Message in a bottle: BikeMaps.org blitz at ASU
Cyclists at ASU and in Tempe should check their bike cages during the week of Oct 24th. In conjunction with ASU’s bike month, a team of BikeMaps.org volunteers lead by
International members of GIOS®-led consortium unite around global sustainability outcomes
At the first-ever meeting of the Global Consortium for Sustainability Outcomes, hosted by Arizona State University, representatives of eleven universities from around the world worked to design an innovative path toward timely sustainable outcomes on a global scale.
Founding members of Global Consortium for Sustainability Outcomes gather in Tempe to find large-scale solutions
The energy in the room was powerful. Twenty men and women from around the world had traveled to Tempe, Arizona, for this moment. Alone, each might be able to change
Global Consortium for Sustainability Outcomes Announces 2nd Round of Seed Grant Winners
The Global Consortium for Sustainability Outcomes (GCSO), a non-profit international network of universities working with implementers to deploy and scale solutions to sustainability challenges, today announced the winners of its
The greatest threat of our time and no one wants to talk about it
A Thought Leader Series Piece by Leon Billings & Thomas Jorling Note: As the two senior staff members who led the Senate environment subcommittee during the 1970s, Leon Billings and Thomas Jorling are
Putting values on our plates
A Thought Leader Series Piece by Joan McGregor Food is inseparable from human history, culture and values. It provides significant meaning to people around the world, regardless of nationality. The failure
ASU named #1 in Procurement by AASHE
AASHE has released the 2016 Sustainable Campus Index, a publication that recognizes top-performing colleges and universities in 17 distinct aspects of sustainability and overall, as measured by the Sustainability Tracking,
Biodiversity conservation present during Homecoming celebration
ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes (CBO) students and staff facilitated a series of biodiversity conversation activities during the 2016 ASU Homecoming celebration on Saturday, October 22, engaging close to 100
ASU scholars led humanities lab discussion in D.C.
Sally Kitch and Xin Wei Sha Through the National Endowment for the Humanities Chairman’s Grant, Kitch and Sha were able to participate in the "Humanities Laboratory: Discussion of New Campus Models". The discussion
Sustainable energy versus natural landscape
Addressing concerns about the transformation of open spaces to solar fields and wind farms, a new book co-authored by sustainability scientist Mike Pasqualetti suggests that though sustainable energy is a must, the infrastructure can be built with a less disruptive effect on the landscape.
US-Pakistan energy partnership welcomes second cohort
Part of a larger effort to meet Pakistan’s growing energy needs, a second group of Pakistani graduate students recently arrived at ASU to study energy engineering through the U.S.-Pakistan Centers for Advanced Studies in Energy, directed by sustainability scientist Sayfe Kiaei.
Mark Henderson designated an ASU President’s Professor
In addition to his job with the engineering programs, Henderson has been connecting with students throughout ASU in his other positions as an associate dean of Barrett, the Honors College,