Student pursues sustainable living, organizes efforts campuswide

Natalie Fleming, a junior majoring in sustainability, is one of about 200 ASU students living in Sustainability House at Barrett (SHAB), the sustainable-living community at Barrett, the Honors College. Her

Call for Abstracts for CAP LTER 13th Annual All Scientists Meeting (Poster Symposium)

 The Central Arizona–Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Project (CAP LTER) is hosting its Thirteenth Annual All Scientists Meeting (Poster Symposium) to discuss current research and promote future research on urban socio-ecological

A zero waste day, really?

Happy 'America Recycles Day' readers! Conveniently, this day happens to correlate with waste day of "No Impact" week. (http://noimpactproject.org/experiment/) This week everyone is strongly encouraged to take a magnifying glass

‘No Impact Week’ encourages students to live greener

Arizona State University kicked off its No Impact Week on Sunday, November 14. The eight-day initiative, sponsored by the Global Institute of Sustainability, encourages students on the Tempe campus to

To ride? Or not to ride?

Were you faced with the conundrum of purchasing ASU's new transit card this year? Since I now find myself working as a full-time Program Coordinator for ASU, I no longer

CAP LTER Graduate Student Ph.D. Defenses

Elisabeth Knight Larson: Water and Nitrogen in Designed Ecosystems: Biogeochemical and Economic Consequences, November 10th, 8:30 am, Room L1-04, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus.  Abstract

AASHE 2010: Exploring, Learning, Connecting

The week of October 11 several ASU employees, including myself had the amazing opportunity to attend the 2010 Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Conference in Denver

Energize Phoenix revs up $25M in grants

The city of Phoenix began accepting funding applications Tuesday from multi-family housing owners along a 10-mile stretch of the Phoenix light rail corridor. $25 million in grants are available under

Riverine systems' changes affect food chain

Riverine systems are altered by flooding and drought. CAP scientist John Sabo and colleagues have examined the impacts of these alterations on food-chain lengths. Their findings, published recently in Science

Ensuring long-term health of global ecosystems

Q&A with Ann Kinzig Dr. Kinzig on a research trip in Arizona’s Sky Islands region near the Mexico border. Dr. Kinzig assesses Panama ecosystems with a colleague from the Smithsonian

ASU loves its cyclists

Almost every bike rider has experienced the pain of a flat tire and the agonizing search for a way to fill it back up. Now, the ASU community will have

Gene Baur Interview

Gene Baur: Sustainability Series from Sustainability in Action Blog on Vimeo. How and what we eat is quite a hot topic right now in sustainability. Much like the challenge of