Mayors to discuss sustainability challenges facing cities
The mayors of Mesa, Phoenix, and Tempe gathered to address urban sustainability in an effort to share best practices, lessons learned, and future visions of sustainability.
Summer program involves high school students in urban ecology research
This summer, CAP Director Dan Childers and his Wetland Ecosystem Ecology Lab hosted three Phoenix high school students and introduced them to urban ecological research in the field and in
CAP scientists, students, and staff attend LTER All Scientists Meeting
From September 9-13, a group of CAP scientists, students, and staff will be attending the LTER All Scientists Meeting (ASM) in Estes Park, Colorado. This year's LTER ASM theme is
NSF funds to boost sustainability research, education
The Global Institute of Sustainability received and administers $4.7 million dollars in National Science Foundation awards for research ranging from food systems to ecological vulnerability.
Water conflict in Arizona: Are we heading for a water congress?
Water Conflict in Arizona: Are We Heading for a Water Congress? from CWAGAZ on Vimeo. On September 8, 2012, DCDC Internship Fellows and ASU School of Sustainability students Emily Allen,
Urban wetland fosters an early appreciation for science, nature
A team of university undergraduate and graduate researchers and Phoenix high school students mentor one another while conducting studies at the Tres Rios urban wetland.
Achieving sustainability one classroom at a time
Sustainability Science for Teachers prepares future educators with methods for teaching sustainability science at the K-8 level and ways to inspire new sustainability researchers.
Dean Sander van der Leeuw: Innovate differently for sustainable existence
In a Bloomberg opinion piece, van der Leeuw shares his thoughts on improving human innovation by comprehending our actions towards the environment in a more complex way.
Water security: Research challenges and opportunities
In a recent article published by Karen Bakker in Science entitled,"Water Security: Research Challenges and Opportunities", she argues for enhanced integration between academic research and policy making for water sustainability.
Researchers identify tradeoffs in combatting urban heat islands
Sustainability scientists recently published an article finding that new methods of mitigating urban heat island effects must consider potential impacts that extend beyond average temperatures.
Helping cities adapt to climate change
Q&A with Nancy Selover Nancy Selover is a Senior Sustainability Scientist at the Global Institute of Sustainability, a research professor at the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning (College
ASU’s Solar Energy Engineering & Commercialization Program: Preparing students to be the solar entrepreneurs of the future
With the 2012 presidential election coming up, energy policy ensures itself as a frontline issue that both candidates need to continue to address. The question of where and how we