California wildfires make underground utilities an infrastructure priority

Despite years of declaring that conversion of high-voltage, long-distance electrical transmission lines to underground installation was cost prohibitive, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has announced plans to spend $20 billion

Malik Yakini

Meet senior fellow Malik Yakini

In this series, we’re sitting down with the Swette Center senior fellows to catch up on food systems, innovation, and what makes a good meal.  Read on for an interview

Pam Marrone

Meet senior fellow Pam Marrone

In this series, we’re sitting down with the Swette Center senior fellows to catch up on food systems, innovation, and what makes a good meal.  Read on for an interview

New paper positions waste pickers as models of environmental stewards for circular economy

A new paper published by a team from the Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Service that includes College of Global Futures associate professor Rimjhim Aggarwal examines the culture and

Investing in the nation’s youth by investing in school nutrition

In March of 2021, the Biden Administration put forth a proposal called the American Jobs Plan, a bill that focuses on revitalizing the American economy and job creation by investing

Meet senior fellow Bob Nash

In this series, we’re sitting down with the Swette Center senior fellows to catch up on food systems, innovation, and what makes a good meal.  Read on for an interview

Dave White, Deputy Director Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation

Dave White selected as Southwest Chapter lead author for National Climate Assessment

Dave White, deputy director of Arizona State University’s Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation and professor in the School of Community Resources and Development, has been tapped by the White

Low water levels in Lake Mead

‘Code-Red’ megadrought is the Southwest’s latest demand for collaborative innovation says Dave White in Washington Post

The Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation’s deputy director, Dave White, was featured in the Washington Post on Aug. 18 with his opinion piece on the US Bureau of Reclaimation’s

Extreme heat and public health podcast

Jennifer Vanos, a HUE partner and Assistant Professor at the School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures, and Rachel Braun, a Postdoctoral Research Associate with HUE, have been featured in Come Rain

Meet affiliated faculty Rolf Halden

In this series, we’re sitting down with the Swette Center affiliated faculty to catch up on food systems, innovation, and what makes a good meal. See the rest of the

Graduate student research assistantship available!

Demand-driven science: the role of knowledge partnerships in improving the public value of conservation science The actionable science in conservation team with the Center for Biodiversity Outcomes at ASU has

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