Joint decision-support analysis of water and energy systems

The increasing global demand for energy will stress water resources because energy production requires water for refining and cooling processes. Additionally, deployment of new clean-energy technologies must be well established

WaterSim debuts at largest science festival in US

ASU's Decision Center for a Desert City was one of only 30 NSF-funded projects invited to represent the organization at the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C., where the DCDC team introduced attendees to its water supply and demand simulation tool – WaterSim.

Best-selling author takes a look at your next meal

Part of the School of Sustainability's 10th anniversary celebration, author and food activist Michael Pollan – named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine – described in his April 2016 Wrigley Lecture how we can fix our broken food system.

Anniversary celebration propels school into its next decade

From a Wrigley Lecture by Michael Pollan to a Festival of Sustainability at ASU, the events of April 14 not only celebrated the evolution and accomplishments of the nation's first School of Sustainability, they spotlighted the foresight and collaborative spirit of the university as a whole.

Fertilizer’s legacy: Taking a toll on land and water

Jim Elser Elser, working along side many scientists, have researched how human interactions affect the accumulation of phosphorus in the environment. This research provides ways we can reduce the long

Human energy analytics

ASU's  Human Energy Analytics group, led by Jacqueline Hettel, creates new informatics tools and resources to catalyze, accelerate and improve the human outcomes of global energy-systems change. ASU researchers work with

Micro-grid innovations for sustainable communities

Reliable access to electricity is widely regarded as a keystone to overcoming poverty. Micro-grids are localized energy grids that can be used to provide reliable, safe, and low-cost power to 1.4 billion

Adapting to climate change while working to reverse it

A March 2016 report titled “Adaptation for a High Energy Planet: A Climate Pragmatism Project," co-authored by sustainability scientists Dan Sarewitz and Netra Chhetri, says that efforts to reverse climate change are not fast-acting enough – practical steps must be taken now to blunt disasters.

Expect the unexpected in age of The Anthropocene

According to Sir Crispin Tickell, member of the Board of Directors for Sustainability at ASU, how we cope with the accumulating effects of our actions is a major issue for society and requires both understanding and political leadership – a sentiment he expressed during an April Sustainability Series talk.

Life on Earth and beyond to be focus of upcoming New Discoveries Lecture at ASU

Ariel Anbar President’s Professor in ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration and the School of Molecular Sciences, Anbar focuses on the chemical evolution of the atmosphere and oceans as

[Video] Big History: The Human Past and Future

The world we know is the product of an infinitesimal period, not only human history but in that of life on Earth. To understand the future as well as the

Mexico to modernize power grid with help from ASU

Thanks in part to the energy economic modeling proficiency of Decision Theater, ASU was named a participant in a three-year, $26-million grant to help Mexico – a country in the midst of updating its energy industry – explore its energy options and the ways it can connect with its neighbors.