Sustainability professor discusses climate pact on Arizona Horizon

School of Sustainability professor Sonja Klinsky recently returned from a United Nations meeting in Bonn, Germany, where she helped fine-tune a draft of a global climate pact. Klinsky discusses what occurred at that meeting and the goals of the pact in this interview on Arizona Horizon.

Sustainability scientists receive $12M to lead urban resilience network

In response to the increasing frequency of extreme weather events, the National Science Foundation has awarded a transdisciplinary team of ASU scientists and their international sustainability research network $12 million to produce a suite of tools that support resilient, culturally appropriate and safe-to-fail urban infrastructure.

Vows and Values: Our Sustainable Wedding Story

In this guest piece, Decision Center for a Desert City outreach coordinator Katie Peige shares the features of her sustainability-themed wedding to fellow School of Sustainability graduate Brad Baker, including second-hand dining ware, glasses crafted from old wine bottles and a zero waste goal that landed backyard chickens with the reception's leftovers.

Distinguished sustainability scientist awarded for conservation efforts

For his lasting contribution to conservation through decades of research on the behavioral ecology of mammals, the effects of habitat fragmentation and the ecosystem services provided by small mammals, ASU professor Andrew Smith was presented the Aldo Leopold Award by the American Society of Mammalogists.

City of Phoenix, Walton Initiatives partnership featured in Fortune

A recent article in Fortune magazine, titled "Phoenix's $13 million plan to turn trash into cash," highlighted the Resource Innovation and Solutions Network - established by the City of Phoenix's Reimagine Phoenix initiative and ASU's Walton Initiatives to create economic value while driving a sustainable circular economy.

Class Notes: Tim Trefzer awarded for greening Georgia World Congress Center

EMSL graduate Tim Trefzer is recognized with an EBie Award from the US Green Building Council in NYC for his work in greening the Georgia World Congress Center - now the world's largest

ASU partners with Leuphana University on global sustainability center

ASU and Leuphana University of Lüneburg in Germany - institutions with a history of successful research partnership - are pioneering a path in international academic cooperation through the new Center for Global Sustainability and Cultural Transformation, founded in part by sustainability scientists.

Q&A with Bruce Rittmann

In this month's Q&A, Bruce Rittmann - Director of the Biodesign Institute's Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology - provides a glimpse into the fascinating world of microorganisms and the numerous services they can provide to humans and our environment.

New publication: Adapting a social-ecological resilience framework for food systems

Two of our FSTI affiliates - Jennifer Hodbod and Hallie Eakin - have published a new paper in the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. 'Adapting a social-ecological resilience framework for food systems'  addresses the purpose of applying social-ecological resilience thinking to food systems before going on to distinguish between the resilience of food systems and broader conceptualizations of resilience in social-ecological systems.

International Year of Light 2015: Celebrating illuminating solutions

When you think about light, what comes to mind? Do you think of a campfire in a dark forest, stars from a galaxy far away, or the neon sign across

ASU shows sustainability solidarity through Green Sports Alliance

The Pac-12 Conference has announced its membership in the Green Sports Alliance, further enhancing the commitment of ASU's athletics programs to measure their environmental performance, develop strategies and goals to reduce their footprint, monitor progress and engage fans and community in the process.

ASU among world's top 50 universities for patents granted

A new report from the National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association ranks ASU among the top 50 international universities for the number of patents issued to its researchers in 2014, demonstrating its prowess in the arena of use-inspired research.