2019 Rolex Awards Laureate Miranda Wang
Miranda Wang, 2018 Pritzker Prize winner, is a 2019 Rolex Awards Laureate. Her company BioCellection is developing an array of unique technologies to turn the worst of the world’s plastic…
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A burning reminder of what happens if we roll back the Clean Water Act
It wasn’t first time. The Cuyahoga burned 13 times in the previous 100 years, thanks mostly to rapid industrialization and lack of sewage treatment. This year, Cleveland hosted annual River…
Announcing the 2019 Pritzker Genius Award candidates
The candidates include mass movement advocates, coral reef conservationists and artists — in video, painting and the written word. As in previous years, candidates were nominated by environmental leaders who…
Air quality app influences behavior by linking environment to health
Air quality mobile applications could mitigate these health risks by educating people and promoting preventive behavioral changes, a UCLA study found. “I think information can be very powerful to change…
Bike expedition raises awareness of climate change in California
The California Climate Expedition is a 550-mile bike tour from Oakland to Los Angeles
New environmental DNA program makes conservation research faster, more efficient
The Anacapa Toolkit allows researchers to catalog different species’ DNA present in soil and water samples with an unprecedented efficiency.
Meet optimistic environmentalist and graduating senior Riley Griesenbeck
Riley is one of 80 graduating with degrees in environmental science from UCLA
Restoration clash over Ballona Wetlands shows importance of nature in urban areas
Invasive plants cover the largest coastal wetland in Los Angeles County
Food Justice and Basic Needs Blog Post: May 17, 2019
By: Alicia Kwan, Diana Ngyuen, Maninder Kaur, Jasmine Summers- Evans, Rosemary Wallace, Melinda McMonigle, and Fiona Zhang. As the end of spring quarter and our SAR program term become progressively…
Evaluating Landscape Effects of Turf Replacement
Erik Porse and Stephanie Pincetl of UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability work with Diane Pataki, professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Utah and…
High school students honored in environmental film contest
2019 GreenShorts awards handed out in six categories at UCLA
Pritzker 2018 Winner, Dan Hammer, wins Mark Bingham Award
Dan Hammer has received the 2019 Mark Bingham Award for Excellence and Achievement, which recognizes recent graduates for their outstanding contribution to their community, country, or the world at large.…
Green Games Blog Post: May 17, 2019
By: Zachary Alter, Jacob Gerigk, Sarina Levin, Jonah Eisen, Amber Lam, and Kate Minden. The Green Games Team has been hard at work in researching and developing best-fit templates for…
Sustainable Purchasing Blog Post: May 17, 2019
By: Ryan Hallman, Stephanie Hauschildt, Gabriel Hernandez, Corbin Kehrberg, Ayahna Mack, & Monica Portillo. Currently, the Sustainable Purchasing team is diving deeper into the operations of UCLA’s licensees--the vendors…
Ann Carlson & Mary Nichols in California Globe: Air Board Regulator Threatens Trump and California With Drastic Auto Regulations
California’s top environmental regulator, California Air Resources Board Chairwoman Mary Nichols, has stepped up the state’s war against the Trump Administration, as well as the state’s residents by threatening to…
Zero Waste Blog Post: May 10, 2019
By: Natasha Oviedo, Malcolm Au, Kate Zeile, Gustav Fiere, and Elizabeth Tanner. For the past two weeks the Zero-Waste team has been tabling in front of the Young…
Resilience Blog Post: May 10, 2019
By: Lea Le Rouzo, Nicholas Caton, Anh-Vy Pham, Sophia Bozone, Tory Coffin, and David Scolari. This week, on Monday May 6th, the Resilience Team had its much anticipated task force…
Food Justice and Basic Needs Blog Post: May 10, 2019
By: Alicia Kwan, Diana Ngyuen, Maninder Kaur, Jasmine Summers- Evans, Rosemary Wallace, Melinda McMonigle, and Fiona Zhang. Over the weekend, one of our team members Rosemary organized a kayaking…
Transportation Blog Post: May 10, 2019
By Anna Weir and Kyle Willenborg As we approach the end of our project we leave the world of outreach behind and settle down to crunch some numbers. But that…
University Apartments Waste Diversion Blog Post: May 10, 2019
By: Emma Stanfield, Zachary Devereux, Caroline Schreck, Maia Rodriguez-Choi, and Elizabeth Popescu. For the past two weeks, the University Apartment Waste Diversion team has been working on putting together…
UCLA student Alex Arnold selected for the President’s Award for Outstanding Student Leadership
Alex Arnold, a Center for Diverse Leadership in Science Fellow and a grad student in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, has been selected for the President’s Award for Outstanding Student Leadership.…
Sustainable Purchasing Blog Post: May 2, 2019
By: Ryan Hallman, Stephanie Hauschildt, Gabriel Hernandez, Corbin Kehrberg, Ayahna Mack, & Monica Portillo. On the 22 of April, the Sustainable Purchasing team celebrated Earth Day by participating in…
Green Games Blog Post: May 2, 2019
By: Zachary Alter, Jacob Gerigk, Sarina Levin, Jonah Eisen, Amber Lam, and Kate Minden. The Green Games team had a successful day tabling at the Earth Day Fair event on…
Food Justice and Basic Needs Blog Post: April 26, 2019
By: Alicia Kwan, Diana Ngyuen, Maninder Kaur, Jasmine Summers- Evans, Rosemary Wallace, Melinda McMonigle, and Fiona Zhang. The month of April has certainly been a busy one for…