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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

UCLA's top teachers: Law prof trains defenders of environment

School of Law and IoES Professor Ann Carlson is a winner of the 2011 Distinguished Teaching Award—UCLA’s highest teaching prize awarded by the Academic Senate.
Posted: 9/1/2011

Beaches, good weather and wine: Protecting the world's five Mediterranean climates

When researchers from around the globe converge at UCLA on Sept. 6 to discuss the small 2 percent of the planet covered by the world’s five Mediterranean-climate regions, they’ll be focusing on how to protect the whopping 16 percent of Earth’s plant speci
Posted: 8/31/2011

Capturing a complex 'snapshot' of air pollution in California

UCLA atmospheric scientists participated in the largest single atmospheric research effort in California history. Some 70 different monitoring devices on the tower were used by 40 independent research teams to gather complex data that will help guide poli
Posted: 8/30/2011

In Los Angeles, paddling down a concrete river

Sean Hecht, executive director of the UCLA Environmental Law Center, was quoted in an Associated Press article about efforts to revitalize the Los Angeles River.
Posted: 8/29/2011

A greener cleaner? That idea may be easier said than done

Peter Sinsheimer, Institute affiliate and executive director of UCLA's Sustainable Technology and Policy Program, is quoted in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article about environmentally friendly dry cleaners.
Posted: 8/18/2011

America's Greenest Schools

UCLA is #15 in Sierra Club’s fifth annual ranking of the greenest colleges in the United States.
Posted: 8/17/2011

Nano Gold Rush: Researchers use tiny gold particles to boost organic solar cell efficiency

Plasmonic technique helps enhance power conversion by up to 20 percent.
Posted: 8/16/2011

Water is Rising Music And Dance Amid Climate Change website now live!

Learn more about the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability's latest collaborative effort.
Posted: 8/10/2011

Phone losing charge? Technology created by UCLA engineers allows LCDs to recycle energy

With photovoltaic polarizers, devices could be powered by sunlight, own backlight.
Posted: 8/9/2011

Probing a glacier as it thaws

The New York Times reported on research by Laurence Smith, Department of Geography professor and IoES affiliate, aimed at measuring runoff from the melting of Greenland's massive ice sheet.
Posted: 8/5/2011

Profs’ water-cleaning system could save campus thousands of gallons, dollars

UCLA’s power plant had something that professors Yoram Cohen and Panagiotis Christofides wanted: hopelessly filthy water. And they have invented something that the Cogeneration Plant wanted: a way to clean it up.
Posted: 8/5/2011

UCLA receives high standings in QS World University Rankings by Subject - Natural Science

UCLA placed well in two fields of study.
Posted: 8/5/2011

For Want of a Crosswalk, a Life was Lost

A piece co-authored by Dr. Richard Jackson, IoES professor and Department of Environmental Health Sciences chair, was featured in the Huffington Post.
Posted: 8/4/2011

Cash for Clunkers? The Environmental Impact of Mexico's Demand for Used Vehicles

An article by Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Professor Matt Kahn and Lucas W. Davis was featured in the latest issue of ACCESS: the Magazine of the University of California Transportation Center.
Posted: 8/3/2011

Japanese respond to national call to save energy

Matthew Kahn, a professor with the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and the departments of Public Policy and Economics, has written three books: "Green Cities" (Brookings Institution Press); "Heroes and Cowards" (Princeton University Press,
Posted: 8/2/2011

Changing Lanes

Bruin Commuter Club offers incentives for UCLA members who switch to environmentally friendly transportation.
Posted: 8/1/2011

Energy Conservation in Japan, U.S.

A Christian Science Monitor blog column by Matthew Kahn, a professor at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability with joint appointments in economics and public policy, compared energy-conservation efforts in Japan and the U.S.
Posted: 8/1/2011

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