ACE presents ASU with first award for dynamic change
The nation's largest higher education organization presented ASU President Michael M. Crow with an award that recognizes the university's innovation, citing the creation of the Global Institute of Sustainability and School of Sustainability as examples.
ASU partners on groundbreaking sustainable development plan
Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives at ASU's Global Institute of Sustainability partners with a Dutch municipality to design the world's first regional plan that will close resource loops related to water, energy, matter, and other resources.
Determination to find solutions takes student abroad
After a summer comparing the sustainability policies of England and the United States, School of Sustainability student Alexis Roeckner is committed to pursuing sustainability solutions in our nation's capital.
ASU scientists make models for microclimates
Senior sustainability scientists develop models for microclimates that will help both individuals and municipalities make decisions that improve their own environments.
Engineering students earn award for sustainable water project
Residents of a rural Kenyan community are now able to store water for use during the dry season thanks to Arizona State University’s student chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB).
Finding water in Arizona - 2014
Each year, the Decision Center for a Desert City (DCDC) Community of Graduate Scholars works on an interdisciplinary project that furthers the mission of DCDC. This year's project expands on
DCDC co-director discusses water reuse on "Arizona Horizon"
Dave White, co-director of Decision Center for a Desert City and senior sustainability scientist at the Global Institute of Sustainability, discussed possibilities for future water reuse in Arizona based on a report he co-authored.
Sustainability: Water Reuse tonight on KAET's Arizona Horizon
Check out DCDC co-director, Dave White, tonight Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at 5:30pm on KAET Channel 8's Arizona Horizon. Dave will speak with host Ted Simons about the Decision Center
Archaeologist illuminates the present by humanizing the past
ASU archeologist and senior sustainability scientist Michelle Hegmon is heightening interest in archaeological findings by highlighting the human experience component of past civilizations and demonstrating its relevance to the societies of today.
Student increases awareness through cultural immersion
After completing a Global Sustainability Studies Program in the Andes of Ecuador, School of Sustainability student Chad Sharrard realizes that sustainable development is often influenced by what stakeholders value most.
CAP graduate student is Engineering Student of the Year
CAP graduate student Tom Volo was named Engineering Student of the Year at the Greater Phoenix Area 2014 Engineers Week awards ceremony. Tom’s Ph.D. work focuses on urban landscape irrigation
Urban heat island research featured in High Country News
CAP scientist Sharon Harlan and her colleagues at Arizona State University were featured in an article in High Country News discussing the Phoenix urban heat island. The article presents some