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…
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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…
University Apartments Waste Diversion Blog Post: April 26, 2019
By: Emma Stanfield, Zachary Devereux, Caroline Schreck, Maia Rodriguez-Choi, and Elizabeth Popescu. This past Monday Sustainability Action Research’s University Apartment Waste Diversion Team tabled at the UCLA Earth…
Zero Waste Blog Post: April 26, 2019
By: Natasha Oviedo, Malcolm Au, Kate Zeile, Gustav Fiere, and Elizabeth Tanner. This has been a very busy past few weeks for the Zero Waste Team! On Thursday,…
Transportation Blog Post: April 26, 2019
By Brooke Shimasaki This week our team tabled at the UCLA Earth Day Fair in Dickson Court. We all had a chance to talk with the campus community and…
Resilience Blog Post: April 26, 2019
By: Lea Le Rouzo, Nicholas Caton, Anh-Vy Pham, Sophia Bozone, Tory Coffin, and David Scolari. The Resilience Team has a lot gearing up now that it is the middle…
Blue economies can repair ecosystems and economies of island nations — but not without the leadership of women
In countries with coastlines, there’s a literal ocean of opportunity that remains untapped. This opportunity — known as the blue economy — includes major industries such as fishing, shipping and…
Will ocean seafood farming sink or swim? UCLA study evaluates its potential
Research on 144 countries reveals opportunities and pitfalls of this fast-growing sector
Sustainable Purchasing Blog Post: April 19, 2019
By: Ryan Hallman, Stephanie Hauschildt, Gabriel Hernandez, Corbin Kehrberg, Ayahna Mack, & Monica Portillo. Our stakeholder Cynthia Holmes distributed both the Department and Licensee surveys we created to their respective…
Green Games Blog Post: April 19, 2019
By: Zachary Alter, Jacob Gerigk, Sarina Levin, Jonah Eisen, Amber Lam, and Kate Minden. It’s a new quarter and the Green Games team is moving right along with it!…
Food Justice and Basic Needs Blog Post: April 19, 2019
By: Alicia Kwan, Diana Ngyuen, Maninder Kaur, Jasmine Summers- Evans, Rosemary Wallace, Melinda McMonigle, and Fiona Zhang. These past two weeks have been a great start to the quarter for…
Noam Rosenthal Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge finalist
UCLA Institute of Environment and Sustainability PhD student Noam Rosenthal and Anderson students Hadley Stork and Jonathan Tenenbaum were selected as finalists to compete in the Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing…
Tanner Waters awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
First generation college student, Tanner Waters, was awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The prestigious award provides three years of support to graduate researchers. Growing up 15 minutes…
University Apartments Waste Diversion Blog Post: April 12, 2019
By: Emma Stanfield, Zachary Devereux, Caroline Schreck, Maia Rodriguez-Choi, and Elizabeth Popescu. Towards the end of winter quarter, the University Apartment Waste Diversion team was able to conduct…
Zero Waste Blog Post: April 12, 2019
By: Natasha Oviedo, Malcolm Au, Kate Zeile, Gustav Fiere, and Elizabeth Tanner. During our spring break, new compost and recycling bins were installed at YRL. The fifteen compost…
Transportation Blog Post: April 12, 2019
By Madeline Jordan Wow, it’s the best time of the year and Spring quarter is already in full swing! At the end of last quarter the SAR Transportation Team…
Resilience Blog Post: April 12, 2019
By: Lea Le Rouzo, Nicholas Caton, Anh-Vy Pham, Sophia Bozone, Tory Coffin, and David Scolari. After a successful winter quarter, the SAR Resilience team looks forward to…
UCLA students help Pacific island economies grow sustainably
UCLA graduate students help developing islands capitalize on ocean resources.
California ‘browning’ more in the south during droughts
Vegetation in the southern part of the state is being hit harder due to climate change, UCLA-led study finds
Not just homeowners — businesses need sustainable landscaping too
California is coming off the heels of an exceptionally wet February which saw multiple atmospheric rivers drench the state. But this a land of extremes, and while the state is…