CAP co-sponsoring Arizona Riparian Council meeting on urban rivers
The Arizona Riparian Council is holding its annual meeting on April 4-6, 2013 in the Convergence Room at ASU SkySong in Scottsdale. The theme of the meeting is "Sustaining Urban
ScienceNews: Saving phosphorus a salvage job
James Elser, sustainability scientist and co-organizer of ASU's Sustainable Phosphorus Initiative, says the increasingly scarce nutrient is "the biggest problem you've never heard of."
CAP graduate student presents climate justice research
CAP Ph.D. student Juan Declet-Barreto presented research on vegetation and the urban heat island recently to a seminar of Fulbright scholars held in Phoenix. Declet-Barreto noted that a lack of
2013 student poster winners announced
The 2013 winners of the CAP ASM student poster competition have been announced. First Place: Elizabeth Cook, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University. Runners-up: David Huber, Department of Biological
BioScience report: Public policy can guide pro-environment behavior
Sustainability Scientist Ann Kinzig leads an interdisciplinary team researching the connection between values, norms, behavior, and environmental policy.
Academics grapple with balancing research, need to communicate it to public
Sustainability Scientist Leah Gerber says science communication barriers include insufficient training, no public reward, and faculty tenure time pressures.
Making rice green
Traditional rice farming techniques are not sustainable. But how do you change a process that’s deeply ingrained in culture, for a crop that nourishes half the world?
Professor elected to National Academy of Engineering
Sustainability Scientist Edward Kavazanjian is a professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment and known for his research in seismic analysis and landfill environmental safety.
Intel aims to make matches for wastewater heaven
Intel's WaterMatch research partnership with CH2M Hill and DCDC is highlighted in the following article. via Green Biz by Aaron Tilley For the past year, Intel has been doing its
Social norms, behavior influence environmental policy
In a BioScience journal article, sustainability experts say policymakers should take advantage of pre-existing, pro-environmental public behavior to thwart climate change.
Join the Wrigley Building Energy Challenge
We all know Wrigley Hall is sustainable and energy-efficient—but what about the Energizer Bunnies® inside the building? Sustainability is not just about technology, economics, and biodiversity. It’s about people, too.
February 27 Water/Climate Briefing
The Dynamics of Energy and Water for Central Arizona Agriculture Water, energy, and policy are intimately linked in the West. Irrigated agriculture is particularly sensitive to changes in the source