Scientist to join high-powered leaders as an Aspen Institute fellow
An appointment typically given to civic and business leaders, researcher Cody Friesen is named to the 2015 team of Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellows, a values-based leadership training program focused on overcoming society’s greatest challenges.
CBO to sponsor ESA panel on youth engagement in conservation
CBO will sponsor a panel discussion at the 2015 Ecological Society of America annual meeting. The panel will explore the obstacles underserved youth face in pursuing ecological education at the
ASU receives recycling bin grant from Coca-Cola, Keep America Beautiful
Arizona State University is the recipient of a 2015 recycling bin grant from the national nonprofit Keep America Beautiful and the Coca-Cola Foundation. More than 3,600 recycling bins are being distributed
ASU hosts first sustainability conference for legal educators
More than 60 law professors from around the country gathered at ASU for its inaugural Sustainability Conference of American Legal Educators, hosted by The Program on Law and Sustainability, for panels on issues including climate-change policy, natural-resources law, agricultural and food regulation, and disaster law.
Everyday citizens given a voice on climate and energy policy
On June 6, World Wide Views - a one-day international event attended by more than 5,000 people - invites participants to share their views on climate change and energy so they can be incorporated into the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris this December.
Q&A with Osvaldo Sala (Video)
"We think that a system is sustainable when it is expected to continue supplying services to humanity through time," says Distinguished Sustainability Scientist Osvaldo Sala, who discusses his research and the nature of sustainability science in this month's Q&A.
How ‘Cli-Fi’ Promotes Sustainable Awareness
Can a story trigger social movement? What is the role of imagination in society’s’ response to climate change? On April 2, ASU‘s Manjana Milkoreit moderated a panel event sponsored by
CBO embarks on educational partnership in Hawaii
The Center for Biodiversity Outcomes is supporting exploration of a partnership with the Whale Trust, and Lahainaluna High School (LHS), in Lahaina, HI Recently CBO director, Leah Gerber and PhD
ASU earns Tree Campus USA honor
Arizona State University was recently honored with a 2014 Tree Campus USA award, which Gov. Doug Ducey presented to the ASU Grounds Services/Arboretum crew at the Arizona Capitol on April
Presentation: Nancy Grimm delivers 30th annual Eugene P. Odum lecture at UGA
Professor Nancy Grimm delivered the 30th Annual Eugene P. Odum lecture at the University of Georgia. Grimm presented a talk that synthesized her more than 35 years of research in
SD Mines, Arizona State University Pave Way for Cooperative Research
RAPID CITY, S.D. and TEMPE, Ariz. (April 23, 2015) – The South Dakota School of Mines & Technology and Arizona State University (ASU) have entered into an agreement to promote
Developing alternative concrete materials to protect the environment
Narayanan Neithalath is one of the researchers interviewed on a national PBS News Hour program on efforts of inventors and engineers to make cement and concrete that has a much smaller