New fellowship program to address global development
Through USAID’s Global Development Lab, a Research and Innovation Fellowships program administered by the ASU Wrigley Institute will support top-tier graduate students as they confront the most pressing issues faced by the developing world.
Central Arizona Conservation Alliance Announces Website
CBO partner, The Central Arizona Conservation Alliance, a Desert Botanical Garden initiative released it's inaugural website this week. The Conservation Alliance facilitates and leverages community engagement to study, restore and
ASU sustainability alumni report high employment rate
A report recently released by the School of Sustainability shows that 73 percent of employed undergraduate alumni surveyed hold positions directly related to sustainability and that this percentage increases with the level of graduate education attained.
Seed grant advances sustainability through art
"Trout Fishing in America and Other stories," an art exhibition funded in part by the ASU Wrigley Institute, follows conservation biologists working to save endangered species in the Grand Canyon and conveys the complex processes that govern the region's inhabitants.
ASU professor Nicole Darnall comments on lack of sustainable eating in the U.S.
Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative co-founder Nicole Darnall was interviewed for a National Geographic article, "Global Survey Says We're Eating Better, But Our Diet Is Still Unsustainable." Citing a recent Greendex
LightWorks’ Clark Miller calls for rethinking of sovereignty, energy policies
Clark Miller, associate director of the Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes (CSPO) and associate professor in the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University, wrote an
Scientist studies environmental pros and cons of biofuels
Research produced by sustainability scientist Amy Landis demonstrates that while biofuels agriculture could become a significant contributor to soil remediation, the fertilizers required could cause water degradation and environmental harm.
Welcome to the Arizona Clean Energy Online Forum from LightWorks director Gary Dirks
Over the course of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the United States’ electricity system was largely built by investor-, municipally-, and cooperatively-owned utilities using generation from centralized power plants,
Innovative Solutions for a Shrinking Water Supply
By Mariana Dale via The Republic | AZcentral.com on September 28, 2014 Water scarcity is one of Arizona's most serious, ever-present problems. Which is why students, researchers, professionals and creative
Q&A with Sally Kitch (Video)
Distinguished Sustainability Scholar Sally Kitch discusses the relationship of the humanities to sustainability, the significance of this relationship and the appropriateness of researching it at Arizona State University.
UGEC to advance urban sustainability with new award
The Urbanization and Global Environmental Change (UGEC) project, hosted by the ASU Wrigley Institute, has received a significant award from the Future Earth initiative that will result in a more comprehensive approach to urban sustainability challenges.
Rittmann recognized for leadership in interdisciplinary research
In recognition of his outstanding leadership in promoting interdisciplinary research between the microbial ecology and water/wastewater treatment fields, ASU Regents' Professor Bruce Rittmann receives the 2014 ISME/IWA Bio Cluster Award. Rittman