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UCLA, Northwestern, and McMaster Win Most Vegan-Friendly Top Spots

After thousands of votes, dozens of campus newspaper articles, and a whole lot of mouth watering, the top winners in this year's Most Vegan-Friendly Colleges competition have finally been announced!
Posted: 11/19/2010

USAC's plans for on-campus farmers market underway

Proposal is still pending approval, but the event could include performances as well as food.
Posted: 11/19/2010

Will new development consider climate change?

Matthew Kahn is a professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability with joint appointments in economics and public policy. This op-ed appeared originally in the Christian Science Monitor on Nov. 10, 2010 and on greeneconomics.blogspot
Posted: 11/17/2010

Unraveling the Sound of Horror

Wired reported on a new study about animal vocalizations and movie scores co-authored by Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Chair & IoES Professor Dan Blumstein.
Posted: 11/16/2010

West Nile virus more prevalent in low-income neighborhoods, study finds

The IoES Center for Tropical Research presents new research on the West Nile virus.
Posted: 11/16/2010

Lawyers, lobbyists, politicians scramble to determine impact of Prop. 26

Former Institute Director Mary Nichols is quoted in an LA Times article about the passing of Proposition 26, which requires that certain state and local fees be approved by two-thirds vote, including those that address adverse impacts on society or the en
Posted: 11/15/2010

Sustainability PSA

Featuring the UCLA Bruins Men's Basketball team.
Posted: 11/15/2010

Event to teach Bruins how to travel L.A. without car

Herbie Huff navigates through Los Angeles with a mental map. A self-proclaimed "hard-core urban rider," her head contains a network of routes and side streets that guide her commute to UCLA.
Posted: 11/10/2010

Measuring the meltdown

Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Affiliate Professor Yongwei Sheng's research on climate change impacts on the Tibetan Plateau is cited by Nature.
Posted: 11/10/2010

Program creates competition, rewards for offices that go green

UCLA's new Green Office Certification program just named the Center for the Study of Women the greenest office on campus – and center Director Kathleen McHugh hopes the news will inspire competition from other offices.
Posted: 11/9/2010

Election review: what message did voters send about the environment?

Sean Hecht is executive director of the UCLA Environmental Law Center and a lecturer at the UCLA School of Law. This article originally appeared the joint UCLA and UC Berkeley law schools' environmental law blog, Legal Planet, on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010.
Posted: 11/5/2010

UCLA ahead of schedule on sustainability goals

UCLA on the path to meeting UC's sustainable policy goals six years ahead of schedule
Posted: 11/5/2010

The World in 2050

IoES Affiliate Professor Laurence C. Smith discusses his newest publication with Patt Morrsion on KPCC 89.3 FM.
Posted: 11/4/2010

UCLA School of Law Experts Issue New Report on Impacts of Proposition 26 on California's Environmental Programs; Available to Discuss

UCLA School of Law's Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment and Evan Frankel Environmental Law and Policy Program have issued a report analyzing the impacts of Proposition 26.
Posted: 11/4/2010

California's climate law and Prop 23

IoES Professor Matt Kahn discussed the issues surrounding California's Proposition 23, which would suspend implementation of the state's global warming law, on KPCC-89.3 FM.
Posted: 10/27/2010

Student organization Climate 411 will provide forum for research and debate on climate change

The organization formed to compile existing climate information and make it accessible to students.
Posted: 10/27/2010

UCLA students can rent bicycles for $45 a quarter

A good commuter bike can cost a bundle — especially once you add on the requisite lights, helmet, locks, rack, and — for the caffeine-addicts — cup holder. But at UCLA, students can now get cycling on a stylish new fully-equipped Felt Café Series hybrid c
Posted: 10/27/2010

Why capitalism could save us from climate change

Zocalo Public Square hosted an author talk with IoES Professor and "Climatopolis" author Matt Kahn.
Posted: 10/27/2010

Charles Koch Challenged to Debate Prop. 23 by California Student Leader Joel Francis

Joel Francis, a Marine Corps veteran and senior at Cal State Los Angeles, has issued a debate challenge to Koch Industries' billionaire CEO Charles Koch on his support for the disastrous Prop 23 attack on California's climate and clean-energy progress.
Posted: 10/26/2010

Climate economics: Hot in the city

Nature, the international weekly journal of science, reviewed IoES Professor Matt Kahn's new book "Climatopolis."
Posted: 10/25/2010

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