News

Stay or go? Some towns are eyeing retreat from sea

IoES Associate Director Mark Gold was quoted in an Associated Press article about how cities along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts are dealing with coastal erosion resulting from global warming.
Posted: 6/5/2012

Compost crew Waste Watchers turn trash into fertilizer by properly disposing organic waste

Waste Watchers, a group of six students who compost campus waste, formed in fall through a course at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
Posted: 6/1/2012

Los Angeles joins plastic bag ban

IoES Associate Director Mark Gold was interviewed on American Public Media's “Marketplace” about the L.A. City Council's vote to ban plastic shopping bags at grocery stores and eventually require stores to charge 10 cents for paper bags.
Posted: 5/29/2012

Professor Richard Jackson hosts PBS documentary ‘Designing Healthy Communities’

IoES and Department of Environmental Health Sciences' Dr. Richard Jackson serves as host of a four-part television series on urban planning and public health.
Posted: 5/29/2012

In the pursuit of science

Scholarships offered by the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability help Environmental Science majors succeed
Posted: 5/21/2012

Greening Business for the Green Consumer: Social Media, Advertising, and Hollywood

Spring 2012 Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Corporate Partners Program Workshop
Posted: 5/16/2012

Rainforest hero leaves Brazil for Los Angeles

Sierra Club profiled Center for Tropical Research graduate student Hilton Oyamaguchi—a panelist at the G2 Gallery’s Young Environmentalists Symposium held May 10th.
Posted: 5/16/2012

Sustainable living in Canada focus of recent visits

Canadian Studies builds momentum with talks by former Toronto mayor and Canadian consul general
Posted: 5/15/2012

Education for Sustainable Leadership Program Year-end Action Research Team Presentations

Thursday, June 7th, 4:00 p.m., CNSI Auditorium (between Boelter Hall and La Kretz Hall)
Posted: 5/10/2012

Mother Nature Network highlights the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Read each article in the five-part series.
Posted: 5/10/2012

UCLA professor Alex Hall is teaching the next generation about climate change

Part Five in Mother Nature Network's series on the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
Posted: 5/9/2012

Climate change and the California energy system

Center for Climate Change Solutions Director Paul Bunje participated in a California Energy Commission hosted workshop on April 30th.
Posted: 5/2/2012

Institute's Brad Shaffer delivers keynote address

Prof. Brad Shaffer, the La Kretz Center Faculty Director was the guest speaker for the Las Virgenes Homeowners Federation's 45th Annual Banquet held in Malibu Lake on April 27th.
Posted: 5/2/2012

University of California wins prestigious climate leadership award

The UC system's achievements in cutting the carbon footprint of its campuses is being recognized with a Climate Leadership Award from Second Nature and the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC).
Posted: 5/2/2012

UCLA named to green colleges list

Eight UC campuses, including UCLA, have won accolades from the Princeton Review's green campus guide for being environmentally responsible.
Posted: 4/30/2012

A Lethal Beacon for Migrating Birds

The New York Times featured a blog about new research by IoES Associate Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore.
Posted: 4/25/2012

UCLA's Dr. Thomas Smith trains students to tackle Earth-changing issues

Part Four in the Mother Nature Network series on the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
Posted: 4/25/2012

UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center

IoES Affiliate and Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Professor Rajit Gadh is leading the charge to build and test innovative smart-grid technologies that could lead to major breakthroughs for power infrastructure and reliability.
Posted: 4/23/2012

Bike Nation to bring bike sharing to Westwood

The bike-share company Bike Nation recently announced plans to distribute 4,000 bikes across four communities in Los Angeles, including bringing hundreds of those bikes to Westwood and UCLA by mid-2013.
Posted: 4/20/2012

From environmental engineering to hotel sustainability

At UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, seniors graduate with real-world skills - Part 3 of Mother Nature Network's special series on the IoES.
Posted: 4/18/2012

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