In a recent study, teams of researchers – including Distinguished Sustainability Scientist Margaret Nelson – working in both the American Southwest and North Atlantic islands of Iceland, Greenland and the Faroes found that historic and prehistoric peoples who were vulnerable to food shortage were especially susceptible to climate challenges.

Haley Paul is a 2010 graduate of the School of Sustainability’s Master of Science in Sustainability program, as well as a former NCAA athlete for the ASU track and field

A new international initiative called Infravation, spearheaded by ASU engineer and sustainability scientist Narayanan Neithalath, has been awarded $1.6 million by the European Commission to find out whether mixing a phase-change material with concrete can significantly enhance the durability of pavements and bridge decks.

A joint master's degree program in global sustainability science between ASU and Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany – the first of its kind at ASU and representative of the university's global education efforts – has received German accreditation. Students who enroll in the program will spend time at both universities, work on joint projects and receive a degree from both.

Fron Nahzi, Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives Named to the board of directors for Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA) VEGA works with NGOs to implement projects that focus on economic

Students in the School of Life Sciences looking toward careers in wildlife biology or management take note of a new opportunity: Paid summer internships with the Arizona Game and Fish (AGF)

With expertise ranging from international law to ecology to ideology, policy and equity, the eight ASU sustainability experts who attended the 2015 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference in Paris were well-represented in the media, including in a CNN piece that quoted Foundation Professor of Law and Senior Sustainability Scholar Dan Bodansky.

Penny Langhammer, CBO research affiliate and ASU adjunct professor of biology in the School of Life Sciences, travels the world to help develop an international standard for the identification of Key

When we last spoke with Sharyn Tom, she was graduating from the School of Sustainability with a Bachelor of Science in the Economics of Sustainability. She also obtained a Bachelor

Every truck of organic material diverted away from the landfill strengthens ASU’s commitment to sustainable business practices. Compost is immensely beneficial because it decreases methane emissions from landfills; treats waste

In a recent contribution to Nature, Distinguished Sustainability Scientist Bruce Rittmann and co-authors describe how to make wastewater treatment – a historically costly process – not only cost-efficient, but profitable through the capture of valuable chemicals like useful forms of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus.

On Dec. 7, members of the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD) gather in Paris for three days to discuss global solutions for addressing climate change, sustainable development and