Competition invites students to imagine future urban food production
The Arizona Regional Future City Competition, taking place at ASU in January 2015, encourages students to imagine innovative modes of urban food production and provides the winning team with the Walton Sustainable Community Award.
Arizona’s Building Blocks: Redispatch from Coal to Natural Gas (part 2 of 4)
In our last post we started walking through the EPA’s calculation of state goals for CO2 emissions, covering Building Block 1. In this post, we’ll continue the walk-through with Building Block
Secretary of Energy tours ASU, witnesses groundbreaking research
During a tour with ASU Wrigley Institute Director Gary Dirks, U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz witnessed many of the university's groundbreaking research endeavors, including the Center for Negative Carbon Emissions and Zero Mass Labs.
Report shows developing countries lead in clean energy innovation
A recent report, authored in part by ASU Wrigley Institute Director Gary Dirks and Senior Sustainability Scientist Daniel Sarewitz, shows that the most active efforts to develop next-generation, clean energy technologies are in rapidly industrializing countries.
Arizona’s Building Blocks: Introduction to the EPA’s Goal Calculations (part 1 of 4)
While there is no shortage of legal questions or political rhetoric surrounding the EPA’s proposed carbon pollution standards for Arizona, there are also many technical details that need to be
Scientist presents carbon emissions project at UN climate conference
By coupling extensive “data-mining” with traffic simulation and building-by-building energy consumption modeling, Senior Sustainability Scientist Kevin Gurney created useful carbon emissions maps, which he presented at the United Nations Climate Conference in Peru.
Sustainability Solutions Festival has an activity for every audience
With events ranging from the GreenBiz Forum to film screenings, the week-long Sustainability Solutions Festival - the second hosted by the Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives - offers something for everyone.
Future university symposium features presentations by ASU scientists
A symposium titled "The Future of the University and the University of the Future: A Global Perspective” - held at the Technical University of Ambato in Ecuador - echoed President Michael Crow’s emphasis on innovation as a driving force of developing universities that meet the needs of their communities.
Call for Community Challenges, SOS 321
Class Descripion and Projects Desired Professor Michael Schoon of ASU’s School of Sustainability is teaching a class in the upcoming spring semester (Jan-May 2015), SOS 321 in which he will
Arizona Water Challenge
Check out recent interviews with DCDC researchers Dave White and Ray Quay. November 30, 2014 Phoenix Channel 12 News, Sunday Square Off with Brahm Resnick discusses Arizona's water future with
Sustainability scientist contributes to Royal Society resilience report
A recent Royal Society resilience report - informed in part by CAP LTER Director Nancy Grimm - advises that communities take steps to prepare for extreme weather events, which are expected to increase in frequency as the earth warms.
Integrating sustainability education into K-12 schools
A recent article, published in The Journal of Environmental Education, details the findings of a study produced by the ASU Wrigley Institute's Sustainability Science for Sustainable Schools program. The study, conducted by School