Online education is key driver in university sustainability strategies

A new report from the Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives indicates that the development of online education programs can be a significant component of an institution’s sustainability strategy based on greater socio-economic impact for a smaller environmental footprint per degree.

ASU offers new Certificate in Food System Sustainability

Reflecting the breadth of food system issues researched and taught at ASU, the School of Sustainability now offers a 15-credit interdisciplinary Certificate in Food System Sustainability - a comprehensive, sustainability-oriented introduction to food systems for undergraduate students.

ASU Sustainability Website now Powered by Giant Hamster Wheels

HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY! We admit it. This article is a total fake. Sorry. Someday, however, something just like this could happen. As of April 1, 2015, the ASU Sustainability website

First MSUS graduate featured in ASU alumni magazine

Karen Kao, the first person to graduate from the ASU School of Sustainability with a practice-based Master’s in Sustainable Solutions, is featured in the "My Cool Job" section of the ASU

Redesigning the future through technology + art

For the past four years, Arizona State University has dared brilliantly creative and technical minds to answer some of society’s most complex questions through the Emerge event. On March 6,

ASU's EcoCar 3 team featured on Fox 10

In the spirit of the Southwest Maker Fest happening in Downtown Mesa, Ashley Yost - Communications Manager for ASU's EcoCar 3 team - appeared on Fox 10 to discuss the

Study explores heat-mitigating technologies for urbanizing region

Using computer simulations of rural to urban land conversion, a study led by sustainability scientist Matei Georgescu reveals some of the dynamics at play as one region of the country, the Central Valley of California, braces for substantial population growth.

Ed Finn: Thought Leader Series

In his essay, Happily Ever After: Storytelling and the Long View, Ed Finn argues that changing our frame of reference – taking a longer view of history – can help

Taking stock of nature

CBO Director Leah Gerber, proposes a compromise on a total whaling ban: A market in which whales can by bought and sold. Taking Stock of Nature  

ASU engineer works to improve computer sustainability

Rather than allowing the superfluous heat generated by devices to reduce their performance speed, computer scientist Carole-Jean Wu decided to harvest it using a thermoelectric generator, which converts heat into electricity.

Happily Ever After: Storytelling and the Long View

A Thought Leader Series Piece By Ed Finn Note: Ed Finn is the founding director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, where he is

ASU team wins Social Venture Challenge at CGI U

The Stair Gardens Project, a sustainable food source venture founded by Arizona State University engineering student Ngoni Mugwisi, competed and won against 191 other ventures at the 2015 Social Venture