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Universities strive for sustainable dining

A Sierra Club article mentioned UCLA's ongoing efforts to make eating on campus more environmentally friendly.
Posted: 6/30/2011

Congratulations to the undergraduate Environmental Science Class of 2011!

Institute of the Environment & Sustainability Graduation, June 12, 2011
Posted: 6/24/2011

Letter from the chancellor: academic year in review

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block cited research grants that will support ground-breaking labs to study sustainable energy and environmental engineering in his summary of the past year's achievements.
Posted: 6/23/2011

IoES Center for Tropical Research Director Tom Smith receives California Landscape Conservation Cooperative Grant

The California Landscape Conservation Cooperative (CA LCC) awarded more than $831,000 for climate science projects in California.
Posted: 6/22/2011

Natural Habitat: Prickly Passion

The world's leading expert on cacti biology, UCLA plant physiological ecologist Park S. Nobel is an evangelist for the environmental benefits of the fleshy, water-wise plants known as succulents — and he’s turned his backyard in Southern California’s excl
Posted: 6/20/2011

Addressing Public Health and Chemical Exposures

Dr. Richard Jackson, Chair, Environmental Health Sciences Dept. and Professor, IoES and Urban Planning Dept., is on the Leadership Council that developed this National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures Action Agenda.
Posted: 6/15/2011

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

A conversation with Paul R. Ehrlich, Stanford University Bing Professor of Population Studies

Highlights of the UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science Public Lecture: "California, conservation, and the globe: Why we need to close the culture gap and all become Mahbsters."
Posted: 6/9/2011

Germany's nuclear energy phase-out endangers climate

School of Law and IoES Professor Ann Carlson wrote on op-ed about Germany's decision to phase out their nuclear power plants.
Posted: 6/7/2011

Congratulations to the Leaders in Sustainability Class of 2011!

The Leaders in Sustainability certificate program aims to provide a mechanism for graduate students at UCLA to pursue their interests in sustainability and collaborate with students from different fields.
Posted: 6/6/2011

Footprint Benchmarking and the Bottom Line: Finding the Value in Measurement and Management of Your Environmental Footprint.

The Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Corporate Partners Program hosted a discussion on the pros and cons of measuring the product, operation, and supply chain footprints of businesses, finding opportunities to make the approach actionable,
Posted: 6/6/2011

Self-imposed fees support campus sustainability efforts

The Green Initiative Fund is a grant-making fund for sustainability projects at UCLA and other UC campuses.
Posted: 6/6/2011

Wolves and wolf-coyote hybrids

The Associated Press and RedOrbit reported on genetic research by Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and IoES Professor Robert Wayne indicating that wolves in the eastern U.S. are hybrids of gray wolves and coyotes and that eastern coyotes are wolf-coyote-d
Posted: 6/2/2011

California plan to curb emissions draws fire from an unlikely source; Environmental groups see potential harm for low-income communities

Former IoES Director Mary Nichols and current IoES Professor Matt Kahn were quoted in an International Herald Tribune article about legal challenges to greenhouse gas emissions laws in California and nationwide.
Posted: 6/1/2011