Global Institute of Sustainability News

Safe Recycling of E-Waste Is a Priority

January 25th, 2008

by Eric Williams for the Arizona Republic

Photo of Eric Williams, Professor at Arizona State UniversityFinally, it has arrived: your new desktop computer with a 3Ghz processor and a screaming-fast video card that will realistically render the digital sweat on virtual enemies in your favorite video game.

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Professors See Solutions in Slime

January 25th, 2008

ASU News

You know algae. It’s the gunk that collects on the sides of a fish tank when you forget to clean it. It’s the slime that makes you slip on rocks while crossing a stream. You probably think of algae as a nuisance, if you even bother to think of it at all.

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Researchers Land 2 Grants to Develop New Solar Cells

January 23rd, 2008

ASU News

Two grants to ASU for development of new solar energy technologies show how ASU’s solar energy research has grown in new and important ways.

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ASU Powers Forward with Solar Plans

January 19th, 2008

East Valley Tribune
With its bright sunny location and hundreds of thousands of square feet of flat rooftops, Arizona State University wants to move into solar energy in a big way.

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Water Consortium Promotes Innovation

January 11th, 2008

by Kathy Jacobs for the Arizona Republic

Photo of Kathy Jacobs, Executive Director of the Arizona Water InstituteThe Arizona Water Institute (AWI) is a consortium of Arizona’s universities – Arizona State University, the University of Arizona, and Northern Arizona – focused on water sustainability through research, education, capacity building and technology development. Read more »