Incubating waste innovations for a robust circular economy

Announced in June 2017 by the Resource Innovation and Solutions Network, the RISN Incubator – a business development and accelerator program – is seeking early-stage ventures that focus on solutions to waste-related challenges and work toward a circular economy.

ASU+GCSO: First-year projects impact teachers, cities, GHG emissions

Arizona State University is playing a leadership role in the Global Consortium for Sustainability Outcomes (GCSO). GCSO is an international consortium of universities that collaborate to implement and scale solutions

Art exhibit showcases nature-inspired designs

With the involvement of ASU's Biomimicry Institute, a 2017 exhibit at the Tempe Center for the Arts titled "Biomimicry: Nature Inspired Design" shows visitors an approach to problem-solving that harnesses both the practicality and beauty of nature's designs.

The Next Era of Market Finance for Resilience

In The Next Era of Market Finance for Resilience, Joyce Coffee — President of Climate Resilience Consulting and UREx SRN Management Team member — helps cities find creative ways of funding

Seizing sustainability at a time of reckoning

A Thought Leader Series Piece by Sir Crispin Tickell Sustainability is a funny idea. Why should we worry about our sustainability? The history of life is full of species that rise

New program pairs sustainability knowledge with implementation know-how

Picture the main streets of your city shielded by solar panels – would that make a summer outing downtown more comfortable? How about vertical farms on former brownfield sites down

Pairing sustainability knowledge with implementation know-how

Beginning in fall 2017, Project Cities will pair faculty and students from ASU’s School of Sustainability and other departments with a city in the greater Phoenix area. The entities will collaborate for 12 to 24 months, co-creating strategies for better environmental, economic and social balance in that community.

Teaming up to create market for waste carbon dioxide

ASU is partnering with the Center for Carbon Removal and institutions like Iowa State University, Purdue University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory with the aim of creating a market for

Congratulations to Sustainable Cities Network's Anne Reichman

The ASU Wrigley Institute is pleased to announce the promotion of Anne Reichman to director of the Sustainable Cities Network. Anne has been program manager of SCN since its inception

Market-based approach to whaling

A team of researchers including ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Founding Director, Dr. Leah Gerber, recently published a paper titled “Thinking Beyond the Moratorium: Testing the Feasibility of a Hypothetical Whaling-Conservation

Climb in global patent rankings highlights ASU's innovative spirit

ASU has jumped up 8 spots in the rankings for U.S. patents granted to universities across the globe. After earning 62 patents in 2016 alone, ASU demonstrated its niche for

Tackling wildlife poaching in South Africa

A team of scholars from ASU traveled to South Africa to establish a joint project with the University of Johannesburg. Dr. Leah Gerber, Founding Director of ASU's Center for Biodiversity Outcomes,