care of people. It means living in a way that we can continue to live and have a good quality of life." Payton Collins, a 2015 graduate