ASU team shines in sustainability challenge

by Jay Golden for the Arizona Republic Last month, four undergraduate students from ASU traveled to the Wal-Mart home office in Bentonville, Ark., to compete in the “Better Living Business

Urban Farm inspires neighbors and visitors

by Greg PetersonSpecial for the Arizona Republic I have a good friend whom I call Margaret the Condo Gardner. Her garden is quite the contrast from mine, but she will

ASU Ranks 6th for impact in ecology, environmental research

ASUNewsArizona State University placed sixth in the Thomson Scientific's U.S. University's Top 10 in the subject area of ecology and environmental sciences. The rankings, developed for 21 subject areas, were

ASU researchers explore bacteria-driven diesel fuel

The Arizona RepublicThe lowly cyanobacterium isn't much to look at, but the simple life form thought to have originally created the oxygen in Earth's atmosphere could be on the verge

A newly renovated green home for Global Institute of Sustainability

Global Institute of SustainabilityThe newly renovated building housing Arizona State University’s (ASU) Global Institute of Sustainability opened its doors this week. In his remarks to a crowd of 400 at

ASU opens 'med school' for earth's ailments: 'First of its kind' school at ASU dedicated to researching sustainability

The Arizona RepublicMichael Crow sees Arizona State University's new Global Institute of Sustainability as a sort of global-issues medical school. "Some 300 years ago, the first medical school was created

Institute puts university on 'green' path

ASUNewsThe new home of the Global Institute of Sustainability is one of the most eco-friendly buildings on ASU's Tempe campus. Equally important, it is also a pleasant environment. > Read

Hope for a desert delinquent: What Phoenix, the poster child for environmental ills, is doing right

GristIn order for Phoenix to truly be a green city, it would have to be brown. Or not brown, exactly, but the sandy shade of the mountains that surround it:

Sustainable Energy Fellowship: Five ASU students chosen to explore sustainable energy

The Sustainable Energy Fellowship has announced its 2008 cohort of student Fellows. The students, selected from a highly competitive pool from around the country, will begin the year-long fellowship process

U.S. gets brave on warming

As published in The Arizona Republic: Viewpoints by Julian Hunt A bipartisan delegation of U.S. lawmakers, including Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., participated in the Brazil Climate Change Forum, together with

We're a megapolitan nation

As published in The Arizona Republic: Viewpoints by Robert E. Lang and John Stuart Hall Predictions of growth are not new, and neither is the idea of a network of

Major changes to way we think, plan must be made now to avoid a sprawling suburb

As published in The Arizona Republic: Viewpoints by Grady Gammage and Rob Melnick As Arizona boosters like to point out, people "vote with their feet." In that election, more have