ASU Project Cities announces 2019-2020 community partner

Project Cities, which has traditionally worked with a single community at a time, will work with City of Peoria and Town of Clarkdale in 2019.

A global synthesis quantifies the effect of an understudied dimension of climate change

A new Global Drylands Center report published in Global Change Biology addresses the influence of drylands on the global carbon cycle under climate change conditions. Using a data synthesis approach,

New FutureCities podcast explores heat and thermal comfort

In latest episode of FutureCities podcast, "Heat and Thermal Comfort," host Stephen Elser interviewed Yuliya Dzyuban, Arizona State University School of Sustainability PhD student and Urban Resilience to Extremes Sustainability

Sustainability scientists selected as American Association of Geographers Fellows

In preparation for its annual meeting, the American Association of Geographers has named its 2019 Fellows. Included in this year’s honors are two from Arizona State University’s School of Geographical

Citizen scientists help monitor water pollutants

Over the past two-years, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Associate Director of Biodiversity Valuation and Assessments Beth Polidoro spearheaded a citizen science project titled “Community Monitoring of Pollutants in Urban Waterways

2nd Annual UCRC Poster Event — 2019

We are excited to announce the call for abstracts for the 2nd annual UCRC Poster Competition on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 (3pm-5pm MST) at the Memorial Union, Alumni Lounge, Room #202. The intent

Future cities episode 17: Perceptions of Heat and thermal comfort

This month, Stephen Elser interviews UREx SRN fellow and ASU School of Sustainability PhD student, Yuliya Dzyuban, about her research involving extreme heat and the ways that people perceive and

Meet sustainability junior Ally DiSera

By leaving Minnesota to attend Arizona State University, junior Ally DiSera gave herself the opportunity to achieve a well-rounded sustainability education from the School of Sustainability — something she couldn’t

Sustainability Solutions Festival in full swing

During February, the Sustainability Solutions Festival convenes the planet’s top sustainability events and organizations to discover and explore how we can individually and collectively reimagine our lives and our planet. The festival will close with the annual GreenBiz event, February 26-28.

Sustainability professor starts term as president of commons community

This month Marco Janssen, a professor in the School of Sustainability and director of the Center for Behavior, Institutions and the Environment, started his two-year term as president of the

Board member pens op-ed for New York Times

An op-ed by Bob Litterman, titled "The Very High Costs of Climate Risk," was published by the New York Times. Litterman used the Pacific Gas and Electric Company's demise as an example of how climate change impacts business, and discussed a carbon tax can as a climate change solution.

Building a better future

The Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 7, designed by architect firms Architekton and Grimshaw, will serve as a new gateway to ASU's Tempe campus. The high-performance facility will foster an interdisciplinary approach to knowledge generation and leading-edge research, including innovative endeavors focusing on the sustainability of food, water and energy.