ASU awarded $20M to assess climate change risks and resilience

ASU awarded a $20 million grant by NGA to launch the Foresight Initiative to provide interconnected tools, techniques and environments for decision making for increased global sustainability and resilience. Arizona

ASU and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to address security risks of climate change

Dave White announces that he and his team have been awarded a $20 million grant to study the effects of climate change on water, food, energy and other resources and to

ASU awarded $20M to assess climate change risks and resilience

Partnership between intelligence community and academia will explore the effects of climate change on water, food, energy and other resources to develop strategies to anticipate and mitigate national security risks.

ASU awards budding innovators at international Intel fair

In recognition of projects that go beyond academic boundaries to solve real-world issues, Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives presented five $2,500 Sustainability Solutions Awards to inspired young innovators at this year's Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

Panchanathan appointed to National Science Board by President Obama

In this role, ASU's senior vice president of Knowledge Enterprise Development will advise the U.S. President and Congress on science and engineering issues and establish policies of the National Science Foundation.

DCDC brief explores vulnerability of Southwest's agriculture

Decision Center for a Desert City has released a policy brief that explores the role of agriculture in an urbanizing southwestern United States that is becoming increasingly vulnerable to climate change.

Sustainability scientist preps for busy year as head of national chapter

Janet Franklin, a distinguished sustainability scientist and new president of the U.S. national chapter of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, prepares to host the organization's World Congress next summer while continuing her research on human-caused landscape change.

Pasqualetti proposes solutions at water issues symposium

Senior Sustainability Scientist Martin Pasqualetti presented at a recent symposium entitled “Uncommon Dialogue: US-Mexico Transboundary Water Issues." He was one of seven speakers at the event, which was organized by Stanford University groups

Sustainability scientist explains bacteria as fuel to radio audience

Distinguished sustainability scientist Bruce Rittmann discussed the fuel-producing potential of cyanobacteria, simple organisms that are up to 100 times more efficient in their use of sunlight than green algae, on the Australian radio program The Science Show.

Joshua Abbott

New equation puts nature's wealth on par with other assets

School of Sustainability associate professor Joshua Abbott and his Yale University colleague have developed an interdisciplinary equation that assigns a dollar value to natural resources. By putting natural resources on par with other forms of wealth, the equation will have widespread implications for policymakers and other stakeholders.

McDonough, Cradle to Cradle design concepts featured in Newsweek

In a June 2014 Newsweek article, board member William McDonough and his colleague Coert Zachariasse discuss the principles that have guided the construction of Park 20|20, a sustainable business complex in Haarlemmermeer, the Netherlands.

Sustainability alum helps millennials live more mindfully

Andrew Krause, a School of Sustainability alumnus and U.N. Foundation Global Accelerator delegate, has developed a smartphone app that uses social interaction and gamification to promote sustainable action.