SCN Steering Committee appoints new chair and co-chairs

Early this Spring, ASU’s Sustainable Cities Network (SCN) Steering Committee appointed new city leadership to help guide the collaborative community network into the next year. Serving as the new chair

COVID-19: A one-year review

As COVID-19 threatened the lives, livelihoods and mental well-being of people worldwide, Arizona State University met the unprecedented challenges with speed, agility and, most of all, teamwork. As part of

New paper: Sustainable consumption communication

The paper by sustainability scientists Daniel Fischer, Tyler DesRoches and co-authors provides a review of sustainable consumption communication (SCC) as a field of research. Analyzing 67 papers, the authors describe 4 types of SCC research that conceptualize and relate the terms very differently.

June 9-11: IASC conference on knowledge commons

Topics include: innovation spaces; digital resources like Wikipedia and Stack exchange; open-source software development; the future of science and education; the archival of existing knowledge; cultural commons; and citizen science.

2022 AAAS annual meeting call for proposals for sessions and workshops

The theme of the 2022 AAAS Annual Meeting— Empower With Evidence—focuses on science literacy, evidence-based decision making, and the use of validated knowledge to drive public policy for the benefit of all. Propose a session by June 17!

May 25: Open discussion with the Competitive Intelligence Working Group

The Competitive Intelligence Working Group (CIWG) is open to anyone who is currently performing strategic and competitive intelligence activities, or interested in learning more about this growing area in research development.

"Everything Change" anthology discussed in KJZZ podcast

The discussion includes Joey Eschrich, one of the editors, Jules Hogan whose work is featured in the anthology, and Kelly Lydick who served as a judge of the contest that shaped the collection.

Student-led course: Intersectional environmentalism and sustainability

The course examined how identities such as race, class, and gender create different realities for different people and how those people navigate the world around them.

Chief of Staff Robinson named one of the most admired leaders in Phoenix

When COVID-19 testing was desperately needed in Arizona, Biodesign Institute Chief of Staff Kerri Robinson sprang to action. Her leadership made it possible for ASU to offer partner testing sites,

How ASU Engineering is playing a critical role in economic development

The talent at Arizona State University’s Fulton Schools of Engineering and a yeoman’s work from local economic development leaders, are two of the reasons why Phoenix is so attractive to these companies and so well positioned.

Government purchasing: sustainability’s best kept secret?

Archimedes once observed that with a long enough lever he could move the world. In the case of moving the world to a more sustainable place, government purchasing could be

Why sustainability should be part of your business model

Our March newsletter features an invitation to our upcoming USAID/RTAC virtual workshop, inspiring articles about sustainability in business, and relevant events. Read about Nike's 2025 sustainability goals and learn why