Project Desert Canopy: Air Quality in Southwest Forests
Project Summary A multi-state project funded by the USDA Forest Service to conduct urban forestry ecosystem services assessments in partnering communities. This project utilized i-Tree Eco to capture baseline data
'Slow life' in the big city
An ASU study featuring two sustainability scientists finds that, contrary to popular belief, big cities can lead residents to delay gratification in favor of slower behaviors like long-term romantic relationships, having fewer children and investing more in education.
Graduate students discuss climate justice
Bringing together ASU and University of Arizona graduate students, School of Sustainability professor Hallie Eakin and renowned climate change expert Diana Liverman led a workshop on addressing the needs of vulnerable communities and future generations.
Chinese scholars learn to think sustainably at ASU
Attracted to ASU because of its reputation in Chinese academia for research leadership, 16 students from Beijing's Beihang University attended a two-week School of Sustainability workshop and learned a new way of systems thinking to analyze complex sustainability problems.
Wisdom from the Director’s Lava Lamp
Dear CAPpers: As we begin a new year, a new phase of CAP, and a strange new world, I have some news and important information to pass along. First, many
How collecting human waste supports planetary sustainability
As the world's population continues to migrate toward cities, the ability to point out potential public health concerns becomes increasingly relevant – a task that Senior Sustainability Scientist Rolf Halden and his colleagues are tackling by gathering and testing human waste.
GREEN Program offers short-term, experiential opportunities abroad
The GREEN program offers interested students short-term, experiential learning opportunities in Iceland, Peru, Japan, and Hawai'i. Each program is designed around the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals with an
NEPTUNE enters Phase II of veteran engagement, energy innovation
The Naval Enterprise Partnership Teaming with Universities for National Excellence initiative has grown to a $3 million, three-year program providing funding to four universities, including ASU, to improve energy technology within the Navy and Marine Corps.
Dr. Gerber named Fellow of Ecological Society of America
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 Fellow of the Ecological Society of America.
ASU campaign to enhance discovery, success, community
Its first comprehensive fundraising campaign, the university has officially launched Campaign ASU 2020, which coincides with the 2020 strategic vision of the ASU Wrigley Institute to scale sustainability solutions with likeminded partners around the world.
The benefits of bringing the outdoors in
Our predominately-indoor lifestyles prevent us from reaping many of nature's benefits – recent Sustainability Series speakers tell ASU Wrigley Institute guests – listing enhanced productivity, reduced blood pressure and parasympathetic healing among them.
JCLP Special Volume Published on Leadership towards Sustainability
An international team of professors, including Senior Sustainability Scientist George Basile, made up the editorial team of a recently published “Special Volume” of the Journal of Cleaner Production – the