Commitment to sustainability education across the university
ASU has a strong commitment to meaningful education around the Sustainable Development Goals across the university through both curricular and co-curricular learning opportunities. As a comprehensive research university, ASU is placed to address all 17 goals.
ASU Courses by SDG
ASU offers undergraduate and graduate courses relevant to all 17 of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Global Sustainability
In 2022 ASU’s governing board approved the inclusion of the Global Sustainability Knowledge area in ASU’s General Education program for all undergraduates, effective Fall 2024. Students will explore sustainability using systems thinking, future projections and ethical implications.
Sustainability Certification
ASU students, faculty, and staff learn to implement sustainability practices. Participants can get their Housing, Events, Lab, Office, and Classroom ASU Sustainability Certified. ASU login required.
Seeds of Sustainability
Available to all members of the university community, ASU’s Sustainability training program teaches basic sustainability concepts and demonstrates how these concepts can be applied by participants in their personal life and at ASU. ASU login required.
Virtual Field Trips
ASU scientists Rimjhim Aggarwal and Ariel Anbar, with funding from the Gates Foundation, developed a training program to allow students to create virtual field trips to narrate their own place-based stories regarding the UN DSGs to be shared with peers around the globe.
Changemaker Maps
Developed by students with ASU’s Changemaker Central, these maps provide a central location for students to identify classes, faculty, clubs and service opportunities across all 17 of the SDGs.
Sustainability Study Abroad
ASU has partnered with NGOs, businesses and governments to develop study abroad programs and associated educational resources focused on sustainability and the SDGs. In 2019, sustainability study abroad programs were offered in 17 countries.
Sustainability Science for Teachers
ASU’s Pathfinder Center developed Sustainability Science for Teachers designed to teach K-8 educators how to use the SDG framework to teach sustainability science.
Sustainability Teachers' Academies
The Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Teachers’ Academies provides educators with the knowledge and resources needed to bring the science of sustainability into any K-12 classroom.