ASU helps local schools divert waste, promote sustainability education

The Paradise Valley Unified School District has partnered with Arizona State University, the Mayo Clinic and the City of Phoenix in an effort to build sustainability education into its curriculum while increasing its waste management profile.

National Academy of Sciences inducts sustainability scientist

ASU professor and sustainability scientist Janet Franklin is elected to the National Academy of Sciences for her distinguished original research, which addresses the impacts of human-caused landscape change on the environment and its inhabitants.

Financing the future of our cities

Arizona State University is leading the conversation on innovations in public finance through a new report, released by the Smart Cities Council and ASU's Center for Urban Innovation, and an upcoming

Arizona Republic covers Secretary of Navy's Wrigley Lecture

An Arizona Republic article describing the Wrigley Lecture presented by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus details the link between alternative fuel development and national security. "Sustainability for our military forces isn't

Student Spotlight: Alexis Roeckner

Alexis Roeckner, a senior in the School of Sustainability, plans to pursue a career in sustainability education at the elementary level upon graduating in May 2014.

Employing sunlight: Taking a tour of Tempe’s largest solar project

On March 27, 2014, Tempe’s South Water Treatment Plant hosted their first public solar tour. The tour highlighted the implementation of more than 3,000 solar panels that will generate more

Building cities that celebrate life

In May, the Board of Directors for Sustainability at ASU will visit Haarlemmermeer, the Netherlands, for its spring meeting. Board member William McDonough discusses Haarlemmermeer's Park 20|20, one of the most innovative business communities in the world.

Distinguished sustainability scientist interviewed at AZBio event

Bioscience nonprofit AZBio presents "A Leadership Conversation with Nobel Laureate Dr. Leland Hartwell," the chief scientist for the Center for Sustainable Health and a distinguished sustainability scientist with the Julie

A note from the Directorate

In May, we will visit Haarlemmermeer, the Netherlands, for the spring meeting of the Board of Directors for Sustainability at ASU. We recommend Bill McDonough’s essay, below, as valuable pre-reading

Guggenheim Fellowship granted to sustainability scientist

Emily Talen, a professor in ASU’s School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, will use the Guggenheim Fellowship she was recently awarded to write a book about neighborhoods and what they mean for social interactivity in the context of the future sustainable city.

Professor expounds on need for narrative in sustainability journal

In the April 2014 issue of Sustainability: The Journal of Record, Senior Sustainability Scientist and School of Sustainability Professor of Practice George Basile and co-author Scott McNall expound on the necessity for a new

International competition invites electronic waste innovation

The United States and China are seeking sustainable solutions to electronic waste through the U.S.-China Green Electronics Competition, an effort spearheaded by the Future Tense initiative and China's Tsinghua University.