Next month marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Those five decades have witnessed great leaps forward in protecting our planet and natural resources, but there's more work to be done.
Check out this timeline of some of the major milestones in environmental history, including important moments in sustainability at ASU.
Top image: ASU’s Polytechnic campus. Photo by FJ Gaylor.
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A water fix that takes on the yuck factor
Written by Christy Spackman, an ASU assistant professor and senior global futures scientist. This essay is adapted with permission from an article in Issues in Science and Technology from her book, “…
At home in the wild
By Kristin ToussaintEditor's note: This story is featured in the winter 2025 issue of ASU Thrive.Way up in the Andes mountains in Colombia, wax palms stretch their towering, skinny trunks into the…
Switching to 'green' plastic alone won’t solve the plastic problem, study shows
Plastic is everywhere. Today alone, you have probably already touched a whole lot of it, whether it’s your phone case, sunglasses, a grocery bag or your water bottle. It’s no news that plastic…