Sustainability viewpoints

Sustainability is All About Efficiency These days most of us are consumed with budget concerns and the economy. It’s times like these that people often question the relevance of sustainability.

Spotlight employee of the Month: Dawn Ratcliffe

If there had been a Global Institute of Sustainability, or a similar program, at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte when Dawn Ratcliffe was a student in the mid-’90s,

Recycling do’s and don’ts

DO recycle all of the items listed in this link in your commingled bins: http://uabf.asu.edu/recycling_commingled. Please note that aerosol cans will most likely not be accepted  with the other commingled items

Supplier corner - large recycler of the year

Carpet America Recovery Effort names Shaw Industries the Large Recycler of the Year. Shaw has recycled more than 100 million pounds of post-consumer carpet through the Evergreen Nylon Recycling facility, gaining

ASU Sign Shop’s sustainable signage

The ASU Sign Shop (Environmental Graphic Design Group) has been designing and maintaining sustainable signage on the ASU campus for over twenty years. The vast majority of the signage on

New addition to the recycling team

ASU Recycling has a new addition to our team thanks to volunteers and private contributions, and we need your help in naming it! Once you choose the name, our newest

Sustainability practice with ASU’s Bonny Bentzin

Interview by Sean Briggs and Kari Utley > Link to podcast Kari Utley: Welcome to a special edition of iPopping Podcasts from the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at

Sustainable business plan student competition: Win up to $20,000

Do you have a great idea for a sustainable product, business or service? If so, the Global Institute of Sustainability is hosting an internal Arizona State University competition to select

ASU team among finalists for Sustainable Innovation Summit

The ASU Sun team, composed of MBA students from the W.P. Carey School of Business and PhD candidates from the School of Sustainability, has been chosen as one of the

Decision Center for a Desert City wins international prize

The Decision Center for a Desert City (DCDC) has been tapped as one of a handful of institutions worldwide to receive this year’s Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for

Research engineer makes a big idea bigger

By Michelle SchwartzCommunications and Marketing CoordinatorGlobal Institute of SustainabilityIt's a bright idea.  Monitor a building's energy use, put the information under the noses of the building's occupants, and use it

World's most advanced solar testing and certification facility created for global market by private and public solar labs

New global-reach state-of-the-art venture to be launched with international invitation-only events featuring company, government, and solar industry dignitaries — stay tuned for details PHOENIX/TEMPE, Ariz.; NEWTOWN, Conn.; YOKOHAMA, Japan; COLOGNE,