CAP LTER featured in National Research Council publication

CAP LTER has been featured as an urban sustainability research program in a recent National Research Council publication, Pathways to Urban Sustainability: Research and Development. The book is the result

Tracking air pollution to its sources

Q&A with Matt Fraser Dr. Matt Fraser Dr. Fraser is director of research development for the Global Institute of Sustainability and associate professor in the School of Sustainability. Dr. Fraser’s

ASU classroom and chef serve up sustainability

This year’s crop of plant biology students will use more than their brains to learn, if Arizona State University professor Jeffrey Klopatek has a hand in it. Klopatek, a culinary

How many recycled boxes does it take to be sustainable?

Each August, nearly 10,000 students on the Tempe campus alone move in to their new homes with all of their boxes and bags of things. It is the first chance

Ten Reasons to go to the Farmers Market at ASU

During Passport to ASU 2010 a student asked me why he should shop at a farmers market.  I told him that The Tamale Store tamales are delicious, that it’s like

CSI: Students Launch!

We might not have the same sleek sunglasses as Horatio Caine, but the new Center for Student Sustainability Initiatives (CSSI), or as we like to call it, “CSI: Students,” is

Banners find second life in a bag

ASU and The Pack Shack are discovering ways to reuse old and tattered banners that would otherwise be sent to a landfill or a recycling center. We repurposed dozens of

CAP LTER Semester Welcome

When: 3:30-5:00 PM Friday, September 17, 2010 Where: Global Institute of Sustainability, Room 481, 800 S. Cady Mall, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus Who: All currently involved faculty

CAP Scientist Speaks In Italy

CAP LTER scientist, Paige Warren traveled to Ferrara, Italy in July for the Fifth European Conference on Behavioral Biology. She was invited to serve as the opening speaker in a

New 'Green' Minor for Major Change

Arizona State University broadens scope of sustainability education offerings TEMPE, Ariz. – Arizona State University (ASU) has launched a new minor in sustainability that can complement a student’s major in

Unearthing long-term sustainability strategies

Q&A with Margaret Nelson Dr. Nelson admires a classic Mimbres black-on-white pot of the 11th century style. Three pottery vessels from the 12th century combine old and emerging styles. Soil

The real cost of food

At West, the Freshman summer reading was In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan.  In a recent article in Utne Reader, he stated that “Americans have not had to think