Near-death experience puts grad on activist path
A near-fatal illness when she was 16 led Beth Anne Martin to dream big dreams. She decided she wanted to make the world a better place. Now 21, the ASU
Educators teach water conservation
by John Felty, Salt River Project December 2, 2011 via East Valley Tribune When you live in the desert, water conservation is a way of life. Salt River Project has
Scientists examine urban heat island in low-income areas
Research on urban heat island by CAP LTER researchers Darrel Jenerette, Sharon Harlan, Will Stefanov, and Chris Martin recently was featured in Wired Magazine's article "Environmental Gap Widens in Phoenix."
Urban heat riskscape research featured in Wired Magazine
Research by CAP scientists Darrel Jenerette, Sharon Harlan, Will Stefanov, and Chris Martin was featured in a recent online piece in Wired Magazine. The story focused on findings reported in
Implementing energy efficiency on an urban scale
Q&A with Mick Dalrymple Mick Dalrymple is the ASU project manager for Energize Phoenix, a $25 million federally funded program to upgrade the downtown Phoenix core for significant energy savings.
Dec 6 DCDC Water/Climate Briefing
Cotton, Condos, and Climate: Agriculture and Arizona’s Water Future Decision-makers in Arizona are comforted by the idea that water can be diverted from farms to cities in the face of
Call for abstracts for CAP LTER 14th Annual All Scientists Meeting
The Central Arizona–Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Project (CAP LTER) is hosting its Fourteenth Annual All Scientists Meeting (Poster Symposium) to discuss current research and promote future research on urban socio-ecological
Archeologists investigate Ice Age hominins adaptability to climate change
Complex computational modeling provides clues to Neanderthal extinction Computational modeling that examines evidence of how hominin groups evolved culturally and biologically in response to climate change during the last Ice
ASU 'Changing Planet' town hall airs Nov. 17 on The Weather Channel
In celebration of NBC Universal’s “Green Is Universal” week, The Weather Channel announced that it will air “Changing Planet: Adapting to Our Water Future” at 5 p.m. ( ET ), 3 p.m.
Using social psychology to promote sustainability
Can peer pressure help people live more sustainably? In this article from The Atlantic Cities, Susan Ledlow, ASU social psychologist; Mick Dalrymple, ASU Energize Phoenix project manager; and Dimitrios Laloudakis, Phoenix's
In the news
December 6, DCDC Water/Climate Briefing, Cotton, Condos, and Climate: Agriculture and Arizona's Water Future. Organized by School of Sustainability graduate students, this DCDC Water/Climate Briefing explores the climate-water-agriculture-nexus in Arizona.
A conversation with Kevin Dooley, Sustainability Consortium Director
From The Atlantic, this article features a conversation with Kevin Dooley, Senior Sustainability Scientist and Professor of Supply Chain Management, W.P. Carey School of Business. Dooley also serves as Academic