Jessica Rowland has been teaching for the Sustainability Studies Program since Fall 2009. She was hired first as a Part-Time Instructor, then as a Visiting Lecturer, and finally as a Lecturer II in F…

Environmental advocates in New Mexico are gearing up for the next legislative session in January, where they will aim to pass the Green Amendment for the second time in the New Mexico Senate. The ame…

The International District, one of the least-affluent areas of Albuquerque, might as well be the poster child for environmental injustice. This ethnically diverse area is knee-deep in the cruxes of c…

UNM sees great success on Grand Challenge initiative

White House works with Indigenous communities on land restoration

Beyond global immigration issues including humanitarian crises and political upheaval, climate change is playing an increasingly relevant role in migration patterns in Central America, the effects of …

#CampusSustainabilityMonth Highlights the resolutions passed by ASUNM to bring attention to student solidarity to face the climate crisis

Over the last few semesters, ASUNM passed three resolutions th…

Richard Murphy Annual Memorial Lecture 

By evaluating records of wildfire occurrence and size in the western US from 1984 through 2020 (during which time annual burned area increased 300%) patte…

President Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill was approved by the U.S. Congress in early November. The bipartisan bill, H.R. 3684, is climate-focused and uses a dynamic approach …

The UNM School of Law recently led a group of faculty and students on a visit to the Laguna Pueblo, some 40 miles west of Albuquerque, to learn about the history of uranium mining and the disproporti…

New research paints a picture of small New Mexico water systems grappling with bureaucracy, regulations, lack of money, aging systems, and aging administrators as they struggle to keep clean water fl…

The Environmental Protection Agency released guidance for tightening methane regulations in early November, proposing a series of protections to mitigate the impacts of the oil and natural gas…

AASHE recently released the 2021 Sustainable Campus Index, a publication that recognizes top-performing colleges and universities in 17 sustainability impact areas and overall by institution type, as…

By evaluating records of wildfire occurrence and size in the western US from 1984 through 2020 (during which time annual burned area increased 300%) patterns point to a tenfold increase in forest fire…

Book Authority has released it's 100 Best Sustainability Books of All Time which features the Sustainability Studies Program's Director Melinda Morgan's recent published piece The End of Sus…

The city of Albuquerque released its heat map findings from its heat watch report in late November, compiled by Climate Adaptation Planning Analytics Strategies, a contractor of the National…