News

It's not easy being green

Across UCLA, the people in charge of feeding the campus are working hard to make eating a greener proposition.
Posted: 2/3/2012

Mapping Avian Influenza Risk in U.S. Wild Songbirds

A Center for Tropical Research study was featured in The National Science Foundation's Award Highlights.
Posted: 2/1/2012

Preserving Sage Hill

UCLA should better acknowledge the natural habitat the ecosystem provides.
Posted: 2/1/2012

Spotlight: "Designing Healthy Communities"

Latest press for Institute Professor and Department of Environmental Health Sciences Chair Richard Jackson's four part television series.
Posted: 2/1/2012

Building for better health: Public health professor hosts nationwide TV series

In a four-part TV series airing on public broadcasting, IoES and the Department of Environmental Health Sciences' Dr. Richard Jackson shows viewers the best and worst examples of urban planning and its effects on health.
Posted: 1/31/2012

"Designing Healthy Communities" series airing on KLCS-TV Jan. 31st & Feb. 4th

Institute Professor and Department of Environmental Health Sciences Chair Dr. Richard Jackson is the host of a new 4-hour series that examines the impact our built environment has on key public health indices.
Posted: 1/30/2012

UCLA Law report urges California to take action to protect public from toxic consumer products

The new report by the Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment assesses California's new chemical regulatory program and concludes that the state must strengthen its program in significant ways in order to adequately protect public health.
Posted: 1/26/2012

UCLA summit looks at future of water in Southern California

The summit is is sponsored by the Luskin Center for Innovation at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs; the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability; and UCLA's Water Technology Research (WaTeR) Center.
Posted: 1/25/2012

UCLA to see an increase in buildings certified green, reducing energy costs

IoES headquarters, La Kretz Hall, was the first campus building to qualify for 'green' certification.
Posted: 1/24/2012

Heal the Bay president, Mark Gold, steps down after 23 years with the group

NPR's Patt Morrison interviewed Mark Gold about his move to UCLA on her KPCC radio show.
Posted: 1/23/2012

Building Green in the Palisades

IoES Corporate Partner Program company Structure Home and Green Builder Media teamed up to develop VISION House Los Angeles—a project aimed at educating the public on green living.
Posted: 1/19/2012

PBS documentary highlights Elgin’s green activity

IoES Professor and Department of Environmental Health Sciences Chair Dr. Richard Jackson hosts a new PBS series on cleaning up our communities.
Posted: 1/19/2012

Building for Health: Improving our cities, homes, and lives

The San Francisco Chronicle interviewed IoES Professor and Department of Environmental Health Sciences Chair Dr. Richard Jackson.
Posted: 1/17/2012

Green is a big part of the blueprint for Pacific Palisades house

The LA Times reported on a sustainable building workshop hosted by the IoES, Corporate Partner Program company Structure Homes, and Green Builder Media on January 12.
Posted: 1/17/2012

UCLA Releases Free Software For Energy Efficient Houses

L.A. architects are making the world better.
Posted: 1/13/2012

Does considering the impact of green improvements make sense?

IoES Professor Matthew Kahn, who holds joint appointments in economics and public policy, was quoted in a New Jersey Independent Press article about measuring the impact of "green" home improvements.
Posted: 1/12/2012

Heal the Bay president steps down to take UCLA post

The LA Times reported on Dr. Mark Gold's new appointment as Associate Director at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
Posted: 1/10/2012

Mark Gold named to UCLA environmental post

Gold will serve as the Institute's Associate Director.
Posted: 1/10/2012

New proposal seeks to encourage solar panels on LA rooftops, parking lots

A KPCC-89.3 story about a Los Angeles DWP proposal to increase the city’s solar energy production cited research by the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation estimating the number of jobs that could be created if the city instituted a solar feed-in tariff pro
Posted: 1/9/2012

Building the smart grid of the future: UCLA teams with Korea's energy research institute

This collaboration aims to develop technologies that can be utilized on a international level.
Posted: 12/16/2011

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