Anthony Brazel, Emeritus Professor in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, and V. Kerry Smith, Emeritus Regents' Professor and Emeritus Professor of Economics, WP Carey School of Economics,

Spring brings a lot of things, including thesis and dissertation defenses. The following have either successfully completed or will be completing their defenses this spring: Thomas Bleasdale defended his dissertation,

There has never been a more important time to educate and train the leaders of the future to deal with the threats of instability. Current world leaders are discussing climate

Using survey data from park visitors to eight iconic parks, sustainability scientist Deepak Chhabra and her team determined that approximately $1.40 was generated for every dollar invested by Maricopa County in public parks after costs.

The recently-released Arizona Extreme Weather, Climate and Health Profile Report - produced in part by ASU sustainability scientists - describes health risks posed by air pollution, extreme heat, flooding, drought and vector-borne diseases in Arizona and provides projections for the future.

An appointment typically given to civic and business leaders, researcher Cody Friesen is named to the 2015 team of Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellows, a values-based leadership training program focused on overcoming society’s greatest challenges.

CBO will sponsor a panel discussion at the 2015 Ecological Society of America annual meeting. The panel will explore the obstacles underserved youth face in pursuing ecological education at the

Arizona State University is the recipient of a 2015 recycling bin grant from the national nonprofit Keep America Beautiful and the Coca-Cola Foundation. More than 3,600 recycling bins are being distributed

More than 60 law professors from around the country gathered at ASU for its inaugural Sustainability Conference of American Legal Educators, hosted by The Program on Law and Sustainability, for panels on issues including climate-change policy, natural-resources law, agricultural and food regulation, and disaster law.

On June 6, World Wide Views - a one-day international event attended by more than 5,000 people - invites participants to share their views on climate change and energy so they can be incorporated into the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris this December.

"We think that a system is sustainable when it is expected to continue supplying services to humanity through time," says Distinguished Sustainability Scientist Osvaldo Sala, who discusses his research and the nature of sustainability science in this month's Q&A. 

Can a story trigger social movement? What is the role of imagination in society’s’ response to climate change? On April 2, ASU‘s Manjana Milkoreit moderated a panel event sponsored by