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Institute's Brad Shaffer delivers keynote address

Prof. Brad Shaffer, the La Kretz Center Faculty Director was the guest speaker for the Las Virgenes Homeowners Federation's 45th Annual Banquet held in Malibu Lake on April 27th.
Posted: 5/2/2012

University of California wins prestigious climate leadership award

The UC system's achievements in cutting the carbon footprint of its campuses is being recognized with a Climate Leadership Award from Second Nature and the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC).
Posted: 5/2/2012

UCLA named to green colleges list

Eight UC campuses, including UCLA, have won accolades from the Princeton Review's green campus guide for being environmentally responsible.
Posted: 4/30/2012

A Lethal Beacon for Migrating Birds

The New York Times featured a blog about new research by IoES Associate Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore.
Posted: 4/25/2012

Greening Business for the Green Consumer: Social Media, Advertising, and Hollywood

This Corporate Partners Program Workshop will be followed by a celebration for the Class of 2012 Leaders in Sustainability Graduate Certificate Program.
Posted: 4/25/2012

UCLA's Dr. Thomas Smith trains students to tackle Earth-changing issues

Part Four in the Mother Nature Network series on the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
Posted: 4/25/2012

UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center

IoES Affiliate and Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Professor Rajit Gadh is leading the charge to build and test innovative smart-grid technologies that could lead to major breakthroughs for power infrastructure and reliability.
Posted: 4/23/2012

Bike Nation to bring bike sharing to Westwood

The bike-share company Bike Nation recently announced plans to distribute 4,000 bikes across four communities in Los Angeles, including bringing hundreds of those bikes to Westwood and UCLA by mid-2013.
Posted: 4/20/2012

Earth Day 2012 at UCLA

Through coursework, activities, and collaborations we work to develop solutions to mitigate climate change—making a difference at UCLA and beyond.
Posted: 4/20/2012

From environmental engineering to hotel sustainability

At UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, seniors graduate with real-world skills - Part 3 of Mother Nature Network's special series on the IoES.
Posted: 4/18/2012

Confronting Climate Change: A Focus on Local Government Impacts, Actions and Resources

IoES climate change scientists Paul Bunje and Alex Hall participated in a Governor’s Office of Planning & Research hosted Impacts and Adaptation Local Government Conference on April 9th.
Posted: 4/17/2012

California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA

The California Energy Commission has published a fact sheet for the new research center.
Posted: 4/16/2012

Conservation consternation: Prof studies Amazon's forest people

UCLA Today spotlights IoES and Department of Urban Planning Professor Susanna Hecht's research in the Amazon Basin.
Posted: 4/13/2012

UCLA greens its campus

University sets the standard for environmental sustainability - Part Two of the special series on the IoES by Mother Nature Network.
Posted: 4/11/2012

UCLA Engineering researchers use electricity to generate alternative fuel

Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have for the first time demonstrated a method for converting carbon dioxide into liquid fuel isobutanol using electricity.
Posted: 4/9/2012

Which plants will survive droughts, climate change?

New research by UCLA life scientists could lead to predictions of which plant species will escape extinction from climate change.
Posted: 4/9/2012

Windfall of cash could hit state treasury from global warming program

IoES Affiliate & Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment Executive Director Cara Horowitz was quoted in a San Jose Mercury News article about the potential financial benefit to California from the state's cap-and-trade program.
Posted: 4/9/2012

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