Going global: ASU grad students tackle challenges around the world

Saurabh Biswas likes to ensure that no good ideas, or sunlight, go to waste. That’s why the School of Sustainability PhD student created Sustainable Rio Claro 2020 – a sustainability

SPRI informs City of Phoenix on green purchases

Arizona State University’s School of Public Affairs is collaborating with the City of Phoenix to help the city make more environmentally friendly purchases to reduce its impact. The team of

Phoenix gets a guide to greener procurement from ASU

Sustainability experts Nicole Darnall and Lily Hsueh were among the half-dozen ASU faculty to host focus group interviews with City of Phoenix procurement specialists, then provide recommendations that will help the city make more eco-friendly purchasing decisions.

Featured Research – Chester

A Simulation Platform to Enhance Infrastructure and Community Resilience to Extreme Heat Events:  This summer Mikhail Chester and ASU colleagues Ariane Middel, David Hondula, along with David Eisenman of UCLA

High Antarctic temperatures provide insight to ASU scientist

ASU Professor and Distinguished Sustainability Scientist Randy Cerveny announced in March 2017 that Antarctica has reached record-breaking warm temperatures – in some places over 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Cerveny, a Rapporteur of Climate

Visioning a Community Garden at Tempe Academy of International Studies

From August 2015 to May 2016, students enrolled in the project-based, modular learning (ProMod) sustainability program worked with the Tempe Academy of International Studies to create a vision and plan

Reflections on the San Juan Futures Scenario Workshop / Reflexiones sobre el Taller de Escenarios Futuros de San Juan

On February 3rd, we held our first UREx SRN Scenarios Workshop in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Joining the San Juan City Team and the Scenarios Working Group were about 45

Harvey Miller to give Comeaux Lecture, March 14

16th Annual Malcolm Comeaux Lecture: Harvey Miller Tuesday, March 14 at 5pm Big Data for Healthy Places: Building Healthier Environments through Opportunistic GIScience Harvey Miller, DIrector of the Center for

Sustainability scientist recognized as positive disrupter

Manfred Laubichler – a theoretical biologist instrumental in the creation of the first dual master’s in global sustainability sciences between ASU and Leuphana University of Germany – will be honored with the Faculty Service Achievement Award at Founders’ Day 2017.

CBO gets “down in the dirt” at Tempe Night of the Open Door

Attendees at the ASU Annual Tempe Night of the Open Door on Saturday, February 25, got their hands dirty at the Center for Biodiversity Outcomes (CBO) booth. Guided by CBO

Studying sustainability at home and abroad

"Studying abroad takes away the blinders of not knowing who is affected by the things we do," says Sarah Morrow, a student in ASU Online’s Master of Sustainability Leadership program, of

Catchers in the Rye: Sustainability, Science and Solutions in the Anthropocene

On Friday, Feb. 24, Josh Tewksbury, PhD, will be sharing insights about his work on creating solutions by bringing science together across disciplines, as well as increasing the impact of science