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How a mayor can green a city: By going coal-free in 2025

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa made news at an Institute of the Environment and Sustainability symposium when he announced that L.A. will move off of coal-based energy by 2025.
Posted: 2/27/2013

UCLA Fraternity Closes the Loop with Compostable Cups

Members of UCLA's Cal Delta Chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon aim to minimize their outgoing waste by converting to compostable, plant-based cups through partnerships with local businesses.
Posted: 2/12/2013

Wildlife forensics team reveals mountain lions’ struggle to survive near urban areas

The Institute's Conservation Genetics Resource Center and La Kretz Center for Conservation Science collaborate with other UCLA scientists and wildlife biologists to analyze mountain lion DNA.
Posted: 8/24/2012

Grad student seeks to save bobcats from rat poisons

Wildlife biologist Laurel Serieys' research on bobcats is the focus of a new photography exhibit at the G2 Gallery in Venice.
Posted: 8/13/2012

Urban ecology periodical spotlights a Practicum in Environmental Science study on human wildlife interactions

Research conducted as part of the undergraduate course has been published by online science journal Cities and the Environment
Posted: 8/6/2012

Building the foundation for a great education

Green urban planner and instructor Walker Wells has been selected for the 2012 Pritzker Fellowship
Posted: 7/10/2012

Finding the root of urban biogeography

International Innovation Magazine profiled California Center for Sustainable Communities Director Stephanie Pincetl's work on urban forests.
Posted: 6/13/2012

Town Hall LA to run water professional roundtable

89.3 KPCC featured a story about a Southern California water resource management conference that IoES Associate Director Mark Gold is participating in.
Posted: 3/21/2012

Making a more bikeable UCLA

From “bike channels” in campus stairways to campaigns encouraging cars to share the road, departments across UCLA are teaming up to make a more bikeable university.
Posted: 2/29/2012

UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability receives grant for new research center

Adjunct Professor Stephanie Pincetl, director of the Institute's Center for Sustainable Urban Systems, spearheaded the project.
Posted: 2/14/2012

IoES project receives Energy Commission award

The $1.9 million award will be used to develop a new research center.
Posted: 2/8/2012

Personal Health: Giving City Streets Built-In Safety Features

IoES Professor and Department of Environmental Health Sciences Chair Richard Jackson is quoted in a New York Times article about health and urban planning.
Posted: 2/7/2012

Preserving Sage Hill

UCLA should better acknowledge the natural habitat the ecosystem provides.
Posted: 2/1/2012

UCLA summit looks at future of water in Southern California

The summit is is sponsored by the Luskin Center for Innovation at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs; the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability; and UCLA's Water Technology Research (WaTeR) Center.
Posted: 1/25/2012

Green is a big part of the blueprint for Pacific Palisades house

The LA Times reported on a sustainable building workshop hosted by the IoES, Corporate Partner Program company Structure Homes, and Green Builder Media on January 12.
Posted: 1/17/2012

UCLA Law report recommends improvements in state's groundwater regulation

Better management is key to securing California's water supply for future.
Posted: 8/1/2011

Health study targets major California rail yard

The Associated Press and LA Times reported on a study involving John Froines, Environmental Health Sciences and IoES Professor, that will examine the effect of high-toxicity emissions from a San Bernardino rail yard on surrounding communities.
Posted: 6/13/2011

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