Faculty spotlight: Al Brown
We are pleased to highlight one of the network’s outstanding faculty members, Mr. Al Brown. Al is a Senior Lecturer and the Director of Environmental Research Initiatives at ASU’s Polytechnic
Seeking admin and communications intern
The ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes is currently seeking an enthusiastic, sustainability-minded intern to support its daily administrative and communication projects. Through this opportunity, interns will enhance transferable skills such
SCN Steering Committee appoints new chair and co-chairs
Early this Spring, ASU’s Sustainable Cities Network (SCN) Steering Committee appointed new city leadership to help guide the collaborative community network into the next year. Serving as the new chair
New paper: Sustainable consumption
School of Sustainability assistant professor Tyler DesRoches, sustainability fellow Daniel Fischer and their co-authors have published a new paper, Sustainable consumption communication: A review of an emerging field of research, in the Journal of
ASU’s new Health Futures Center provides fresh intersections with Mayo Clinic to transform health care
Less than a mile south of the Loop 101 in northeast Phoenix, on a plot of land that just two years ago was nothing but dirt, a new silhouette that represents the future of health care in Arizona has cropped up against the backdrop of the Valley it will serve. Arizona State University’s brand-new Health Futures Center, home of the Mayo Clinic and ASU Alliance for Health Care, is the latest development in the nearly two-decades-long relationship between the nation’s most innovative university and…
How ASU Engineering is playing a critical role in economic development
The talent at Arizona State University’s Fulton Schools of Engineering and a yeoman’s work from local economic development leaders, are two of the reasons why Phoenix is so attractive to these companies and so well positioned.
Government purchasing: sustainability’s best kept secret?
Archimedes once observed that with a long enough lever he could move the world. In the case of moving the world to a more sustainable place, government purchasing could be
Virtual 2-day workshop on public interest technology draws attendees from five continents
ASU’s College of Global Futures has completed a unique two-day virtual workshop for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on March 24-25 on Public Interest Technology (PIT) in
Why sustainability should be part of your business model
Our March newsletter features an invitation to our upcoming USAID/RTAC virtual workshop, inspiring articles about sustainability in business, and relevant events. Read about Nike’s 2025 sustainability goals and learn why
ASU retains top US spot for efforts toward UN sustainability goals
With sustainability long held as a core value across the entire university and home to the nation’s first comprehensive Global Futures Laboratory, ASU was again ranked by Time Higher Education as the top US institution when it comes impacts made addressing 17 specific goals aimed at achieving a better world for 2030, known as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
New book: Resilient Urban Futures
A new open access book, Resilient Urban Futures, addresses the way in which urban and urbanizing regions profoundly impact and are impacted by climate change.
Peter Schlosser named chair of AGU Development Board
ASU vice president and vice provost of Global Futures, Peter Schlosser, was recently named as chair of the Development Board for the American Geophysical Union (AGU).