ASU and UNAM join forces for microgrid boot camp
In March 2017, doctoral students from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) joined NEPTUNE student veterans on ASU's Polytechnic campus for a week-long, intensive microgrid boot-camp. Over a 40-hour period, boot
Tony Brazel Awarded Jeffrey Cook Prize!
Tony Brazel has been awarded the 2017 Jeffrey Cook Prize for Desert Architecture. This prize, sponsored by the Jeffrey Cook Foundation, was awarded at Ben-Gurion University during the workshop on “The challenges of
Ecological Society of America chooses fellow from ASU
Selected for her pioneering efforts to integrate marine ecology and conservation science into tenable policy and decision-making tools, Senior Sustainability Scientist Leah Gerber, founding director of ASU’s Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, has been named a 2017 ESA Fellow.
ASU welcomes Professors of Practice
Next week, the ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes (CBO), in partnership with Conservation International (CI), will welcome six scientists from CI’s Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans as
Going global: ASU grad students tackle challenges around the world
Saurabh Biswas likes to ensure that no good ideas, or sunlight, go to waste. That’s why the School of Sustainability PhD student created Sustainable Rio Claro 2020 – a sustainability
SPRI informs City of Phoenix on green purchases
Arizona State University’s School of Public Affairs is collaborating with the City of Phoenix to help the city make more environmentally friendly purchases to reduce its impact. The team of
Phoenix gets a guide to greener procurement from ASU
Sustainability experts Nicole Darnall and Lily Hsueh were among the half-dozen ASU faculty to host focus group interviews with City of Phoenix procurement specialists, then provide recommendations that will help the city make more eco-friendly purchasing decisions.
Featured Research – Chester
A Simulation Platform to Enhance Infrastructure and Community Resilience to Extreme Heat Events: This summer Mikhail Chester and ASU colleagues Ariane Middel, David Hondula, along with David Eisenman of UCLA
High Antarctic temperatures provide insight to ASU scientist
ASU Professor and Distinguished Sustainability Scientist Randy Cerveny announced in March 2017 that Antarctica has reached record-breaking warm temperatures – in some places over 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Cerveny, a Rapporteur of Climate
Visioning a Community Garden at Tempe Academy of International Studies
From August 2015 to May 2016, students enrolled in the project-based, modular learning (ProMod) sustainability program worked with the Tempe Academy of International Studies to create a vision and plan
Reflections on the San Juan Futures Scenario Workshop / Reflexiones sobre el Taller de Escenarios Futuros de San Juan
On February 3rd, we held our first UREx SRN Scenarios Workshop in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Joining the San Juan City Team and the Scenarios Working Group were about 45
Harvey Miller to give Comeaux Lecture, March 14
16th Annual Malcolm Comeaux Lecture: Harvey Miller Tuesday, March 14 at 5pm Big Data for Healthy Places: Building Healthier Environments through Opportunistic GIScience Harvey Miller, DIrector of the Center for