2018 WE Empower UN SDG Challenge awardees seated at the 2018 United Nations General Assembly

How to improve economic growth? Empower women

A high-level panel event at the 2018 United Nations General Assembly discussed the importance of gender equality to the world economy. Empowering women, the panelists said, would contribute 28 trillion

Meeting the UN's Global Goals village by village

In 2015, world leaders agreed to establish 17 goals to achieve a better world by 2030. An end to poverty and hunger. Clean water and energy. Gender equality and decent

ASU scientists explore carbon’s next frontier with Keck Foundation funding

Arizona State University sustainability scientist Peter Buseck is part of a team that recently received a $1 million award from the Keck Foundation with additional ASU matching funds to lead

Project Cities acts as mutually beneficial partnership that engages arts students

Working for the benefit of our community is central to the mission of Arizona State University, but it’s actually a pretty radical idea, according to a professor who teaches students

Sustainability students plant seeds for new semester

Sustainability students are growing into the new semester — along with a new crop of vegetables in their revamped community garden. Students of all grade levels gathered in the S-cluster

Time to big-dig American agriculture?

A few months ago, Bloomberg published a series of maps about How America uses its land. While we may quibble about the details of the maps, the timing is right to be thinking about what and where we grow things in this country.

Meet sustainability student Justice LeVecke

Sophomore Justice LeVecke originally wanted to be a nursing student — and only a nursing student. Now, she’s double majoring in sustainability and nursing at Arizona State University, all because

ASU forms partnership to develop remote medical clinics

Arizona State University has joined forces with Medavate and Baya Build, companies that innovate in healthcare and construction industries, respectively, for a unique partnership to deliver groundbreaking healthcare through remote

ASU discusses sustainability goals in annual State of Sustainability Summit

At the fourth annual State of Sustainability Summit, Arizona State University remains committed to leading — and teaching — sustainability. Home to the world’s first school of sustainability and the

Sustainability master's student wins water research award

Sustainability master's student Veronica Horvath, who is a research assistant at the Decision Center for a Desert City, was a first-place awardee for her outstanding water research relating to the "Rio Reimagined" Salt River redevelopment project.

ASU researchers exploring how changes in snowpack impact water rights, policy

Mountain snowpack and rainfall are the primary sources of water for the arid western U.S., but earlier melting of mountain snowpack is causing complications. ASU researchers are part of a grant-funded team to address the challenges.

Meet sustainability alumnus Michael Herod

Michael Herod has two degrees from the School of Sustainability: a bachelor of science and an Executive Master of Sustainability Leadership. But Herod didn’t enroll in sustainability because of a