ASU President Michael M. Crow has recognized four teams - two of which include Wrigley Sustainability Institute members - for excellence in fostering the successful development, implementation and promotion of sustainability principles.

The Solar Homes Adapting for Desert Equilibrium (SHADE) structure, an ultra-sustainable desert dwelling designed by ASU and University of New Mexico students, returns to Phoenix after receiving accolades at the 2013 Solar Decathlon.

A report released by ASU's Sustainability Solutions Services and The Nature Conservancy indicates that a thinning process could boost the health of Arizona’s forests while making them more resistant to environmental extremes and strengthening rural economies.

Our High-Energy Planet, a report co-authored by two sustainability scientists, asserts that giving the poor access to reliable modern energy offers a promising route to addressing global challenges like climate change.

A national study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change and featuring the work of sustainability scientist Kiona Ogle, demonstrates that arid lands absorb a large amount of carbon otherwise released into the atmosphere.

Representatives from Arizona and Palestine met March 24-28 at Arizona State University's Tempe campus for the Renewable Energy Leadership Training Program, an opportunity to discuss energy-related struggles, share successes and develop the roadmap toward a sustainable energy system.

School of Sustainability student Kevin Keleher is named Changemaker Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2014 Pitchfork Awards. GreenLight Solutions, the sustainability consulting service Keleher co-founded with four other students, is named

Project Rising, a nonprofit seeking to reactivate the vacant lots of Phoenix using sustainable building techniques, accepted the Walton Sustainability Solutions Award at the Social Venture Partners of Arizona's "Fast Pitch" competition.

Paul Westerhoff, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, is leading a $5M multi-university research project funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to examine whether nanoparticles pose threats to the environment and human health.

On April 1, Arizona State University launched the university-wide Zero Waste at ASU initiative, which aims to achieve zero solid waste by 2015 using both diversion and aversion techniques.

Now working to bring renewable surface water from the Colorado River to Central Arizona, School of Sustainability graduate Jessica Fox has a long-standing interest in Western water planning.

By Christopher Vaughan for ASU Magazine. March 2014. Soaking up knowledge to conserve that most precious of resources – water When ASU professor Enrique Vivoni brings American students across the