Written, edited and peer-reviewed entirely by undergraduate students, LENS: The Journal of Environmental Narratives allows students to display their creative and scholarly environmental work at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
A California Coastal Conservancy study indicates low- and middle-income households, people of color, and younger people are less likely to stay along the coast overnight. “The high-level conclusion is that…
The fire-scorched state’s history has long been marked by calamities. But its latest disaster did not come to teach Californians a lesson. “Every crisis is not an apocalypse, and every…
Jon Christensen writes for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists about climate change and California’s wildfires. “We are living in a world of media hot takes. They come at us fast and furious,…
It’s time to shift the conversation around parks in California. New data is illuminating the need to look at state parks in communities a bit differently. Rather than measuring their…
All cities hunger for new property tax revenue. But all of these park projects at some point aspired to provide green space in neighborhoods that historically had little access to…
“They always begin to move out at first light and back to their roosts about 45 minutes before sunset. It is a sublime experience to hear and see them,’’ said…
In 2012, California became the first state in the country to declare that “Every human being has the right to safe, clean, affordable and accessible water” when the state legislature…
UCLA researcher Jon Christensen with University of Utah professor Alessandro Rigolon found policies that might help reduce “green gentrification,” that is, the displacement of residents and small businesses when parks…
UCLA researcher Jon Christensen with University of Utah professor Alessandro Rigolon found policies that might help reduce “green gentrification,” that is, the displacement of residents and small businesses when parks…
The Los Angeles River only intermittently resembles an actual river, even though that’s what the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers entombed in concrete in the 1930s. Since then, its 51-mile…
Jon Christensen writes for Capital Weekly about a 2020 ballot for safe drinking water, drought preparation, wildfire prevention, and climate resilience.
Jon Christensen, an adjunct assistant professor at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA, said the Coastal Act has two goals. One is to protect the coastal environment,…
Even at a time when the California snowpack is 161% of the historical average for April, water experts are concerned about water optimization, usage, storage and conservation. “We’re evolved into…
Allison Carruth, a faculty member in the English department and the Institute for Society and Genetics, said the most prominent data surrounding the harmful effects of toxic chemicals used in…
In a January 2018 debate on climate change, Dr. Jon Christensen, an adjunct professor at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, made a comment that typifies the green push…
Ursula Heise, is the Marcia H. Howard Chair in Literary Studies at the Department of English and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA. She spoke with Voices…
Jon Christensen, founder of the Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies, write about a recent public lands act that passed in the house and senate.
UCLA’s Jon Christensen spoke with my news LA about a recent measure by LA county on increasing funding for park-poor neighborhoods. “The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously…
Jon Christensen is an adjunct assistant professor in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, the Department of History, and the Center for Digital Humanities at the University of California,…
Ursula K. Heise is the Marcia H. Howard Chair in Literary Studies at the Department of English and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA. Brad Shaffer is…
Jon Christensen is an adjunct assistant professor in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, the Department of History, and the Center for Digital Humanities at the University of California,…
Jon Christensen is an adjunct assistant professor in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, the Department of History, and the Center for Digital Humanities at UCLA. In this LA…