ASU students partner with City of Tempe on sustainable purchasing
School of Sustainability, students have partnered with the City of Tempe to assist the city as it considers implementing a sustainable purchasing policy to help it achieve its ambitious Climate Action Goals.
Bin less, recycle more
On December 5, 2019, the ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes hosted Lucas Mariacher, the Zero Waste coordinator in the City of Phoenix. Zero waste is an educational outreach program aiming
Environmental leadership in action
On December 5, 2019, students from the ASU Graduate Certificate in Environmental Communication and Leadership (ECL) presented their group projects to representatives of the SEEOP Argo Research Sailing Vessel and
Registration opens for third European Congress on Orthoptera Conservation
Attention conservationists, grasshopper friends and nature lovers: The registration for the third European Congress on Orthoptera Conservation (ECOCIII) has opened! This year it will be held in Leiden, the Netherlands
Apache Junction uses Project Cities students’ recommendations for waste management
The Project Cities-Apache Junction partnership hit a new milestone in December 2019: For the second time in the two-year partnership, an applied project has seen formal implementation by the city.
ASU carbon-capture technology named one of 2019’s best innovations
Popular Science named ASU Professor Klaus Lackner's carbon-capture technology one of the most important engineering innovations of 2019. Nicknamed “mechanical trees,” these machines can remove carbon dioxide from the air a thousand times more effectively than actual trees.
Welcome Alice Letcher, new CBO project manager
The ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes team is excited to introduce you to their new member, Project Manager Alice Letcher. As the center's project manager, Alice will be in charge
GBCI's Barton and van der Leeuw, named AAAS fellows
Two of Global Biosocial Complexity Initiative's faculty have been named AAAs fellows. GBCI's C. Michael Barton and Sander van der Leeuw earned the lifetime distinction of AAAS Fellow, for their contributions to science and
Future cities episode 25: Digging our own climate graves - Understanding the barriers to green infrastructure
In this episode, Dr. Marissa Matsler (@oh_the_urbanity) talks with Dr. David Manuel-Navarrete about the evolutionary forces working against wider adoption of green infrastructure in cities today. They discuss his recent
Four sustainability scientists elected AAAS Fellows
Four sustainability scientists were named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): Sander van der Leeuw, C. Michael Barton, Gary Marchant and Charles Perrings. These ASU faculty were chosen in honor of their invaluable contributions to science and technology.
Wu and Westerhoff are among world's most influential researchers
Sustainability Scientists Jianguo Wu and Paul Westerhoff joined nine other ASU colleagues in being named Highly Cited Researchers by the Web of Science Group.
One step closer: Membrane protein structure expressed in Lyme disease could offer therapeutic target
Stories of those afflicted with Lyme disease abound and cases appear to be on the rise. Yet few are aware of the symptoms, severity or cause of this disease, which is notoriously difficult to diagnose and treat. Lyme disease, which is caused by the Borrelia burgdorferi spirochete bacteria, is transmitted from ticks to humans. It represents the most common vector-borne illness in the Northern Hemisphere, and in the United States alone, there are 300,000 cases annually. As the number of cases