ASU engineer will use Fulbright award to share expertise in renewable energy

Sustainability Scholar Jean Andino is set to consult on air quality and energy issues, develop collaborations, give seminars, and teach at a Panama university.

Extreme climate change linked to early animal evolution

In the latest research, a dramatic increase in atmospheric oxygen levels allowed organisms and animals to flourish, which gives new insight to the evolution of our ancestors.

I want to save the world.

Such a simple sentence, yet so much meaning. That is what most students in the School of Sustainability want to do. At the School’s 2012 Fall Welcome, new freshman and

Sustainability efforts touted by Valley mayors

by Dianna M. Náñez- Sept. 27, 2012The Republic | azcentral.com Critics say the Valley is among the nation's most unsustainable regions, warning that if the Phoenix metro area continues on

Business + University: Tomorrow's Jobs Require Sustainability

A Thought Leader Series Piece By Hunter Lovins Note: Hunter Lovins is a past Wrigley Lecture Series speaker at ASU's Global Institute of Sustainability and was a keynote speaker at

New DCDC publication

DCDC Publication Tradeoffs Between Water Conservation and Temperature Amelioration in Phoenix and Portland: Implications for Urban Sustainability Authors Patricia Gober [1, 2]Ariane Middel [3]Anthony Brazel [1]Soe Myint [1]Heejun Chang [4]Jiunn-Der

Study of 'forest killer' plant explores our vulnerability to rapid environmental change

Sustainability scientists are studying the social and ecological systems surrounding the exotic plant and are developing an educational intervention experiment to hopefully slow the spread of invasive species.

Sustainability Scientists research morality in food choices

Joan McGregor and Leah Gerber hope that targeting people’s morals rather than their rational thoughts will be an effective way to promote healthy, ethical, and sustainable food selections.

Watershed: Exploring a new water ethic for the new West

Can we meet the needs of a growing population in the face of rising temperatures and lower rainfall in an already arid land? Can we find harmony amongst the competing

October 10 Water/Climate Briefing

Dynamics of Water in Urban Ecosystems: Green Infrastructure The term green infrastructure has been used to refer to everything from green roofs to more ecologically friendly stormwater management systems and

CAP scientists receive grant to study invasive species

CAP scientists Scott Yabiku, Sharon Hall, and Abigail York are among the investigators on a newly-funded National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, "Feedbacks Between Human Community Dynamics and Socioecological Vulnerability in

Current proposals

Traditional ecological knowledge and sustainability (D. Shilling and M. Nelson) Sustainability as Myth and Practice in the Global City (M. Checker, C. Isenhower, G. McDonogh) Law for Sustainability (J.C. Dernbach)