Filed under: Sustainability by Heather

At most universities, once a student is well into her major, she’s only collaborating with other students on the same track. At Arizona State University (ASU), that practice is changing as students from diverse majors – such as biology and design – are teaming up in courses on biomimicry. What is biomimicry? Simply put, it’s [...]

Filed under: Sustainability by Heather

When a factory shuts down, what’s to be done with the land where the factory was housed? Panasonic has found a unique reuse for a 47-acre site in Fujisawa, a city about 30 miles southwest of Tokyo in the Kanagawa Prefecture — build a smart town. Panasonic is partnering with Accenture, Mitsui & Co., Ltd., [...]