Scientists from around the globe convene to address urbanization, land, and climate change
ASU hosts two international conferences to advance sustainability efforts and progress PHOENIX/TEMPE, Ariz. – Reinforcing its role as a leader in interdisciplinary global environmental and climate change conversations, Arizona State
Tour de Fat cycles through the heart of Tempe
Bike enthusiasts unite! The Tour de Fat is making its annual homage to our dear city of Tempe. Named for one of the organizations most popular brews, Fat Tire, featuring
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