Arizona State University was announced as a Pioneer University of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's prestigious international Circular Economy 100 (CE100) network. ASU is the first university to join with a

James Hansen, renowned for seeing the threat of catastrophic climate change during his long career as NASA’s chief climatologist, delivered a February 2016 Wrigley Lecture about recent climate change developments and how we can fix the problem.

Rolf Halden  Chemicals and pesticides used within homes, agriculture and industries pour into our environment. Unfortunately, the poor effects of these compounds on the human and ecological environments are often

Martin Pasqualetti Pasqualetti explored the social and cultural disparities of the Navajo Nation as they have the greatest potential, in comparison with every tribe in the United States, to lead

 Karen Carter A rhetoric and linguistics graduate student and member of the Global Devleopment Research Program with the School of Sustainability, received the USAID Research and Innovation Fellowship that allowed

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo will begin offering a certificate in energy science in fall 2016, a program made possible through collaboration with ASU's School of Sustainability, which provided courses, syllabi and rationale from its own undergraduate certificate in energy and sustainability.

Jin Jo – who earned the first PhD in sustainability in the nation from ASU's School of Sustainability – is part of a trio of Illinois State University faculty working in renewable energy

In January 2016, ASU welcomed 24 exchange graduate students from the U.S.-Pakistan Centers for Advanced Studies in Energy – a program directed by Senior Sustainability Scientist Sayfe Kiaei that is dedicated to researching and developing solutions for Pakistan’s unique energy needs.

In February 2016, Arizona State University and two other major research institutions formally launched the PLuS Alliance with the aim of finding research-led solutions to sustainability, health, social justice and technology challenges while expanding access to world-class learning.

A summit hosted by Dave White – director of ASU's Decision Center for a Desert City – and Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton gathered mayors from seven western cities to discuss the actions they are taking to address urban water supply and demand issues in an era of changing climate.

More than 100 volunteers – including ASU students, faculty, staff and alumni – converge each February to collect oranges from 140 trees on the Tempe campus. Though the ASU community may

School of Sustainability professor Joshua Abbott is among the authors of a study, published in February 2016 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, that calculates the value of natural capital with the same economic principles used to value traditional assets.