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Governor's conference at UCLA promises green energy by 2020

California Gov. Jerry Brown kicked off a two-day conference at UCLA today, where politicians, business leaders, researchers and academics gathered to propose ways to meet Brown's goal of developing localized renewable energy sources that can produce 12,00
Posted: 7/26/2011

Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Newsletter

Summer 2011
Posted: 7/22/2011

Designing Healthy Communities

Dr. Richard Jackson, chair of the department of Environmental Health Sciences and professor at the IoES, is the host of a new Media & Policy Center documentary about public health and the built environment.
Posted: 7/19/2011

Science: Lost in translation

Scientists from UCLA, USC, Caltech and other Southern California research universities gathered at UCLA’s California NanoSystems Institute for a July 13-15 workshop about how to better communicate the importance and excitement of their research to the pub
Posted: 7/15/2011

Summer Reading: 7 education books to take to the beach

The Failure of Environmental Education (And How We Can Fix It) by Charles Saylan and UCLA's Daniel T. Blumstein was selected by Time Magazine as an education book to check out.
Posted: 7/15/2011

Westwood's FlyAway shuttle to LAX gets six-month reprieve

Threatened with closure just a few months ago, the FlyAway shuttle in Westwood that takes passengers to and from the LAX airport received a six-month reprieve Monday night when the Los Angeles World Airports’ (LAWA) Board of Airport Commissioners agreed t
Posted: 7/15/2011

Action Research Teams Executive Summaries 2011

Learn the final outcomes of the ten Education for Sustainable Living Program Action Research Team projects.
Posted: 7/11/2011

Patt Morrison Asks: Albert Carnesale, Professor Nuclear

The LA Times featured a Q&A with Albert Carnesale, UCLA chancellor emeritus, professor of public policy and aerospace engineering, and IoES Affiliate, about the Fukushima nuclear crisis, the future of nuclear energy, and his role on the U.S. Dept. of Ener
Posted: 7/11/2011

Watch the 2011 Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Commencement Celebration

Held Sunday, June 12, 2011 at UCLA's Korn Convocation Hall.
Posted: 7/11/2011

A giant check for giant energy savings

Halfway through UCLA's program to make campus heating, ventilation and air conditioning more efficient, the program has already cut HVAC energy use by 50 percent in 16 buildings.
Posted: 7/8/2011

UCLA's top teachers: Ecologist draws students, city kids to nature's wonders

Philip Rundel, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and IoES Professor, is the recipient of a 2011 Distinguished Teaching Award.
Posted: 7/8/2011

Pritzker Fund for Environment and Sustainability Education Fellow Appointed

Professor Jenny Jay, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, is the first Pritzker Fellow.
Posted: 7/5/2011

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

The Ecology, Economy, Equity community garden on the Hill enables UCLA students to grow their own sustainable food

UCLA’s Ecology, Economy, Equity group runs a community plot at Sunset Canyon Recreation Center
Posted: 6/27/2011

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

City Council approves plans for bus-only lane

The Los Angeles City Council approved plans for the city’s first bus-only lane last week, a move applauded by some UCLA staff and student groups.
Posted: 6/20/2011

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

Southern California Environmental Report Card, Spring/Summer 2011: Health and the Built Environment

The Institute of the Environment and Sustainability has just released its Southern California Environmental Report Card, Spring/Summer 2011, Health and the Built Environment, authored by Richard J. Jackson, M.D., M.P.H., Professor and Chair, UCLA Departme
Posted: 6/17/2011

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