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School of Sustainability Featured on NBC Nightly News

March 28, 2008

NBC visited Arizona State University in February 2008 to explore in depth the nation’s first School of Sustainability. Their report aired nationally March 24, 2008, on NBC Nightly News. Interviews with students, professors, and administrators shed light on challenges facing this generation of students, opportunities that await graduates, and how ASU’s School of Sustainability prepares students for the future.

> Watch the NBC Nightly News video
> Watch NBC interview of ASU students
> Watch NBC interview of President Michael Crow

Earth Hour Spotlights Sustainability: Phoenix to Join Far-Reaching Blackout

March 28, 2008

by Jonathan Fink
Special for The Republic

On Saturday evening, Arizona State University’s University Center building at the downtown Phoenix campus will go completely dark for one hour. The voluntary blackout is a symbol of ASU’s commitment to Earth Hour 2008 – a global effort to build awareness around the need for action on climate change.

ASU’s University Center and the entire downtown Phoenix area will join Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco and a host of other cities around the globe in turning off all non-essential lighting from 8 to 9 p.m. local time.
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