Lackner, a physicist by training, has made many contributions to the field of carbon capture and storage, including early work on the sequestration of CO2 in silicate minerals, zero-emission power plant design, and being the first to suggest and research the artificial capture of CO2 from air to manage...

Fires are an annual risk for Arizona’s forests which seem to be getting more frequent and catastrophic as our climate becomes hotter and drier. Often after a forest fire, storms can create post-fire floods that cause even more damage...

An accidental journey through the good, bad, and the exceptionally ugly truth about the outrageously costly college textbook industry and their relentless war on inexpensive, sustainable eBooks, and why it’s not going away any time soon. (We’re going to need more trees!)...

Arizona State University's Emerge 2015 will showcase its radically new visions of the future. The featured visionary – Radiolab host, creator and MacArthur "genius" Jad Abumrad – will join ten spellbinding "visitations from the future," including theatrical performances, improvisation, games, dance and hands-on opportunities to design and build the future...

Kick off Solar Month at the Arizona Science Center with a special First Friday solar talk by ASU Professor Christiana Honsberg, Director of the QESST Engineering Research Center, presented by the ASU Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives. Professor Honsberg is an expert in the development, manufacturing, and deployment of photovoltaic systems,...

It was once believed that there were no monarch butterflies in Arizona, but instead through the power of a Citizen Science study monitoring monarch breeding habitats and their migration, it was discovered that Arizona could be the migration flyway funnel west of the Rockies...

Balance-Unbalance, an international conference, brings multiple disciplines together to explore intersections between nature, art, science, new technologies, aid agencies and society with the goal of developing cross-disciplinary initiatives using innovative art and technology to advance ecological awareness and sustainability practices and to inspire wide-ranging community engagement in the face of...

In this talk, Miller will explore the interconnected issues of water, immigration, and politics in the nation’s fastest-growing region. As he does in the book by the same title, Miller will touch on the powerful concept of place to order our experience in this arid region and set that experience...

To maximize the special tax benefits of solar (and wind) projects, investors and producers participate in complex joint ventures known as “partnership flip structures.” In this talk, Selling will explain the partnership flip structure and the unintended consequences for solar investment that can result...

Come check out how you can make a positive impact in your own neighborhood and city. Activities from the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability and School of Sustainability will include a green screen photo booth, sustainability-themed games for children, hands-on displays, as well as other activities about...

In celebration of Julie Ann Wrigley’s global leadership in sustainability, we are honored to announce that Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas Friedman will be speaking at ASU...

In celebration of Julie Ann Wrigley’s global leadership in sustainability, join us for a special reception with Julie, ASU President Michael Crow and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas Friedman...

Use your passion for sustainability to make a lasting impact...

Nuclear power has long been the object of wide-ranging activism and protest in Western nations. Using the history of anti-nuclear opposition in India from the 1970s to post-Fukushima to explore the role of science in democracy, Bhadra will show why democratization of nuclear power has not followed a similar trajectory...

Explore your global footprint by learning the journey of a shoe, how to cultivate your own food from your home and (re)imagine what the Valley of the Sun could be during this community event. The Civic Space Park in the heart of downtown Phoenix will come alive with performances by...

Technology meets the arts as Downtown Chandler transforms its monthly Third Friday Art Walk into a creative look at the science behind the food and drink, beauty, art and invention around us. Explore a special exhibit featuring works of art that consider sustainability through its subject matter as well as...

Scott McClintock will defend his Ph.D. dissertation Challenges of Advocacy for Sustainability Scientists. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Pump is an inspiring, eye-opening documentary that tells the story of America’s addiction to oil, from Standard Oil’s illegal tactics to the monopoly oil companies enjoy today. The film explains clearly and simply how we can end this monopoly and finally win choice at the pump. Pump shows us how...

Ignite your imagination by hearing people from across our community share their visions of (re)imagining our world. Community members will pitch their solutions to sustainability challenges during captivating five-minute visual presentations...