Green: What drives cities’ runaway growth?
From The New York Times, this post from Felicity Barringer highlights a study co-authored by Michail Fragkias, Executive Officer of the UGEC Project at ASU's Global Institute of Sustainability. Urban areas
The Sustainability Consortium opens European office, appoints three new board members including two NGOs
Actions underscore consortium’s strategic plan to deliver a sustainability measurement and reporting system and become a global organization TEMPE, Ariz., – Aug. 16, 2011 - The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) today
Changes in Maryvale, real and perceived
From KJZZ 91.5 FM, Phoenix, this report from Steve Goldstein features ASU Senior Sustainability Scientist Aaron Golub. Golub's research relates to urban planning and public transportation. Maryvale was once a
The value proposition of a sustainable degree
From Sustainability: The Journal of Record, June 2011, 4(3): 113-116, an article by Ted Mero about ASU School of Sustainability graduate Bavousett and how a degree in sustainability from ASU
What Is the worth of a degree in sustainability?
An editorial by George Basile, Senior Sustainability Scientist and Associate Professor in the School of Sustainability, was featured in Sustainability: The Journal of Record, June 2011, 4(3): 95-97. From climate
Watering the Sun Corridor
Do we have ample supply for Arizona's needs today and tomorrow? Are we in a current water crisis? And, if so, what's being done and what should be done? These
New undergrad/grad course focuses on long-term research
Dr. Dan Childers will hold a new, one credit hour, upper division undergraduate and graduate course this fall that focuses on long-term research in urban systems with a special emphasis
Forecasting success of new energy technologies
Q&A with Eric Williams Eric Williams is a Senior Sustainability Scientist in the Global Institute of Sustainability and an assistant professor in both the School of Sustainability and the School
Phoenix Area Social Survey underway
CAP LTER scientists are currently conducting the Phoenix Area Social Survey (PASS) in 45 metropolitan Phoenix neighborhoods. The survey, conducted every five years, focuses on the quality of life in
I commute, you can follow suit
If I can bike to ASU in the scorching, humid monsoon weather of Tempe, AZ, you can do it, too. I have been biking along Rural Road from the north
Valley Forward seeks entries for 31st Annual Environmental Excellence Awards Program
PHOENIX (June 13, 2011) – Valley Forward Association is now accepting nominations for its 31st annual Environmental Excellence Awards program, Arizona’s oldest and largest competition of its kind. The event
Energize Phoenix
Originally Published in Lightrail Connect, June-August 2011 Edition Did you know the typical Phoenix family spends about $1,600 a year on home utility bills? Unfortunately, too much of that energy