Challenge Accepted!
Back in June of 2017 the Bloomberg Philanthropies launched the “Mayors Challenge” where US cities with populations of 30,000 or more were invited to participate in a competition with the
ASU, Major League Baseball partner for sustainability
ASU School of Sustainability students are engaging with baseball fans to help Salt River Fields – spring training home of the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Colorado Rockies – to minimize and manage its waste.
Slum residents make themselves count
With the aim of addressing issues in the world's burgeoning slums, a 2018 report co-authored by Senior Sustainability Scientist Jose Lobo presents mapping and census data collected by the residents themselves.
Food Systems director calls for lifestyle-wide behavior change for a more sustainable future
By revealing what is hidden in plain sight, Chris Wharton illuminates a path to health, wealth, happiness and sustainability through values-based behavior change.
UREx-design pilot results in a collaborative model / Resultados del proyecto piloto de diseño de UREx en un modelo de colaboración
Society needs better integration between what our city is or will be (science) with visions of what our city should be (design). Integrating these two elements is no easy task.
Reflecting on the UREx SRN's World Café in Phoenix
The UREx SRN Scenario team is conducting scenario planning workshops in Phoenix, Baltimore and Hermosillo this year. Phoenix is in a unique position given that it has already developed a
Why climate disasters hurt the poor the most and what we can do about it
In Governing, Joyce Coffee — President of Climate Resilience Consulting and UREx SRN Management Team member — has authored a piece inspired by The Rising to the Challenge, Together Report. Coffee details how disasters do
Sights and Sounds in February 2018
ASU Microgrid Tour Arizona State University workforce development programs for solar PV and microgrid technicians highlighted the Mobile Microgrid Training Platform for hands-on training in deployment, component integration, system operation,
Cancer-fighting nanorobots programmed to seek and destroy tumors
Study shows first applications of DNA origami for nanomedicine In a major advancement in nanomedicine, Arizona State University (ASU) scientists, in collaboration with researchers from the National Center for Nanoscience
UCRC Student Poster Competition
We are excited to announce the call for abstracts for the UCRC 1st Annual Student Poster Competition on Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at the Memorial Union, Alumni Lounge, Room #202. The intent of this poster competition is
Largest community of ecologists names ASU scientist its 2019 president
The members of the Ecological Society of America have elected Osvaldo Sala – founding director of Arizona State University's Global Drylands Center – to a three-year term on the ESA governing board.
ASU hosts Environmental Humanities workshop
In January 2018, over 40 participants from universities around the world gathered at ASU for a workshop co-sponsored by the Environmental Humanities Initiative and the PLuS Alliance. The workshop focused on