Martin Smith, a 2016 Masters of Sustainability Solutions (MSUS) alum, just saw the realization of his capstone project in the form of a new U.S. Green Business Council (USGBC) certified Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Pilot Credit for “Residential Energy Submetering and Real-time Usage Data.” Continue reading
Celebrating Student Sustainability Projects
We had a wonderful array of student projects this 2016-2017 academic year covering a vast landscape of topics. We decided to make a video montage to celebrate the solutions-oriented projects students worked on this year. Continue reading
Students Showcase Water Research at Decision Center for a Desert City
On April 24, 2017, Decision Center for Desert City, a unit of the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, conducted an Open House and Student Project Showcase. Continue reading
Celebrating Local, Sustainable Food for Earth Month at ASU
Following a great success with the Rescued Food Feast Event last year, seven organizations came together to make the event even bigger this year with “Food Systems and Beyond” on March 29, 2017. Continue reading
Sustainability Planning at the City of Bisbee
Torin Sadow, a BA alum in Sustainability and Urban Dynamics and a BS in Planning, took on a challenging project as a Sustainability Intern with the City of Bisbee Public Works. Sadow was responsible for helping the City of Bisbee create a municipal sustainability plan. Continue reading
Visioning a Community Garden at Tempe Academy of International Studies
From August 2015 to May 2016, students enrolled in the project-based, modular learning (ProMod) sustainability program worked with the Tempe Academy of International Studies to create a vision and plan for a community garden on the school grounds. Continue reading
Navigating Collaborative Governance for Sustainable River Recreation
Anna Jean Bettis is a dual Sustainability alum, having first completed a Bachelor of Arts with an international development track and recently finishing her Masters of Sustainability Solutions (MSUS) at ASU with a focus on conservation. Continue reading
Putting Sustainability Science in Practice at Mountainside Middle School
Molly Cashion, a recent MA graduate in Sustainability (May 2016), worked on a project in North Scottsdale with Mountainside Middle School from August 2015 thru May 2016 funded by both the School of Sustainability at ASU and a GK-12 grant. Continue reading
Visioning Sustainability in Rio Claro, Brazil by 2020
Saurabh Biswas, a PhD student in Sustainability, spent his summer visioning sustainability in Rio Claro, an agricultural village of the Delfim Moreira municipality, in Minas Gerais, Brazil as part of the United States Agency for International Development’s Global Development Research (USAID-GDR) Fellowship. Continue reading
Practice Sustainable Food Waste – Don’t Landfill It!
The goal of the project was to investigate how to create a sustainable food waste disposal system for ASU. Arizona State University’s Office of University Sustainability Practices and Facilities Management collaborated with six graduate and sixteen undergraduate students in a workshop class provided by Katja Brundiers and Aaron Redman from the School of Sustainability. Continue reading