TEMPE, ARIZ.  – Leading environmental and water management experts convened today in Tempe, Arizona, to examine initiatives and strategies towards greater sustainability and preservation of Earth’s water supply as part of Rain Bird’s ninth Intelligent Use of Water Summit. Held this morning at Arizona State University’s (ASU) Global Institute of Sustainability, in partnership with Rain Bird Corporation, the leading manufacturer and provider of irrigation products and services, the two-hour symposium provided a unique opportunity for thought leaders to engage in an open-forum discussion about global water-management programs, policies, initiatives, trends, and strategies relating to water availability issues in the American Southwest and beyond.

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TEMPE, Ariz.– Amidst the semi-arid stretches of Phoenix, a visitor might blink twice at the sight of a sailboat cutting across the horizon. Tempe Town Lake, on the northern edge of Arizona State University (ASU), is just one of a multitude of lakes, small ponds, canals and dams combining flood control, water delivery, recreational opportunities and aesthetics, and altering perception of water availability and economics in the area.

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Arizona Republic

An Arizona State University spinoff company has secured $3 million in public and private funds to advance its technology that converts algae to jet fuel.

Two ASU scientists who are developing the technology have already proven it works in the lab. Now, they are growing algae in solar tubes at ASU's Polytechnic campus to demonstrate the renewable fuel can be produced on a larger scale.

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Arizona Republic

They say big ideas come from light-bulb moments.

Chris Samila’s big idea began with a real light bulb.

Vacationing in Costa Rica early last year with a classmate from Arizona State University, Samila noticed homes and businesses using energy-efficient compact fluorescent bulbs.

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by Chris Samila

For the Arizona Republic

When we organized the first GreenSummit on ASU's Tempe campus last year, we never imagined that anyone but students and a few local residents would show up. We were astounded when we attracted the support of major corporate donors and 4,000 people and 55 exhibitors attended.

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onEarth, independent publication of the National Resources Defense Council

When I traded New York City for Tempe, Arizona, in August 2001, I thought I was moving to a quiet desert town for graduate school. But Arizona State University, sitting in this suburb of Phoenix, was exploding in a maze of shimmering, freshly paved highways, heavily watered lawns struggling to stay green under the hot sun, and new buildings annexing desert land at a pace and on a scale I couldn't have imagined.

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ASUNews

More people and businesses want to find ways to conserve energy and help make our natural resources last longer. As the new school year begins, a groundbreaking new degree program at the W. P. Carey School of Business will make it easier for business students to help their future companies utilize sustainability practices.

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By Aaron Golub

For the Arizona Republic

The idea of sustainable transportation looms large as gas prices skyrocket and Valley residents must pay up or reduce their travel. Both choices have severe impacts on the economy and livability of our region.

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Sierra magazine, a publication of The Sierra Club, has named Arizona State University (ASU) one of the nation’s Top 10 "Coolest" Schools for its efforts to stop global warming. The cover story for Sierra’s September/October issue is its second annual listing of the greenest American colleges and universities.

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by Patricia Gober, Arizona State University

Arizona Repuiblic, Viewpoints

According to a study published in the July 14, 2000, issue of Science, one-third of the world's population is water-stressed, with 8 percent classified as severely water-stressed, including the western United States and northern Mexico, South America, India, China, Africa surrounding the Sahara Desert, and southern Africa and Australia.

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Today's students are going green and the move towards a sustainable future is impacting many of their decisions, including college and career choices. In recognition of this movement, Kaplan, a provider of education services for more than 70 years, has focused its new Kaplan College Guide 2009 for the first time on environmentally responsible schools and green careers.

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Princeton Review rating based on environmental practices, policies and course offerings

Arizona State University has been named one of the nation's "greenest" universities by The Princeton Review in its first-ever rating of environmentally friendly institutions.

The "2009 Green Rating Honor Roll" is a numerical score on a scale of 60 to 99 that The Princeton Review tallied for 534 colleges and universities based on data it collected from the schools in the 2007-08 academic year concerning their environmentally related policies, practices and academic offerings.

The Green Rating scores appear in the website profiles of the 534 schools that posted on The Princeton Review's site (www.PrincetonReview.com) today.

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by Rod Groff for the Arizona Republic

Walkable neighborhoods offer many benefits to society, notably better health, more vibrant local economies, and increased social interaction.

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In his July 10, 2008, testimony before Congress, Professor Jay Golden calls for greater federal support for improved data collection and interagency collaboration.

More people, hotter temperatures, and a vulnerable electrical system. How will the US meet the growing demand for air conditioning in a way that protects our population while minimizing emissions of carbon dioxide that contribute to climate change? In his July 10, 2008, testimony before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, Professor Jay Golden called for greater federal support for improved data collection and interagency collaboration.

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Vairavan Subramanian

Special for the Republic

You could say that I'm an engineer by birth. I was literally raised to be an engineer so that I could help my dad automate our coffee plantation in India.

I studied instrumentation engineering in college and then got a master's degree in industrial engineering. My life revolved around quantifying human-made processes to improve efficiency through optimization and automation.

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Experts from one of the nation’s leading solar energy research programs, Christiana Honsberg and Stuart Bowden, are hired by the university to join industry innovator George Maracas in the quest to make solar systems more efficient and economical

Press Release

Tempe, AZ – Arizona State University is strengthening its commitment to boost Arizona’s economic development prospects in the renewable energy industry by establishing the Solar Power Laboratory to advance solar energy research, education and technology.

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Discovery Channel: Tech

Dr. Eric Williams, Assistant Professor of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and in the School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, writes about issues concerning recycling your computer.

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Delaware Online

Professors and students are engaging in potentially groundbreaking work in environmental technology and research, including a clean-energy bus powered by hydrogen fuel cells, solar panels...

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The Arizona Republic is having a six-part series on sustainability running, June 22-28, 2008. A list of the articles can be found below.

6/22 - What are you willing to do?

6/23 - Leading the way to cleaner air?

6/24 - Pushing for cleaner energy

6/25 - Making the most of our water

6/26 - Building on sustainability

6/27 - Living a sustainable life, ways to minimize damage