Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability Sustainability Highlights

Sustainability scientist named to Popular Science's Brilliant 10

Arianne Cease, an assistant professor in ASU’s School of Sustainability, was named among Popular Science's 2015 "Brilliant 10" for her investigations into the locust swarms that devastate crops and threaten livelihoods, and for her work in identifying strategies to stop the insects from swarming.


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Nat Geo spotlights company co-founded by sustainability grad

Carbon Roots International - a company co-founded by School of Sustainability graduate Ryan Delaney and dedicated to helping rural Haitian farmers develop more efficient agricultural practices - was highlighted as a "Great Energy Challenge" grant-winner in the October issue of National Geographic magazine.


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Weather extremes could hinder human food production

A six-year ASU study on the effects of climatic variability on desert grassland, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that though shrubs flourish in flood and drought conditions, grasses - commonly grazed on by cattle raised for consumption - diminish.


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Smart city designs earn ASU sustainability students Verizon grants

The recently-announced winners of last fall's Smart City and Technology Innovation Challenge - a course that encouraged students to consider how the latest smart technologies could be applied to cities - included the School of Sustainability's Alex Slaymaker, who proposed an online waste-networking platform.


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City managers trying to reduce emissions should think small

In a recent commentary published in Nature, ASU sustainability scientists Kevin Gurney, Nancy Grimm and Mikhail Chester state that city managers should handle greenhouse gas emissions at a small scale - like a house or road - so as to more easily see and target a city’s “carbon hot spots."


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ASU LightWorks commits to brighter future in Ethiopia

With the aim of transforming Ethiopia into a carbon-neutral middle-income country by 2025, ASU LightWorks is one of three institutions to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with AORA Solar to promote the development and advancement of renewable energy technologies in that country through academic cooperation.


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Fiction contest invites writers to imagine climate futures

In an effort to encourage consideration of the many ways climate change may affect us, ASU's Imagination and Climate Futures Initiative, in partnership with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean’s Council, invites writers to submit stories that explore possible futures in its first Climate Fiction Short Story Contest.


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Compromise may be part of a sustainable solution to whale hunting

According to Leah Gerber - founding director of ASU’s Center for Biodiversity Outcomes - a compromise with whaling nations that allows them to legally hunt under regulations and monitoring might break a current stalemate centered on the ethics of killing whales.


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Study examines risk of Himalayan glacial lake outburst

School of Sustainability lecturer and anthropologist, Milan Shrestha, has joined an interdisciplinary team of scientists working on an NSF-funded study of the risk posed by an engorged Himalayan glacial lake to the centuries-old settlements positioned downstream.


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Sustainability scientist honored for energy contributions

In recognition of substantial and sustained contributions to our understanding of the geography of energy, ASU professor Martin “Mike” Pasqualetti will be awarded the 2015 Alexander and Ilse Melamid Memorial Medal by the American Geographical Society at its annual fall symposium.


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ASU receives two top sustainability awards from Arizona Forward

In recognition of its initiative to improve sustainability in Arizona, ASU was presented with two of the 17 first-place Crescordia awards and one of the 31 Awards of Merit at Arizona Forward's 35th Environmental Excellence Awards gala.


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