ASU researchers explore bacteria-driven diesel fuel
The Arizona RepublicThe lowly cyanobacterium isn't much to look at, but the simple life form thought to have originally created the oxygen in Earth's atmosphere could be on the verge
A newly renovated green home for Global Institute of Sustainability
Global Institute of SustainabilityThe newly renovated building housing Arizona State University’s (ASU) Global Institute of Sustainability opened its doors this week. In his remarks to a crowd of 400 at
ASU opens 'med school' for earth's ailments: 'First of its kind' school at ASU dedicated to researching sustainability
The Arizona RepublicMichael Crow sees Arizona State University's new Global Institute of Sustainability as a sort of global-issues medical school. "Some 300 years ago, the first medical school was created
Institute puts university on 'green' path
ASUNewsThe new home of the Global Institute of Sustainability is one of the most eco-friendly buildings on ASU's Tempe campus. Equally important, it is also a pleasant environment. > Read
Hope for a desert delinquent: What Phoenix, the poster child for environmental ills, is doing right
GristIn order for Phoenix to truly be a green city, it would have to be brown. Or not brown, exactly, but the sandy shade of the mountains that surround it:
Sustainable Energy Fellowship: Five ASU students chosen to explore sustainable energy
The Sustainable Energy Fellowship has announced its 2008 cohort of student Fellows. The students, selected from a highly competitive pool from around the country, will begin the year-long fellowship process
U.S. gets brave on warming
As published in The Arizona Republic: Viewpoints by Julian Hunt A bipartisan delegation of U.S. lawmakers, including Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., participated in the Brazil Climate Change Forum, together with
We're a megapolitan nation
As published in The Arizona Republic: Viewpoints by Robert E. Lang and John Stuart Hall Predictions of growth are not new, and neither is the idea of a network of
Major changes to way we think, plan must be made now to avoid a sprawling suburb
As published in The Arizona Republic: Viewpoints by Grady Gammage and Rob Melnick As Arizona boosters like to point out, people "vote with their feet." In that election, more have
Arizona must think like a nation for it to fulfill promise of the Sun Corridor
As published in Arizona Republic: Viewpoints by Michael M. Crow, Arizona State University PresidentTwenty "megapolitan" areas with potential equivalent to the richest foreign countries are emerging in our nation. Arizona,
Related story: Helping Phoenix achieve sustainability in uncertain times
What can we do to live sustainably in an uncertain world? Here, in a desert city averaging eight inches of rainfall annually yet carpeted with golf courses and dotted with
Demographer at crossroads of climate and growth
Interdisciplinary focus help’s ASU’s Gober chart Phoenix’s future in uncertain times Patricia Gober understands better than most that major shifts, in a climate or a career, are periods rife with