News

UCLA Fleet and Transit Director named a Sustainability All-Star

Sherry Lewis, UCLA Fleet & Transit director, has been selected as a Sustainability All-Star by Green Fleet magazine.
Posted: 10/6/2011

"History of the World in Two Hours"

Institute Director and Department of Geography Professor Glen MacDonald will be featured in a new documentary airing October 6, 2011 on the History Channel.
Posted: 10/5/2011

The Drivers of Greenwashing

IoES & Anderson School of Management Professor Magali Delmas has co-authored a new article for the journal California Management Review.
Posted: 10/5/2011

The 'human' face of climate change

"Water is Rising: Music and Dance amid Climate Change"
Posted: 10/5/2011

Corporate Partners Program Fall E-newsletter

Check out the latest news and events from the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Corporate Partners Program.
Posted: 10/3/2011

California earthquake prediction project aimed to identify hotspots

IoES & Department of Earth and Space Sciences Professor David Jackson was quoted in an Associated Press article about predicting earthquakes in California.
Posted: 9/27/2011

UCLA study strives to reduce traffic and air pollution

IoES & Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Professor and Vice Chair Suzanne Paulson is a researcher on the study.
Posted: 9/27/2011

Charging stations installed in response to the growing electric vehicle population in L.A.

Two electric vehicle charging stations were recently installed in Parking Structure 9, in anticipation of increased demand for electric cars in the West Los Angeles area.
Posted: 9/23/2011

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

Panel discussion: October 13th & Performance: Oct. 15th
Posted: 9/22/2011

UCLA scientists find H1N1 flu virus prevalent in animals in Africa

UCLA life scientists and their colleagues have discovered the first evidence of the H1N1 virus in animals in Africa. In one village in northern Cameroon, a staggering 89 percent of the pigs studied had been exposed to the H1N1 virus, commonly known as the
Posted: 9/22/2011

New gift will fund cutting-edge, rainforest-based research

Susan and Dan Gottlieb's contribution will help support graduate student Hilton Oyamaguchi's work.
Posted: 9/21/2011

UCLA, Rutgers collaborate on technology to reduce traffic congestion, air pollution

NSF-funded study aims to integrate variety of traffic management systems
Posted: 9/20/2011

Market Fresh

A closer look at the Westwood Village Famers’ Market
Posted: 9/19/2011

UCLA Professor Yang Yang's research shows cellphone energy could soon be recycled

Professor Yang Yang develops proof-of-concept technology to allow screens to act as solar panels
Posted: 9/19/2011

Adapting to Global Climate Change

A column in the Wall Street Journal about the future and sustainability of cities features book recommendations by Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Professor Matt Kahn, who holds joint appointments in economics and public policy.
Posted: 9/13/2011

Public health assessments should be part of government decisionmaking, report says.

Environmental Health Sciences Chair & IoES Professor Richard Jackson chaired a 14-member panel that authored a report requested by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: "Improving Health in the United States: The Role of Health Impact Assessme
Posted: 9/12/2011

With a Growing Effort Toward Safe Routes to Schools, Why Not Safe Routes to Universities?

With gas prices reaching nearly five dollars per gallon and university tuitions on the rise, getting to and around school seems to be the easiest way to make a college student go broke fast.
Posted: 9/12/2011

Jared Diamond on 'Guns, Germs, and Steel'

Department of Geography & IoES Professor Jared Diamond was interviewed by NPR’s “Talk of the Nation” about his book “Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies,” which is now required reading at many colleges and universities.
Posted: 9/9/2011

UC-developed technology saving consumers trillions of watt-hours, millions of dollars

A University of California technology that significantly reduces the amount of energy wasted by chips in computers, mobile phones and other electronic devices has recently passed the trillion watt-hour milestone in energy savings, according to the technol
Posted: 9/9/2011

Politics and Global Warming: Democrats, Republicans, Independents and the Tea Party

The Yale Project on Climate Change and Communication and George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication conducted a study on how members of each political party respond to the issue of global warming.
Posted: 9/7/2011

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