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		<title>European economist raises &#8216;green growth&#8217; strategy as deficit solution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A solution to the global financial crisis may be in the hands of economists – notably those like Carlo Jaeger of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) – who are embracing a bold economic model designed around green growth.
Jaeger, who has a joint appointment at the University of Potsdam and chairs the European [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustainability.asu.edu/news/gios-news/european-economist-raises-green-growth-strategy-as-deficit-solution</link>
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		<title>Sustain What? Exploring Species for a Sustainable Future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Thought Leader Series Piece
By Quentin Wheeler
Several centuries of species exploration have taught us that a vast number of Earth’s plants and animals are extremely limited in their ecological associations and geographic distributions. When these species lose their specific habitats, it usually means extinction. Yet, because we don’t know what or how many species actually [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustainability.asu.edu/news/thought-leader/sustain-what-exploring-species-for-a-sustainable-future</link>
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		<title>What Would Steve Jobs Have Done?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Sustainability: The Journal of Record, December 2011, 4(6): 261-263, an article by Senior Sustainability Scientist George Basile about the important role of universities in leading change in sustainability and the critical relationship between entrepreneurship and student success.
For any sustainability graduate or new practitioner, there exists a tale of two narratives. The first reflects the reality [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustainability.asu.edu/news/gios-news/what-would-steve-jobs-have-done</link>
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		<title>Insects rank high on inventory of newly discovered species</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Annual ‘State of Observed Species’ report released by International Institute for Species Exploration
More than half of the 19,232 species newly known to science in 2009 – the most recent calendar year of compilation – were insects. According to the 2011 State of Observed Species (SOS) report released Jan. 18 by the International Institute for Species [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustainability.asu.edu/news/gios-news/insects-rank-high-on-inventory-of-newly-discovered-species</link>
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		<title>Soldiers to learn sustainability techniques at ASU</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Online certificate custom-designed to meet US Army, Army National Guard, Army Reserve readiness objectives
The design and establishment of an online graduate certificate in sustainability leadership at Arizona State University for soldiers and civilians in the U.S. Army, Army National Guard and Army Reserve was inaugurated Jan. 6 during a signing ceremony.
Participating in the event at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustainability.asu.edu/news/gios-news/soldiers-to-learn-sustainability-techniques-at-asu</link>
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		<title>Initiative to study, restore mountain preserves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Metropolitan Phoenix has the largest set of wild land preserves of any major metropolitan area in the United States, including the largest city park in the country, South Mountain Park. Mountain preserves are treasures in our own backyard, yet the pressures of urbanization, invasive species and overuse of certain parks threaten their long-term integrity.
Arizona State [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustainability.asu.edu/news/gios-news/initiative-to-study-restore-mountain-preserves</link>
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		<title>Students apply coursework to ASU&#8217;s food systems</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Students at Arizona State University’s School of Sustainability get the opportunity to tackle real-life issues in their community as a part of their studies. For Dr. Hallie Eakin’s students in the Fall 2011 undergraduate course, “Sustainable Food and Farms,” this meant conducting research to analyze ASU’s food sourcing decisions and come up with suggestions for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustainability.asu.edu/news/sos-news/students-apply-coursework-to-asus-food-systems</link>
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		<title>Modernizing utility rates to aid energy efficiency plans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“You cannot run an economy, especially one poised for growth (like Arizona) without energy,” noted two Arizona State University energy experts in an op-ed that appeared in the Dec. 19 Arizona Republic.
“On the cusp of its 100th birthday, Arizona is facing an aging energy infrastructure that is unprepared for a sustainable future,” wrote ASU’s Gary [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustainability.asu.edu/news/gios-news/modernizing-utility-rates-to-aid-energy-efficiency-plans</link>
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