Anyone that’s ever been out walking on a hot summer day has probably experienced an uncomfortable phenomenon: sometimes, the heat radiated from the pavement below is just as hot as

In the latest thought leader piece from the Global Futures Laboratory, “Societal Planetary Boundaries: When Global Society Endangers the Future of Our Planet,” Sander van der Leeuw, Manfred Laubichler and

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The Environmental Humanities Initiative of the Institute for Humanities Research at Arizona State University is collaborating with the University of Texas Humanities Institute in a grant awarded by the Consortium of Humanities Centers

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Arizona State University ranks top in the U.S. and fifth in the world out of 766 institutions in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The global ranking is

ASU reached its carbon neutrality goal six years early — on June 30, 2019. Increased energy efficiency in both new buildings and campus retrofits; on-site solar generation; renewable energy purchases from large-scale, off-site generation facilities; and purchase of carbon offsets and renewable energy were all deployed while growing the student population and undertaking a physical expansion of all ASU’s campuses.

Thirteen years ago, Arizona State University made the pioneering promise to completely eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from its campus operations by the year 2025. But on June 30, 2019, the

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ASU’s Narrative Storytelling Initiative, in collaboration with the Global Futures Laboratory, has extended the deadline to May 19 for the “Envisioning the Future” story contest. Winning entries earn cash prizes.