Sustainability Matters

Google's sustainability lead shares circular economy successes

During her November 2017 Wrigley Lecture at ASU, Google's Sustainability Lead Kate Brandt detailed how the tech giant is working to embed circular economy principles into its infrastructure, operations and culture – letting its success speak for itself. Watch Brandt's lecture.

Military training promotes serving country and planet

During an inaugural Army Reserve Mission Resilience and Sustainability conference hosted by ASU, over 150 military personnel, Department of the Army civilians and contractors were given the mandate to change the “sustainability DNA” of their organizations.

1,000s of lab gloves will be recycled thanks to ASU sustainability student

Recognizing that countless gloves are used in labs across ASU's campuses each week, School of Sustainability student Junkee Justin Ahn – through a program called RightCycle – is helping these gloves reach recycling centers where they are turned into plastic materials.

Resilience game prepares city leaders for future scenarios

At the second in a series of resilience and sustainability workshops hosted by the School of Sustainability's Executive and Professional Education program with the City of Tempe, municipal leaders discussed visions of the city in 2040 – from recreation to shade structures.

Alan AtKisson: Thought Leader Series

What lessons can the U.S. Army impart on a sustainability movement in need of momentum? More than a few, according to this Thought Leader Series essay – titled "Seeing the mission through: growing an army for sustainability" – by author and Sustainability Hall-of-Famer Alan AtKisson.

Growing a plant-based brand in the world of 'Big Food'

In a November 2017 interview with Nil Zacharias on his One Green Planet podcast #EatForThePlanet, Sweet Earth Enlightened Foods CEO Kelly Swette discusses her decision to sell the company to food giant Nestlé, as well as the future of plant-based foods in general.

Sustainability professors named 2017 AASHE award winners

For their outstanding achievements and progress toward sustainability, School of Sustainability professors Katja Brundiers and Arnim Wiek received a Campus Sustainability Research award from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

Creating smart and connected coastal communities

Aiming to benefit the lives of more than a million people, the Urban Resilience to Extremes Sustainability Research Network is using an NSF Smart & Connected Communities grant to develop a plan that prepares three coastal cities for the increasing frequency and severity of storms.

Forecasting dryland vulnerability for the Department of Defense

Sustainability scientists from ASU's Global Drylands Center are among those researching the effects of climate change on vegetation communities and ecosystem processes across three deserts in the western U.S. Their findings will be used to manage Department of Defense drylands.

Finding fulfillment through food choices

In studying the long-term effects of our diets on fulfillment, Food Systems Transformation Initiative Director Christopher Wharton expects to find a correlation between happiness and plant-based eating due to its health, environmental and other sustainability benefits.

Seeking to sustain recreational fishing

As many fisheries around the country collapse under environmental and social pressures, School of Sustainability Professor Marco Janssen is among the scientists from five academic institutions working to understand how good fishing conditions can be sustained.

Alliance makes strides toward phosphorus sustainability

With a new source of funding following a five-year National Science Foundation grant, the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance – a unit of the ASU Wrigley Institute – grows to nine member organizations committed to tackling the phosphorus problem in our global food system.