New York Times columnist discusses sustainability as freedom
Addressing a crowd of nearly 2,000 people in ASU’s Gammage Auditorium at the first Wrigley Lecture of 2015, renowned journalist and author Thomas Friedman contended that maintaining our freedom is going to require a major value adjustment.
ASU launches academy to educate young students about sustainability
ASU’s new National Sustainability Teachers’ Academy - a program of the Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives - aims to bring teams of elementary, middle and high school teachers from across the nation together to establish a task force for sustainability education.
Prasad Boradkar: Thought Leader Series
March 3 marks the launch of ASU's new Biomimicry Center, established in partnership with Montana-based Biomimicry 3.8, and co-directed by Prasad Boradkar. In this essay, Boradkar describes how biomimicry can
Walmart Expands Online Sustainable Shopping Offering
SAN BRUNO, Calif., Feb. 24, 2015 – Walmart announced today the debut of its Sustainability Leaders shop, an online shopping portal on Walmart.com that helps customers identify and purchase products
AAAS meeting features research by sustainability scientists
This year's annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science - which draws thousands of scientists, engineers, educators, policymakers and journalists from around the world - featured the innovative research of four ASU sustainability scientists.
Biomimicry: Mining Nature for Ideas
A Thought Leader Series Piece By Prasad Boradkar Note: March 3 marks the launch of ASU's new Biomimicry Center, established in partnership with Montana-based Biomimicry 3.8, and co-directed by Prasad
Resource Innovation and Solutions Network
Resource Innovation and Solutions Network A new paradigm focused on integrated resource management is emerging in response to the current unsustainable pace of resource consumption, waste production, and the increasing
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