Growing a plant-based brand in the world of 'Big Food'

In a November 2017 interview with Nil Zacharias on his One Green Planet podcast #EatForThePlanet, Sweet Earth Enlightened Foods CEO Kelly Swette discusses her decision to sell the company to food giant Nestlé, as well as the future of plant-based foods in general.

From #COP23: Why does carbon pricing matter?

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development and ASU LightWorks® believe that carbon pricing is one of the most efficient means of driving the transition to a low-carbon world. As

Small donations helped save an endangered species

ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Faculty Affiliate Jan Schipper led an online PitchFunder campaign to save the Atelopus varius last year. Through this successful initiative and philanthropic support, these harlequin

Alan AtKisson: Thought Leader Series

What lessons can the U.S. Army impart on a sustainability movement in need of momentum? More than a few, according to this Thought Leader Series essay – titled "Seeing the

Seeing the mission through: growing an army for sustainability

A Thought Leader Series Piece by Alan AtKisson When it comes to sustainability as it is practiced today, I helped get a number of things started, from the use of

Ecosystem Services and Key Biodiversity Areas

The Science for Nature and People Partnership (SNAPP) working group on Ecosystem Services and Key Biodiversity Areas, co-led by Penny Langhammer and  Leah Gerber of the ASU Center for Biodiversity

UREx researchers highlighted on PECS II blog

Recently, several researchers from the UREx SRN attended the Program on Ecosystem Change and Society II (PECS) Conference in Oaxaca, Mexico where they detailed the importance of green infrastructure.  UREx

The Conversation features article by the Knowledge Systems Innovation Task Force

Three UREx SRN researchers of the Knowledge Systems Innovation Group – Clark Miller, Thaddeus Miller, and Tischa Muñoz-Erickson – recently authored an article featured on The Conversation. The article comes

ICUC-10 Call for Abstracts

he AMS Board on the Urban Environment and the International Association for Urban Climate (IAUC) have issued a Call for Abstracts for the joint 10th International Conference on Urban Climate

US still part of the Paris agreement, for now

"If the United States wants to pull out of the accord, it will have to file this in writing in November 2019,” explains School of Sustainability Professor Sonja Klinsky, who told ASU Now that our country's willingness to cooperate may affect its ability to promote its interests.

Forecasting dryland vulnerability for the Department of Defense

Sustainability scientists from ASU's Global Drylands Center are among those researching the effects of climate change on vegetation communities and ecosystem processes across three deserts in the western U.S. Their findings will be used to manage Department of Defense drylands.

Enjoy your Spring Break 2018 earning 3 credit hours in Cuba!

If you enjoy travel and exploring sustainability, the School of Sustainability is offering a study abroad course in Cuba over Spring Break 2018. It’s a Spring C session, 3-credit course,