Global Institute of Sustainability Sustainability Highlights

A note from the Directorate

In May, we will visit Haarlemmermeer, the Netherlands, for the spring meeting of the Board of Directors for Sustainability at ASU. We recommend Bill McDonough’s essay, below, as valuable pre-reading for the meeting. We look forward to seeing you May 26-28.


William McDonough: Thought Leader Series

William McDonough is the architect of Delta Development’s Park 20|20 in Haarlemmermeer, the Netherlands – one of the most innovative business communities in the world. Here, McDonough describes the bounty cities can offer when they’re designed to celebrate life.
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Sustainability board member to receive honorary degree

Pamela Matson, a member of ASU's Board of Directors for Sustainability, will receive the Doctor of Science honorary degree at Arizona State University's undergraduate commencement ceremony for her pioneering work in the field of environmental science.
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Climate change will reduce crop yields sooner than expected

Senior Sustainability Scientist Netra Chhetri, an assistant professor with the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes, co-authored a study that indicates significant declines in the essential food crops maize, wheat and rice by the early 2030s.
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ASU scientist leads research on saftety of nanoparticles

Paul Westerhoff, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, is leading a $5M multi-university research project funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to examine whether nanoparticles pose threats to the environment and human health.
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Women help communities cope with troubled shrimp industry

Senior Sustainability Scientist Maria Cruz-Torres, School of Transborder Studies, finds that women in the western Mexican state of Sinaloa are playing a critical role in helping their coastal communities weather negative environmental impacts on the shrimp industry.
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ASU launches ASU Zero Waste initiative

On April 1, Arizona State University launched the university-wide Zero Waste at ASU initiative, which aims to achieve zero solid waste by 2015 using both diversion and aversion techniques.
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International competition invites electronic waste innovation

The United States and China are seeking sustainable solutions to electronic waste through the U.S.-China Green Electronics Competition, an effort spearheaded by the Future Tense initiative and China's Tsinghua University.
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"Color Canalscape" invites students to reimagine the banal

Phoenix students showcased sustainability-themed projects aimed at improving the Grand Canal at "Color Canalscape," an event made possible through a partnership between ASU's Sustainability Science for Sustainable Schools program and Arizona Forward.
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Nonprofit wins ASU sustainability award for "urban infill"

Project Rising, a nonprofit seeking to reactivate the vacant lots of Phoenix using sustainable building techniques, accepted the Walton Sustainability Solutions Award at the Social Venture Partners of Arizona's "Fast Pitch" competition.
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Meet Our Alumni: Jessica Fox

Now working to bring renewable surface water from the Colorado River to Central Arizona, School of Sustainability graduate Jessica Fox has a long-standing interest in Western water planning.
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