Providing fair work for the disadvantaged
Sasibai Kimis is a 2019 finalist in the WE Empower UN SDG Challenge and a pioneer of social enterprise. WE Empower Intern Jacqueline Blisse elaborates on how Sasibai is providing
"Insects" calls for submissions to special issue, "Locusts and Grasshoppers: Biology, Ecology and Management"
Locusts and grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) are among the most serious agricultural pests worldwide. By inflicting damage to pasturelands and a wide range of crops, they jeopardize food security and livelihoods
Call for presenters: AASHE conference 2020
Proposals are due February 28 for the sustainability conference to be held in Milwaukee, October 4-7, 2020. The theme of the conference is "Mobilizing for a Just Transition."
Project Cities puts student talent on the map
For three years, Project Cities has been successfully connecting policymakers and students to co-create strategies for better environmental, economic and social outcomes. This success can be seen with Apache Junction, the program's first community partner. “Project Cities is an invaluable resource," said a city official.
Gerber joins Defenders of Wildlife
ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Founding Director Leah Gerber joined Defenders of Wildlife as one of their science advisors to help expand the organization’s scientific capacity, guiding science-based conservation policy
Corruption and illicit activity affect land change
New research published in Nature Sustainability presents a conceptual framework of illicit land transactions and a new approach to spatially link illicit activities to land use.
Getting personal: Alzheimer’s research across ASU is fueled by knowledge and life experience
“My mother was driving to work one morning and was alarmed to see an older man riding a bicycle against traffic,” says Diego Mastroeni. To her surprise, that man was
Empowering a community through industry
Roselyn Musaruwa is a 2019 finalist in the WE Empower UN SDG Challenge from Zimbabwe and a pioneer in South Africa’s cleaning industry. WE Empower Intern Jacqueline Blisse elaborates on
Spring 2020 projects preview
Visionary Springtime Projects Project Cities is proud to kick off a total of five projects with the City of Peoria and the Town of Clarkdale for the spring 2020 semester.
2020 Welcome: Three things to know
The new year brings exciting changes for our Sustainability Scientists, Scholars and Fellows program, including this email bulletin and some new points of contact. Click through to find out more!
Nominate a new innovator in food and agriculture research
Nomination deadline is March 4, 2020. Pictured is Arianne Cease, director of the Global Locust Initiative, who was a new innovator awardee in 2018.
Just follow the 'butterfly'
Have you ever wondered what Earth was like in its distant past? It was indeed very different from today. For one, the atmosphere contained no oxygen, so none of us