Sustainability Solutions Festival concludes with community celebration
The Sustival - taking place in Civic Space Park and featuring art, educational opportunities and entertainment - will ask attendees to reimagine how one person, one community or one organization can positively impact our future.
New center uses novel approach to negative carbon emissions
Using plastic resin to capture carbon dioxide when dry and release it when moist, ASU's Center for Negative Carbon Emissions - led by faculty in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering - aims to demonstrate a viable way to reduce greenhouse gasses while creating an economically valuable resource.
Second annual shadow conference brings sustainability leaders to ASU
TEMPE, Ariz - The power of global business leaders discussing the latest trends, challenges and opportunities in sustainable business is returning to Arizona State University for GreenBiz U, a shadow
NASPAA Article on Training Administrators Through Simulations
From Skittles to Governance: How Simulations can Train the Next Generation of Administrators in Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration or NASPAA. Authors Erik Johnston, Center for
Connecting the Humanities and Sustainability: An Interview with Joni Adamson
Joni Adamson likes to call herself a “Jill of all trades.” Adamson, a professor of English and Environmental Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) and a Senior
CSPO named top 2014 university think tank
The Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes is the top university-based science and technology think tank in the U.S., according to the 2014 Global Go To Think Tanks Report.
Potential energy efficiency measures for inclusion in Arizona’s state plan for EPA’s proposed carbon standards
This blog continues our feature series on the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. In order to achieve or surpass the EPA’s expectations for Building Block 4 of the plan, energy efficiency,
Feeding the world sustainably: Can science sustain us?
How will we feed a world population that is predicted to grow to 9.6 billion people by 2050, using only the resources that are available to us today? The answer
GreenBiz U brings sustainability experts to ASU community
Part of the second annual Sustainability Solutions Festival hosted by the Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives, GreenBiz U brings sustainability business, education and thought leaders to ASU to discuss topics such as portable solar electronics, zero carbon campuses and the State of Green Business report.
Why algae is important to me: An interview with AzCATI’s Dave Cardello
As media outlets increasingly tout the possibilities of algae as a resource for the future, more and more people are beginning to ask the question- “why algae?” With recognition of
Leah Gerber on Biodiversity and Sustainability
In this interview, CBO Director, Leah Gerber discusses the important questions at the intersection of conservation science and policy. Interview transcript
ASU research on microplastics featured in EHP report
CBO affiliated researcher Rolf Halden, director of the Biodesign Center for Environmental Security, contributed to this EHP focus piece: New Link in the Food Chain? Marine Plastic Pollution and Seafood