Sustainability student helps Sun Devil Athletics go green
Student gymnast Kahoku Palafox helped spur ASU's gymnastics first zero-waste game and shared learning lessons with the Green Sports Alliance.
ASU women honor role models in science, technology, engineering and math
Sustainability Scientists Alexandra Brewis Slade, Leah Gerber, and Jane Maienschein share who inspired them to enter the sciences.
ASU workshop discusses social and ethical considerations of solar energy
On February 22, 2013, ASU faculty and students attended an all-day workshop focusing on the larger social, economic, policy, and ethical considerations of solar energy. This event was sponsored by
Dirks appointed director of ASU's Global Institute of Sustainability
ASU's LightWorks Director and Sustainability Scientist Gary Dirks hopes to build "a very strong foundation to extend the reach and impact of the Institute" as the new director.
Dirks appointed director of ASU's Global Institute of Sustainability
Gary Dirks, director of Arizona State University’s LightWorks Initiative and former president of BP China and BP Pacific-Asia, has been appointed director of ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability (GIOS), with
Gary Dirks, director of Arizona State University’s LightWorks and former president of BP China, appointed director of ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability
TEMPE, Ariz. – March 14, 2013 – Gary Dirks, director of Arizona State University’s LightWorks Initiative and former president of BP China and BP Pacific-Asia, has been appointed director of
Local First Arizona's Kimber Lanning to speak at ASU
The Upside of a Down Economy: Buying LocallyKimber Lanning, Local First ArizonaWednesday, April 3, 201312:00 – 1:30 p.m.Wrigley Hall, Room 481Arizona State University, Tempe campus Kimber Lanning’s lecture, “The Upside
CAP graduate student's photographs included in NSF art exhibit
CAP graduate student, Edgar Cardenas, has his photographic work featured in an exhibit at the National Science Foundation, "Ecological Reflections," which opened on February 28th. The exhibit, which is closed
DCDC on Vimeo and Twitter
Using social media, DCDC is reaching out to the public presenting ideas from experts and community partners on such topics as urban heat island, water re-use, and the energy-water nexus
The worth of water
The story of the American West is a story of water, and of our Herculean efforts to capture and spread that water across an arid landscape. As our western cities
How to be sustainable: Easy, everyday tips
A conversation with Kim Grout, Sustainability Concierge When you walk through the third floor doors at Wrigley Hall, a petite, brown-haired lady named Kim Grout will most likely greet you.
As Brazil ramps up sugarcane production, researchers foresee regional climate effects
Sustainability Scientist Matei Georgescu led a team of researchers who found sugar cane harvesting could lead to more bioethanol production and lower regional temperatures.