Jay Hakes: A Declaration of Energy Independence
Jay Hakes A Declaration of Energy Independence from Institute of Sustainability on Vimeo. When: September 11, 2008Where: Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University About the video: Energy debates in
Crow urges change in sustainability education
Arizona RepublicAccording to Arizona State University President Michael Crow, education on sustainability is stuck in the Stone Age. > Read more
ASU to play role in crafting power systems to expand use of renewable energy
TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona State University researchers will help create a framework for re-engineering the nation's power grid to make it adaptable to renewable electric-energy technologies such as solar and wind
ASU and Grist.org team up to provide students with news on sustainability and green living
Download the press release as a PDF. PHOENIX, AZ, and SEATTLE, WA — In the first collaboration of its kind, Arizona State University and Grist.org, the country's leading source of
Econews site teams up with ASU
NEWSWEEK Arizona State University has often stood out for its efforts to be ecofriendly. Since launching the country's first school of sustainability in 2007, the large college—about 60,000 students—has been
School honored at Valley Forward's Environmental Excellence Awards
The School of Sustainability was honored at the Valley Forward's 28th Annual Environmental Excellence Awards. The School won first prize in the "Environmental Education and Communication" category and received the
Former U.S. official to discuss energy, political leadership at ASU
Jay Hakes, author of the new book, A Declaration of Energy Independence, will talk about how America got into its current energy predicament and how to get out of it
Environmental and water management leaders meet to examine the future of earth's water supply
TEMPE, ARIZ. – Leading environmental and water management experts convened today in Tempe, Arizona, to examine initiatives and strategies towards greater sustainability and preservation of Earth’s water supply as part
Evolving designer ecosystem sheds light on unintended consequences
TEMPE, Ariz.– Amidst the semi-arid stretches of Phoenix, a visitor might blink twice at the sight of a sailboat cutting across the horizon. Tempe Town Lake, on the northern edge
Algae-to-fuel work gets $3 mil
Arizona RepublicAn Arizona State University spinoff company has secured $3 million in public and private funds to advance its technology that converts algae to jet fuel. Two ASU scientists who
Student organizer turns GreenSummit into event drawing thousands
Arizona RepublicThey say big ideas come from light-bulb moments. Chris Samila’s big idea began with a real light bulb. Vacationing in Costa Rica early last year with a classmate from
High expectations for 2nd GreenSummit
by Chris SamilaFor the Arizona RepublicWhen we organized the first GreenSummit on ASU's Tempe campus last year, we never imagined that anyone but students and a few local residents would