CAP LTER research assistant receives engineering award

CAP LTER graduate student Tom Volo was named Engineering Student of the Year at the Greater Phoenix Area 2014 Engineers Week awards ceremony. Tom’s Ph.D. work focuses on urban landscape irrigation and understanding optimal water application rates, which has tremendous practical application in the Phoenix region.

Mar 5 Water/Climate Briefing

Arizona Water Supply Sustainability: In-state Water Transfers Moving water from one area of Arizona to another has the potential to create controversies, especially if the area from which the water

Leaders discuss Arizona's new energy plan at Solar Summit

Policy leaders, industry partners and energy experts gathered at ASU SkySong Feb. 20 to discuss the future of solar energy in Arizona at Arizona Solar Summit IV.

OKED leader has sunny outlook on sustainable energy in Arizona

Sethuraman "Panch" Panchanathan, senior vice president for ASU's Office of Knowledge Enterprise Development, discusses the advancements of sustainable and affordable energy sources in his latest Arizona Republic column.

ASU panel finds common ground on climate change

Panelists at the "Rescuing Climate Policy" panel, hosted by ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability, agreed that more functional conversation among researchers, policymakers, citizens and industrial leaders is critical to addressing the challenge of climate change.

Sun Devil fans eliminate trash in 2OT victory over No. 2 Wildcats

As part of the RecycleMania Game Day Basketball Challenge, ASU reports a waste diversion rate of 87% in the February Territorial Cup® basketball game against University of Arizona. The effort is part of ASU's Zero Waste initiative.

LightWorks Lecture Series: Achieving zero waste at ASU

On January 24, 2014, LightWorks kicked off its first lecture series of the new year with a panel-style discussion on Arizona State University’s zero carbon initiative. The discussion addressed ASU’s

Artificial leaf jumps developmental hurdle

​ In a recent early online edition of Nature Chemistry, ASU scientists, along with colleagues at Argonne National Laboratory, have reported advances toward perfecting a functional artificial leaf. Designing an artificial

David Eisenman: Thought Leader Series

Today is the United Nations' World Day of Social Justice. In recognition, UCLA's David Eisenman discusses how a social justice framework is the way forward for work in both resilience

Resilience, sustainability, and social justice

A Thought Leader Piece By David Eisenman Note: February 20, 2014, is the United Nations’ World Day of Social Justice. The goal of the observance is to remove barriers people

Wu delivers keynote at socio-environmental synthesis workshop

Sustainability scientist Jianguo Wu delivered a keynote presentation at a Socio-Environmental Synthesis Research Proposal Writing Workshop, hosted in Annapolis, Md., by the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center in January. The themes

New policy immersion program in Phoenix

ASU's Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes has added a new location for its popular Science Outside the Lab program that began in Washington DC more than a decade ago.