In an effort to further advance the transition to a sustainable economy in Mexico, Arizona State University (ASU) and Tecnologico de 
Monterrey have jointly launched the Latin America Office of the Global Institute of Sustainability. This extension of ASU’s Global Institute at Tecnologico de Monterrey will conduct applied transdisciplinary research, offer an innovative curriculum, and develop business solutions that accelerate the adoption of a sustainable culture. The Latin America Office of ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability will offer academic programs to educate future leaders in the transition to a green economy. “This new extension office of the Global Institute of Sustainability will be a catalyst by creating synergies among the several sustainability initiatives currently underway at Tecnologico de Monterrey,” said Rick Shangraw, director of ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability. “It is a unique, highly-collaborative model that is garnering great interest by companies, government, and environmental organizations in Mexico and Latin America that are committed to sustainable development.”
ASU has pioneered a new model for higher education called the New American University, where sustainability is a fundamental precept underlying its teaching, learning, research, and business missions; it is a place where knowledge informs decision making, research and study transcend academic disciplines, students learn from the world around them, and local solutions have a global impact. Its Global Institute of Sustainability, the hub of ASU’s sustainability initiatives, advances research, education (through its School of Sustainability), and business practices for an urbanizing world.
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“This partnership with ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability is an ambitious and avant-garde joint initiative that seeks to fulfill the 2012 mission of the Tecnologico de Monterrey,” said Arturo Molina, president of Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico City Metropolitan Region.The joint venture will train a new generation of entrepreneurs to create businesses that combine a rational use of natural resources with environmental stewardship.
