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Institute Director Glen MacDonald chosen for American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Dr. MacDonald will serve as Chair-Elect of the AAAS Section on Geology and Geography.
Posted: 2/14/2011

Paul R. Ehrlich: Saving Earth

The 2nd Annual UCLA La Kretz Center Public Lecture and Reception on May 15, 2011 will feature Paul R. Ehrlich, Stanford University Bing Professor of Population Studies.
Posted: 2/14/2011

Biofuels: study targets sticking points, gaps in life-cycle calculations

Greenwire reported on new research by Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Professor Deepak Rajagopal.
Posted: 2/10/2011

Yvon Chouinard Winter 2011 Oppenheim Lecture: Video highlights and podcast now available

Yvon Chouinard recounted how Patagonia grew from a retail climbing equipment business operating out of the back of his van to a successful global business based on sustainability and social responsibility principles.
Posted: 2/9/2011

Announcing the Glickfeld Family Scholarship

This new award is for students pursuing an undergraduate degree in Environmental Science.
Posted: 2/8/2011

Keeping Earth in business

1% for the Planet exists to build and support an alliance of businesses financially committed to creating a healthy planet.
Posted: 2/3/2011

Learning vessel

The Institute of the Environment and Sustainability will support a new research and teaching boat.
Posted: 2/2/2011

Peering into a post-petroleum world

Institute Director Glen MacDonald is quoted in an LA Times article about energy independence, national security and environmental survivability.
Posted: 2/2/2011

Stanford's Stephen Palumbi to speak at UCLA Feb. 3 about coral reefs and climate change

Stephen Palumbi, director of Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station and a professor of biological sciences, will present a public lecture at UCLA on Feb. 3 as part of the "Year of the New Life Sciences at UCLA" series.
Posted: 2/2/2011

Products Made With Solar, Wind Energy

National Public Radio's "Marketplace" interviewed IoES Professor Matt Kahn about commercial products made using wind and solar power.
Posted: 1/28/2011

UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science off to an ambitious start in 2011

The UCLA La Kretz Center will spearhead a number of conservation initiatives throughout the year.
Posted: 1/27/2011

Day of reckoning for Ecuador's biodiversity

Center for Tropical Research Senior Research Fellow Dr. Kelly Swing has a new commentary in the most recent issue of Nature.
Posted: 1/26/2011

Viewpoints: It's no time to drop ball on environment

A new report from UCLA School of Law Environmental faculty provides a blueprint for environmental policy in California.
Posted: 1/24/2011

Three California ecosystems ranked in top 10 most endangered habitats

IoES and Geography Professor Thomas Gillespie discussed California's endangered habitats in a Daily Bruin article.
Posted: 1/21/2011

How We Gain From China's Advances

Institute Professor Matt Kahn wrote about the U.S. competing with China on green technology and the obstacles American companies trying to win global markets in clean energy industries face in the New York Times.
Posted: 1/19/2011

Old dog, new tricks: Study IDs 9,400-year-old mutt

IoES & Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor Robert Wayne is quoted in an Associated Press story.
Posted: 1/19/2011

Southern California Marine Institute and UCLA collaborate in creating marine research facility/div

UCLA is looking to expand its marine research as it collaborates with the Southern California Marine Institute to create a facility in the Port of Los Angeles.
Posted: 1/18/2011

Metro fleet diesel free after completing switch to cleaner fuel

One Metro bus servicing Wilshire Boulevard and Venice Boulevard stood out from the rest of the fleet – it still used diesel fuel.
Posted: 1/14/2011

UC students inspire sustainability efforts

Tanja Roos was strolling through UC Berkeley's Sproul Plaza, something she had done many times without looking twice at the displays promoting student groups. But on that day in her last semester of college, an organization touting a campaign to get the U
Posted: 1/11/2011

Gerald Haug presents "Climate and Societies"

The renowned Professor of Climate Geology takes a look back into the 10th century to find the effects that the migration of the tropical rainfall belt had on the de-urbanization and eventual collapse of the Mayan civilization.
Posted: 1/7/2011

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