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.

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.

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.

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,