Student from Yemen hopes to bring sustainability into humanitarian work

School of Sustainability master’s student Enas Al-Qershi recently had a bit of an epiphany while working towards her degree in Sustainability Leadership. “I'm starting to think that sustainability is not

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WITU: Women building other women

Barbara Birungi Mutabazi, founder of Women in Technology Uganda (WITU), 2021 WE Empower finalist Barbara and Women in Technology Uganda (WITU) strongly believe that the participation of women in the creation of

UNEP and SPRI present key findings and conclusions of the 2022 Sustainable Public Procurement Global Review

SPRI's Nicole Darnall and Justin Stritch  along with other professors, consultants, and members of the United Nation Environment Porgramme presented key findings and conclusions from the 2022 Sustainable Public Procurement

Growing vegetables in the desert

Did you know that 90% of leafy greens (i.e., lettuce, kale, spinach, etc.) produced/consumed during winter in the US and Canada are grown in Yuma, Arizona? That means the odds that you have consumed lettuce from Desert Premium Farms are very high!

Irina Mkrtchyan

ISSD: A systematic approach to economic development

Irina Mkrtchyan, Co-founder of Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Development of Communities (ISSD), Armenia and 2021 WE Empower finalist, Middle East and North Africa Irina Mkrtchyan had a difficult upbringing being

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Industry disruptor working to solve hunger for 1.1 billion people

OnePointOne vertical farm start-up focuses on the power of plants that can help address food insecurity worldwide. When brothers Sam and John Bertram learned that 1.1 billion people began this millennium suffering from food insecurity, they started on a journey to create technology that can help address this world problem; that is when together they decided to start OnePointOne.

REU opportunity! The Sala Lab seeking undergraduates for summer 2023

About the OpportunityThe Sala Lab at Arizona State University is looking for motivated undergraduate students to participate in research activities in grassland ecosystem ecology, for 10 weeks, during the summer

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Roots Studio: Reimagining cultural appreciation

In support of UN SDG 5: Gender Equality, Roots Studio seeks to “end discrimination against women and ensure full and effective participation in decision-making to spotlight them and upskill their

Man showing a group of Indian women how to use the solar food processing unit

S4S: Sustainable livelihoods through innovative food and technology

S4S Technologies assists women without land as well as farmers to become entrepreneurs by providing micro food processing units that help them generate an average additional income of

Farmer-driven conservation in the heart of Yuma, Arizona

It’s said that there are “five C’s” that power Arizona: climate, copper, cotton, cattle, and citrus. Mark Kuechel, owner and operator of Kuechel Farms, comes from a long line – four generations, in fact – of experts in one of these C’s: citrus. But, after spending the afternoon with Mr. Kuechel, it’s clear another C could be added to the list: conservation.

Five approaches to producing actionable science in conservation

Led by Program Lead Dr. Candice Carr Kelman, the Center for Biodiversity Outcomes actionable science team published an article in Conservation Biology on how to produce actionable science for conservation.

Updates in Cardiac Amyloidosis 2023 (1.14.2023)

Updates in Cardiac Amyloidosis are supported in part by an independent educational grant from Pfizer. Updates in Cardiac Amyloidosis 2023Health Futures Center - Saturday, 14 January 20238AM-2PM The Institute for Future