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ASU Named One of Nation’s ‘Greenest’ Universities

July 28th, 2008

Princeton Review rating based on environmental practices, policies and course offerings

Arizona State University has been named one of the nation’s “greenest” universities by The Princeton Review in its first-ever rating of environmentally friendly institutions.

The “2009 Green Rating Honor Roll” is a numerical score on a scale of 60 to 99 that The Princeton Review tallied for 534 colleges and universities based on data it collected from the schools in the 2007-08 academic year concerning their environmentally related policies, practices and academic offerings.

The Green Rating scores appear in the website profiles of the 534 schools that posted on The Princeton Review’s site (www.PrincetonReview.com) today.
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Peter Singer discusses the Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter

July 28th, 2008

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Consider an Area’s Walkability

July 25th, 2008

by Rod Groff for the Arizona Republic

Photo of Rod Groff, Program Manager, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State UniversityWalkable neighborhoods offer many benefits to society, notably better health, more vibrant local economies, and increased social interaction.
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Integrated, Accurate Urban Data Key to Protecting Human Health, National Security

July 11th, 2008

In his July 10, 2008, testimony before Congress, Professor Jay Golden calls for greater federal support for improved data collection and interagency collaboration.

More people, hotter temperatures, and a vulnerable electrical system. How will the US meet the growing demand for air conditioning in a way that protects our population while minimizing emissions of carbon dioxide that contribute to climate change? In his July 10, 2008, testimony before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, Professor Jay Golden called for greater federal support for improved data collection and interagency collaboration.

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Sustainability Changes Outlook for Engineer

July 11th, 2008

Vairavan Subramanian
Special for the Republic

Photo of Vairavan Subramanian, Ph.D. Candidate in the School of Sustainability, Arizona State UniversityYou could say that I’m an engineer by birth. I was literally raised to be an engineer so that I could help my dad automate our coffee plantation in India.

I studied instrumentation engineering in college and then got a master’s degree in industrial engineering. My life revolved around quantifying human-made processes to improve efficiency through optimization and automation.
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