Sustainability Matters

Former USDA deputy secretary named executive director of Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems

Kathleen Merrigan is the first executive director of ASU's Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems. Merrigan’s expertise and leadership will strengthen ASU’s global impact on research, policy and education in food systems.

Julie Ann Wrigley creates new sustainability scholarship

Julie Ann Wrigley, in partnership with ASU President Michael Crow, created a new scholarship that will be awarded to an ASU School of Sustainability student each year to support an education, research or service activity that prepares them to address a specific sustainability challenge.

John Browne writes op-ed about future of oil and gas

Executive Chairman of L1 Energy and ASU Wrigley Institute board member John Browne penned an op-ed for Bloomberg Opinion about the great energy shift that needs to happen, with oil and gas companies adapting to be a positive part of the energy transition rather than victims of it.

A conservative case for a carbon tax

In this Thought Leader Series piece, economist Bob Litterman, an ASU Wrigley Institute board member and former Goldman, Sachs & Co. risk manager, describes why he believes a tax on producing carbon dioxide emissions is the solution society needs for curbing climate change.

Sustainability students graduating at high rates, winning elite scholarships

The School of Sustainability has one of the highest graduation rates at Arizona State University, and many sustainability students are winning prestigious honors including Ford Foundation Fellowships, Doris Duke Conservation Scholarships and Udall Undergraduate Scholarships.

Five women entrepreneurs win first WE Empower UN SDG Challenge

Five women entrepreneurs, representing each of the five U.N. regions, were selected to attend the United Nations Global Goals Week in September and to receive training and support for their efforts to empower women and improve sustainability in their fields.

The Sustainability Consortium releases 2018 Impact Report

The Sustainability Consortium released its third annual Impact Report, which focuses on how well companies are using the organization’s tools to increase transparency in their supply chains. TSC reported in 2018 that it made progress on all three aspects of improving transparency.

CAP LTER urban ecology program funded another four years

After a lengthy review process, ASU's Central Arizona–Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Program has been granted another four years of funding by the National Science Foundation to continue studying the Phoenix urban ecosystem from an interdisciplinary and social-ecological perspective.

Sustainability experts talk strategies for keeping hot cities habitable on new ASU podcast

In Phoenix and other “extreme” cities, there is growing urgency to find solutions to keep residents cool. On a recent episode of ASU's Thought Huddle podcast, three ASU sustainability experts discuss ways to make urban spaces more livable for the long term.

ASU Carbon Project launched to reach neutrality by 2025

Aligning with ASU's goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2025, University Sustainability Practices recently launched the ASU Carbon Project, a program that will offset the university's hard-to-eliminate carbon dioxide emissions by purchasing carbon offset credits and partnering with ASU faculty on local projects.

Meet sustainability alumna Diane Trimble

Twenty years ago, Diane Trimble dropped out of college. Recently, she earned an Executive Master of Sustainability Leadership from the School of Sustainability. The journey back to school wasn’t always easy, but it was worth it for Trimble to become a better role model for her sons and community.

Psyche mission aims to help scientists understand Earth’s core

ASU and NASA are partners to study Psyche, an asteroid made of nickel-iron metal — much like Earth’s own core. Sustainability scientist Lindy Elkins-Tanton is the mission's principal investigator and believes Psyche can give us more understanding of and perspective on our planet.