School of Sustainability featured on NBC Nightly News
NBC visited Arizona State University in February 2008 to explore in depth the nation's first School of Sustainability. Their report aired nationally March 24, 2008, on NBC Nightly News. Interviews
Earth Hour spotlights sustainability: Phoenix to join far-reaching blackout
by Jonathan FinkSpecial for The Republic On Saturday evening, Arizona State University's University Center building at the downtown Phoenix campus will go completely dark for one hour. The voluntary blackout
Deciding to deal with climate
by Anthony Brazel for the Arizona Republic During the 1960s, I had the good fortune of spending several summers on some ice- and snowfields in Alaska, at a time when
Special on the ramifications of the urban transformation
Science Magazine"News articles offer an on-the-ground look at how cities are tackling specific problems from poverty and sanitation to traffic jams. Reviews and Perspectives examine how cities take shape and
We must invest to be sustainable
by Jim Holway for the Arizona Republic I am often asked: Are our current growth and water use “sustainable?” This simple question does not have a simple answer. First, we
ASU event to open up climate talks
Arizona RepublicFrom a young age, small environmental efforts like this were embedded in my thought process. I saw how being environmentally savvy was a social event because I got to
ASU to join "Focus the Nation" effort
Arizona RepublicTo help create solutions to global warming, more than 1,200 colleges, universities and high schools in Arizona and across the United States this week will participate in Focus the
Safe recycling of E-waste Is a priority
by Eric Williams for the Arizona Republic Finally, it has arrived: your new desktop computer with a 3Ghz processor and a screaming-fast video card that will realistically render the digital
Professors see solutions in slime
ASU News You know algae. It’s the gunk that collects on the sides of a fish tank when you forget to clean it. It’s the slime that makes you slip
Researchers land two grants to develop new solar cells
ASU News Two grants to ASU for development of new solar energy technologies show how ASU’s solar energy research has grown in new and important ways. > Read more
ASU powers forward with solar plans
East Valley TribuneWith its bright sunny location and hundreds of thousands of square feet of flat rooftops, Arizona State University wants to move into solar energy in a big way.>
Water consortium promotes innovation
by Kathy Jacobs for the Arizona Republic The Arizona Water Institute (AWI) is a consortium of Arizona's universities – Arizona State University, the University of Arizona, and Northern Arizona –