Wind to Power Computers

Arizona Republic
4/04/2008
People look up and ask questions like, "What in the world?" or "Is that building gonna' take off?" or "Whose idea are those things?" Those passersby are gawking at wind turbines on the roof of Arizona State University's Global Institute of Sustainability building on the Tempe campus. Wind turns the turbines' propellers and produces enough electricity, per turbine, to power about six computers over 24 hours.

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School of Sustainability Featured on NBC Nightly News

NBC Nightly News
3/24/2008
Anne Thompson, NBC's Chief Environmental Affairs correspondent, covers how the nation's first-of-its-kind school is providing a highly unique approach to education; the challenges for this generation of students; and the opportunities that await graduates in the green economy.

NBC spent two days at Arizona State University (ASU) in February. The comprehensive visit gave them an in-depth look at key facets of ASU's sustainability portfolio including:

• Student activism (ASU's Student Sustainability Coalition)
• Entrepreneurship and jobs in the green economy
• Tipping points in population behaviors (water consumption and urban growth)
• Urban heat island research
• Campus sustainability; reducing ASU’s carbon footprint

The producers interviewed undergraduate students, School of Sustainability students, professors, administrators, and ASU President Dr. Michael Crow.

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State Seeks to Focus on 'Green' Businesses

East Valley Tribune
3/2/2008
Arizona's economy once rested on the foundation of the five C's - copper, cotton, cattle, citrus and climate. Then came the sixth C - construction and other industries that bolstered employment such as semiconductors and aerospace. More recently, economic developers have been seeking to diversify Arizona's economy by promoting new economy stalwarts such as bioscience and information technology.

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Special on the Ramifications of the Urban Transformation

Science Magazine
2/8/2008
"News articles offer an on-the-ground look at how cities are tackling specific problems from poverty and sanitation to traffic jams. Reviews and Perspectives examine how cities take shape and the impacts of urbanization on the environment, human health, economic growth, and the demographics of the developing world."
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Be sure to check out the video presenation including GIOS researcher Nancy Grimm.

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ASU to Join "Focus the Nation" Effort

Arizona Republic
1/28/08
To help create solutions to global warming, more than 1,200 colleges, universities and high schools in Arizona and across the United States this week will participate in Focus the Nation, a teach-in to educate and energize about 1 million young adults.

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ASU Event to Open up Climate Talks

Arizona Republic
1/28/08
From a young age, small environmental efforts like this were embedded in my thought process. I saw how being environmentally savvy was a social event because I got to do it with my favorite person; an environmental event because cans were not being put in the garbage; and an economic event, because I earned a small dividend! Although these realizations came much later, the founding principles were there.

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Professors See Solutions in Slime

ASU News
01/25/08
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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ASU Powers Forward with Solar Plans

East Valley Tribune
01/19/08
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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Researchers Land 2 Grants to Develop New Solar Cells

ASU News
01/23/08
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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A Threat So Big, Academics Try Collaboration: Disciplines Cross Lines to Fight Global Warming

New York Times
12/25/07
The threat of Global Warming is sparking new collaboration between academic disciplines. "'We want all the departments to contribute without thinking they own the initiative themselves,' Dr. Fink said. Already, experts in biogeochemistry — the study of the scientific underpinnings of earth’s origins and existing biosystems — are working with social scientists to study the impact of rapid urbanization on plants and animals."

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Arizona Leaders Look at Sustainability

Mark Brodie for KJZZ
12/08/07
Environmentalists aren't the only ones talking about sustainability anymore. KJZZ's Mark Brodie speaks with two of the authors of a new report on the subject, and how it relates to Arizona.

ASU Mentor Kindles Student's Talents and Gets Research Assistance in the Process

ASU in the Community
12/03/07
For the past two years, School of Life Sciences doctoral student, Kevin McCluney has participated as a graduate mentor in the Southwest Center for Education and the Natural Environment’s (SCENE) Research Experiences for High School Students program. It’s a relationship that is beneficial for both the students and the mentor.

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