Reminder: 2014 Education Meeting in Haarlemmermeer

The Board’s “education meeting” for 2014 will focus on a core challenge of sustainability—urbanization. Thus, it will be comprised of highly interactive discussions with world renown thinkers and doers on how to make cities sustainable. The discussion theme is “Old Cities/New Cities/Sustainable Cities.” We’ll devote a day to discussing sustainability solutions being applied in the historic city of Amsterdam followed by a day of discussions about how the newly emerging municipality of Haarlemmermeer intends to create cities that are the most sustainable in Europe.
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Hallie Eakin: Thought Leader Series

In recognition of the United Nations' International Year of Family Farming, Eakin discusses the role of the family farm in meeting our most pressing sustainability challenges: food security, poverty alleviation, and environmental integrity.
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Inaugural Sustainability Solutions Festival set to take place Feb. 17-22

Together with GreenBiz and The Sustainability Consortium, ASU's Sustainability Solutions Festival will bring leaders in sustainable business, renewable energy, research, humanities, and innovation during one week of local events.
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Kao is first to graduate with Master's in Sustainability Solutions

As a student, Karen Kao studied abroad in the UK, served as a research assistant for Reinvent PHX, and worked as a project manager for ASU's Sustainability Solutions Services. She is now a sustainability program coordinator for GreenerU.
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City of Phoenix, ASU establish public/private sustainability incubator

The four-year partnership will establish the Center for Resource Intelligence to more effectively manage the city's resources and create economic value through research, development, education, and solutions services.
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Scientists propose 'dirty but necessary' way to feed 9 billion people

In a Future Tense article for Slate magazine, ASU’s James Elser and Bruce Rittmann propose a three-part solution to dwindling supplies of the fertilizer ingredient phosphorous in the face of a growing demand for food production.
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Students win grant to tackle global poverty

Inspired by sustainability scientist Mark Henderson's class, students in the College of Technology and Innovation have received a $10,000 microgrant administered by IDEO.org to tackle global poverty using Biochar, a charcoal created from agricultural waste.
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Scientists look to ancient cities for clues to equal urban access

Researchers are taking techniques that were developed for modern cities and applying them to archeological and historical cities, examining city size, wealth, governance, political context, and their effects on access to services like schools, markets, and medical care.
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Arizona's universities partner on diverse sustainability projects

Arizona's three state universities have received an award from the Arizona Board of Regents to collaborate on three projects, including a data-sharing infrastructure project led by the Global Institute of Sustainability.
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