Arizona PBS highlights sustainability scientists' work in hot playgrounds and green buildings

Two new segments of “Catalyst” by Arizona PBS, in the episode released March 20, feature Senior Sustainability Scientists in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability: Jenni Vanos and

Students see eye to eye with marine life

Two Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability Senior Sustainability Scientists, Jesse Senko and Ira Bennett, brought a group of students to the Sea of Cortez in Mexico for a

Meet affiliated faculty Chuan Liao

Read on for an interview with Chuan Liao, assistant professor in the School of Sustainability.

Alice Waters sitting at table outdoors with a meal in front of her.

Interview with chef, author and slow food advocate Alice Waters

In anticipation for her Wrigley Lecture, titled “We Are What We Eat: Teaching Slow Food Values in a Fast Food Culture,” we asked Waters a few questions including how food can be a conduit for solving major issues in society and what advice she has for anybody who wants to discover the joy of seasonal, local, delicious food.

Recreational fisheries need new management, says sustainability scientist

Senior Sustainability Scientist Joshua Abbott is a principal author of a new opinion paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences titled “Governing the recreational dimension of global fisheries.”

LaBaer start-up selected for Flinn Foundation Entrepreneurship Program

Ordinatrix, a startup company launched by Biodesign Institute Executive Director Joshua LaBaer, is one of six bioscience firms from Phoenix and Tucson selected to participate in the Flinn Foundation’s 2019 Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program. Ordinatrix, a

ASU students developing off-grid tech to help small farms build resilience to climate change

With a growing global population coupled with climate change challenges, farmers are working hard to feed the world. SolarSENSE, an ASU student capstone project using solar-powered technology, is working on a solution to help small, rural farms thrive.

The power of narratives in climate change action

A panel at the Future of Humane Technology event Thursday at the Barrett and O’Connor Washington Center in Washington, D.C. explored the power of narratives to shape what we do

Job opportunity: FAO Team Leader of locusts and transboundary plant pests and diseases

Rare opportunity to lead the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations' efforts in this important area. FAO is encouraging individuals to apply who have experience with IPM, transboundary pests

Should you eat fish from community ponds?

ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcome Deputy Director Beth Polidoro and her team recently took part in a study investigating the health implications of eating fish from stock ponds around Phoenix.

Recreational fisheries need new management, says sustainability scientist

Proceedings of the National Academy of Science Senior Sustainability Scientist Joshua Abbott is a principal author of a new opinion paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences titled “Governing the

Postdoctoral researcher Marion Le Gall reviews summer 2018 fieldwork

This post was written by Marion Le Gall, a postdoctoral researcher in Arizona State University's Cease Lab. Last summer, with Master of Science in sustainability student Mira Word having brilliantly defended her