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Talking solutions with Marilyn Raphael, director of UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
David Colgan
Faculty and students are working on new ways to respond to climate change and other environmental problems
IoES Magazine
Story
Public talk underscores need for equity and regulation in the electrification of transportation
Anna Novoselov
California has passed numerous laws stimulating green transportation. According to environmentalist Mary Nichols, making these laws work will take better enforcement. “Regulations are really only as good as the enforcement…
Story
Changing bus schedules can protect riders from deadly heat, study finds
David Colgan
Rerouting 10% of Phoenix’ bus fleet could reduce exposure to extreme heat by 35%
Story
In 3 California regions, big cities lag smaller cities in ‘neighborhood biodiversity’
David Colgan
Animal species are less evenly distributed in large urban areas, UCLA-led study finds
Story
Farwiza Farhan wins UCLA’s Pritzker Award for environmental innovators
David Colgan
Conservationist receives $100,000 for work to protect Indonesia’s species-rich Leuser Ecosystem
Story
Q&A with Clara Pratte, 2020 Pritzker Award winner
David Colgan
Pratte moved solar energy projects forward with Navajo Power, the company she co-founded to benefit local communities on tribal lands. She also expanded Strongbow Strategies, the professional services and consulting…
Story
Jaden Smith and Mari Copeny honored for environmental justice leadership at UCLA gala
David Colgan
Virtual fundraising gala featured celebrity performances and science from UCLA graduate students
Story
UCLA environmental experts featured in PBS sustainability series
Madeline Adamo
Faculty and others play a major role in shaping stories of accountability in ‘Sustaining US,’ whose second season debuts Oct. 6
Story
Program co-produced by UCLA storytelling lab wins local Emmy
David Colgan
‘Earth Focus’ episode explores environmental and human costs of coal mining in South Africa
Profile
Jacob Phaneuf found his path at UCLA through a passion for genetics and environmental justice
Sonia Aronson
Everyone was making small talk, trying to figure out what they had in common. Jacob told me he was a microbiology major from a tiny town in upstate New York…
Story
UCLA’s women leaders discuss their influence in the environmental science field
Ashley Kruythoff
In celebration of Women’s History Month, a look at those who are challenging norms, dispelling stereotypes and celebrating diversity
Story
Tribal leader Clara Pratte wins Pritzker Award for young environmental innovators
David Colgan
Navajo sustainable business advocate receives $100,000 for grassroots and national efforts
Story
Activism in pandemic times: Q&A with Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, 2019 Pritzker Award winner
David Colgan
In her multiple roles: UN Sustainable Development Goal Advocate, founder/president of the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad (AFPAT), and Conservation International senior fellow, Ibrahim continued advocating for…
Story
New book from UCLA urban sustainability experts: Q&A with Stephanie Pincetl
Sonia Aronson
A quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions come from buildings in California — over 100 million tons per year. And while the state is a leader in setting ambitious climate…
Story
KCET and UCLA launch new season of Earth Focus with Link TV and Thompson Reuters
David Colgan
Four episodes explore environmental politics, youth activism and the New West
Story
2020 Pritzker finalists: Clara Pratte, Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner, Leah Penniman
David Colgan
The finalists represent a vast range of environmental issues and approaches. All of them are working to address past and ongoing injustices.
Story
Announcing the Candidates for the 2020 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award
Sonia Aronson
Candidates for the 4th annual Pritzker Award are artists, leaders and inventors under the age of 40 fighting for a more sustainable future. They include a college dropout who invented…
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Air conditioning: Environmental loss, human win
Paul Stainier
With a warming climate, a key win-lose solution is air conditioning. In hotter conditions, workplace productivity suffers, students learn less, and mortality rates are higher. Fortunately, we have a way…
Story
Clean energy revolution may leave disadvantaged communities behind
Mary Hardin
Study finds affluent L.A. neighborhoods use more energy and reap greater benefits from government incentive programs
Story
Researchers create framework for evaluating environmental stopgap measures
David Colgan
UCLA study offers new way to look at temporary solutions that could buy more time for our planet
Voices
Homegrown fire prevention could save Amazon rainforest
Annika Karody
Among the ashes in Brazil there exists hope, driven by efforts of small family farmers