Stage is set for sustainability anniversary celebration

On April 14, the School of Sustainability marks its 10th Anniversary with a series of sustainability-themed events, culminating with a Celebration of Sustainability @ ASU Festival that features remarks from ASU President Michael Crow and Benefactor Julie Ann Wrigley. Click below for a complete listing of events.

Wayne Pacelle: Thought Leader Series

In an essay titled "The advent of the humane economy," Wayne Pacelle – president and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States and March 2016 Wrigley Lecture Series speaker – details how an increasing concern over animal protection has inspired wide-sweeping and innovative change in business.

The advent of the humane economy

A Thought Leader Series Piece By Wayne Pacelle Note: Wayne Pacelle is president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, the nation's largest animal protection organization. He is

CBO Employment Opportunity - Business Operations Specialist

CBO is looking for a Business Operations Specialist to join our team. The Business Operations Specialist will provide office management, finance, HR, communications, events, administrative, project and program operations support

Collaborative efforts to address youth hunger and unemployment

ASU's Food Systems Transformation Initiative is collaborating with partners like the Global Youth Innovation Network and the International Fund for Agricultural Development to support a summit on youth agribusiness, leadership and entrepreneurship held in Dakar, Senegal in March 2016.

Biodiversity exhibit a hit at ASU's Night of the Open Door

On Saturday, February 27, 2016, the Center for Biodiversity Outcomes participated in ASU’s Night of the Open Door. CBO student workers and volunteers designed a table where enthusiastic guests classified

Status of sustainability in the Colorado River Basin

At an annual keynote hosted by Decision Center for a Desert City, the directors of the Colorado Water Conservation Board and Arizona Department of Water Resources agreed that the ample water supply in the two states is the result of careful planning and conservation, and should not be taken for granted.

Marching toward a better future

Ted Pavlic Ted, a Sustainability Scientist and Scholar and Professor at the School of Sustainability, has looked to nature to solve the complex problems of today. He found that nature

How will global change impact terrestrial plant communities?

Janet Franklin  The health of terrestrial plant communities are critical for human survival not only because we depend on them for food and resources, but because they provide necessary ecological

What changes will global warming bring?

In this March 2016 lecture, Dr. Wally Broecker discusses the changes that global warming will bring to our planet. Broecker, whose research has focused mainly on defining the ocean’s role

We've got climate change all wrong

A Thought Leader Series Piece By James Hansen Note: James Hansen is the former director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and is an adjunct professor at Columbia

Top thought leaders gather in Phoenix for third year

The Sustainability Solutions Festival returned to Phoenix in February 2016, extending programming to two weeks of events that brought together global sustainability thought leaders and organizations to celebrate and award entrepreneurs, designers and creative thinkers.