ASU and the U of AR work with Walmart on developing sustainable product index
Consortium of universities will collaborate with businesses, NGOs and governmental agencies to develop global database of information on the lifecycle of products TEMPE, Ariz., FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Walmart, a world
Explosive growth of life fueled by early greening of earth
Earth’s 4.5-billion-year history is filled with several turning points when temperatures changed dramatically, asteroids bombarded the planet and life forms came and disappeared. But one of the biggest moments in
New program helps sun to SET on waste
Let’s say that your office has 300 white binders with the ASU logo on the front. They were leftover from a conference, and you’re not planning another conference for a
Sustainable Cities Network receives $60,000 grant from Sam's Club®
Partnership between ASU and city, county, and tribal leaders strengthens regional sustainability efforts. As part of Sam’s Club’s commitment to give back to the communities it serves, company executives presented
Global leader in land change science
Q&A with B. L. Turner II Turner (left) and student setting up a transect to examine deforestation in southern Yucatan. Agriculture-related deforestation Addressing sustainability of local agriculture Dr. Billie Lee
ASU Art Museum becomes catalyst for sustainability dialogue
August 27, 2009 - February 20, 2010 Surprising. Invigorating. Thought provoking. The Arizona State University Art Museum continues to present the best in contemporary art with exhibitions in all media by regional
Water webs connect spiders, residents in Southwest
If you are a cricket and it is a dry season on the San Pedro River in Arizona, on your nighttime ramblings to eat leaves, you are more likely to
Outsmarting swine flu pandemic
North American Researchers Gather at ASU to Put 21st Century Science and Technology to the Test Mathematicians, biostaticians and public health officials from Canada, Mexico and the United States will
ASU researcher is among authors of new U.S. Global Climate Change Report
Arizona State University professor Nancy Grimm is one of the authors of a new and authoritative federal study assessing the current and anticipated domestic impacts of climate change. The report,
Too hot to handle
Phoenix in the summer is hot all around. But low-income neighborhoods are even hotter than wealthy enclaves. How can this be?
Students solve challenges through sustainable research and development
GlobalResolve, a social entrepreneurship program at Arizona State University, helps communities around the world solve challenges through sustainable research and development.
San Francisco's sustainability efforts
San Francisco has become one of the most innovative cities in the world in implementing new comprehensive approaches to urban sustainability. From its groundbreaking zero waste strategies such as the