Project Cities highlight: Landscape architecture student creates xeriscape designs for city of Phoenix
ASU News highlighted a recent partnership between Project Cities and the City of Phoenix Water Services!
Public-private partnerships in food systems: How it’s done at the Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture
The close of fall semester is busy with final exams and papers along with holiday travel plans for most students at Arizona State University. For sustainable food systems graduate students, the end of the semester kicks off Professor Merrigan’s favorite course: the Food and Farm Immersion.
Technology to make fixing buggy programs easier
ASU is developing technologies to ease the repair of buggy programs after they have been deployed. The team includes researchers from the Biodesign Center for Biocomputing, Security and Society Tony
New summary report released: Resource Guide to Support Aging in Place
As one of the fastest growing communities in Arizona, Peoria’s population continues to age, creating a need for the City to further develop its resources available for its population of older adults to ensure the well-being and active participation of all members of the community.
Pioneering farm to school
In December of 2022, Arizona State University Sustainable Food Systems Graduate Students had the opportunity to explore integral parts in food systems through a weeklong immersive experience across the state. Of these places, Garfield’s Garden on the Corner at Garfield Elementary School was a truly inspiring stop.
Students kick off partnership with Town of Miami
The Town of Miami is a historic community with a rich history in copper mining. Incorporated in 1918, the Town established itself as a copper boom town while blending a new wave of business, arts, and tourism.
Land and community stewardship at Gila River Farms
A week-long immersive tour around diverse Arizona agricultural areas brought my classmates and I to Gila River Farms in Sacaton and Casa Blanca, Arizona. Covering almost 11,000 acres, Gila River Farms provides for the Gila River Indian Community by offering a wide range of food products and employment opportunities.
Larimar: Humanizing technology to improve mental health
2022 WE Empower Finalist, Greater MENA Abeer Albashiti is the managing director of Larimar, a social enterprise that places human well-being and emotional learning at the center of technology. Albashiti is passionate about
Searching for pests with USDA
This past fall, the ASU Sustainable Food Systems cohort visited the APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine facility in Yuma, Arizona. APHIS is an agency within the United States Department of Agriculture that oversees and initiates response pertaining to animal health, animal welfare and plant health.
Earth Day AZ 2023 Celebrates Community Resilience
Join mayors from around Arizona in celebrating Earth Day AZ 2023! This statewide collaboration campaign highlights the many ways Arizona communities support the Earth with the goal of inspiring residents
RatedPower: Merging tech and engineering to bring a new name to renewable energy
Sustainable Cities and Communities In the interests of preserving the natural world and helping communities grow in an efficient and safe manner, pvDesign has contributed to 20,000 project developments all
Returning to our roots at Hayden Flour Mills
Our ASU graduate cohort arrived at Hayden Flour Mills, our last stop of the second day on our Arizona food and farm immersion, as the sun was gently moving downwards towards the western horizon. It was peacefully quiet while we soaked in the ambiance and awaited our tour.