A Thought Leader Series Piece By James Hansen Note: James Hansen is the former director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and is an adjunct professor at Columbia

The Sustainability Solutions Festival returned to Phoenix in February 2016, extending programming to two weeks of events that brought together global sustainability thought leaders and organizations to celebrate and award entrepreneurs, designers and creative thinkers.

Pitu Mirchandani, School of Sustainability Pitu was named as a fellow to the Insinstitute For Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) for his fundamental research contributions about various aspects of transportation and

ASU's Wrigley Institute is developing an ‘Introduction to Circular Economy’ program that will introduce students to circular economy principles and implementation strategies. Students will be able to pursue a professional certification

Arizona State University was announced as a Pioneer University of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's prestigious international Circular Economy 100 (CE100) network. ASU is the first university to join with a

James Hansen, renowned for seeing the threat of catastrophic climate change during his long career as NASA’s chief climatologist, delivered a February 2016 Wrigley Lecture about recent climate change developments and how we can fix the problem.

Rolf Halden  Chemicals and pesticides used within homes, agriculture and industries pour into our environment. Unfortunately, the poor effects of these compounds on the human and ecological environments are often

Martin Pasqualetti Pasqualetti explored the social and cultural disparities of the Navajo Nation as they have the greatest potential, in comparison with every tribe in the United States, to lead

 Karen Carter A rhetoric and linguistics graduate student and member of the Global Devleopment Research Program with the School of Sustainability, received the USAID Research and Innovation Fellowship that allowed

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo will begin offering a certificate in energy science in fall 2016, a program made possible through collaboration with ASU's School of Sustainability, which provided courses, syllabi and rationale from its own undergraduate certificate in energy and sustainability.

Jin Jo – who earned the first PhD in sustainability in the nation from ASU's School of Sustainability – is part of a trio of Illinois State University faculty working in renewable energy

In January 2016, ASU welcomed 24 exchange graduate students from the U.S.-Pakistan Centers for Advanced Studies in Energy – a program directed by Senior Sustainability Scientist Sayfe Kiaei that is dedicated to researching and developing solutions for Pakistan’s unique energy needs.