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Alumni Day 2011

IoES graduates visited the Environmental Science Practicum class to talk to current seniors about life after commencement.

Watch the "Science and Art in a Climate of Change: A Dialogue of Nations" presentation & performance

The University of California Television (UCTV) is now broadcasting this program.

Powerful mathematical model greatly improves predictions for species facing climate change

UCLA life scientists and colleagues have produced the most comprehensive mathematical model ever devised to track the health of populations exposed to environmental change.

She puts campus commuters on road to sustainability

Associate Director of UCLA Events and Transportation Penny Menton works on alternative transportation programs.

Alumni Spotlight

See profiles of some outstanding IoES graduates.

Center for Sustainable Urban Systems Quarterly Report

Volume 2, Fall

City of Santa Clarita utilizing a wildlife study by IoES students

This Environmental Science Senior Practicum study will help promote wildlife preservation in the region.

Extreme Weather

IoES Center for Climate Change Solutions Executive Director Paul Bunje discussed a new climate report with Fox 11 News.

Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Newsletter

Fall 2011

UCTV to showcase Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Lecture Series

The Oppenheim Lectures Series will now be broadcast by University of California Television. "America's Climate Choices" by Dr. Albert Carnesale will premiere on December 5, 2011.

Energy Conservation Strategies: What Can We Gain?

Executives met to discuss conservation strategies to improve profit margins while benefiting the environment at the 2011 Fall Quarterly Corporate Partner Workshop.

How will we adapt to climate change? A free market economist's perspective

Institute Professor Matt Kahn authored a report for the Property & Environment Research Center.

Clean-tech venture funding jumps as other sectors go wanting

Green companies raise almost $1.2 billion in the third quarter, a 73% increase from a year earlier. California firms received more than half of that infusion of cash. Overall venture funding was down about 50%.

Institute alumnus Jenna M. Rodriguez's literature review published

A graduate of the IoES in 2010, Rodriguez's analysis will appear in the publication "Hydrological Processes."

GE Cluster course project makes 7 billion population milestone tangible

On October 31, 2011 the world population hit 7 billion. A Global Environment undergraduate class will study the impact of overpopulation in depth.

Will California’s cap-and-trade experiment catch on?

IoES Professor Matt Kahn is quoted in an Washington Post piece about California's adoption of a cap-and-trade program.

The science and politics of climate change

The LA Times & BBC reported on the Berkeley Earth Project's new study that confirms global warming trends. This independent group of scientists was established in the wake of Climategate in 2009, which involved claims global warming had been exaggerated.

California Regulators Approve Design for Carbon Trading System

Ann Carlson, professor of law, IoES faculty member, and faculty director of the UCLA Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment, is quoted in a Bloomberg article about California adopting the nation's most comprehensive "cap-and-trade" system to

Spotlight: "Water is Rising Music and Dance Amid Climate Change"

Latest press about the event co-sponsored by UCLA's Center for Intercultural Performance, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, & Foundation for World Arts.

Model Design Manual for Living Streets

UCLA's Luskin Center for Innovation and Los Angeles County debut new manual to expand biking and walking on city streets.

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