Sustainability alum takes the 'hazard' out of 'hazardous waste'
As a hazard waste compliance officer for the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, Bradley Baker conducts inspections of facilities and assist owners in providing a healthy environment for employees.
ASU LightWorks’ Dr. Ellen Stechel to showcase solar-to-fuel solutions at 50th International Paris Air Show
The International Paris Air Show, inaugurated in 1909, is the world’s oldest (and largest) aviation show, drawing participants from all over the world. Open to both professionals and the general
States dependent on Colorado River consider conservation effort
Officials in the seven states that depend on the drought-beset Colorado River expressed a cautious willingness Tuesday to join the federal government in a complex, possibly contentious effort to step up conservation.
One degree: Icing the heat island effect
A Thought Leader Series Piece By Mick Dalrymple Note: Mick Dalrymple is a LEED-accredited professional and co-founder of the Arizona Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council. He is the ASU
Employee program to recycle small things gets big results, campus award
To help ASU become a zero waste university by 2015, the Materials Management team is collecting used and unwanted office supplies to recycle or reuse them.
Panama Canal watershed offers test bed for ASU reforestation study
Sustainability Scientist Charles Perrings assisted in researching the ecosystem services provided by natural reforestation versus teak plantation to help the Panama Canal Authority meet higher water demands.
ASU awarded Think Green Grant, will expand composting program
School of Sustainability students will partner with the Facilities Development Management Recycling program to develop new ways to divert the university's waste from the landfill to reach ASU's 2015 zero waste goal.
Students, faculty 'show' sustainability at open house event
The School of Sustainability's year-end event had students, faculty, and community members partnering together for future collaborations, research, and education, giving students a professional team setting while solving real-word sustainability issues.
Scientists announce top 10 new species for 2013
Sustainability Scientist Quentin Wheeler says more biodiversity research investments like the top 10 species list is needed to help advise species conservation, survival assurance, and public awareness.
Slate Magazine: Cutting carbon dioxide emissions is not enough
In a Future Tense article, ASU Origins Project Director Lawrence Krauss urges scientists and politicians to capture carbon from the atmosphere in addition to cutting emissions.
Traditional ecological knowledge and sustainability seminar comments
"I am riding the crest of a great wave of inspiration — so much so that I’ve thrown myself into research for my chapter contribution. It truly was a rare
Wells dry, fertile plains turn to dust
via The New York TimesBy MICHAEL WINESPublished: May 19, 2013 HASKELL COUNTY, Kan. — Forty-nine years ago, Ashley Yost’s grandfather sank a well deep into a half-mile square of rich