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…
Research on 144 countries reveals opportunities and pitfalls of this fast-growing sector
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…
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!…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 graduate students help developing islands capitalize on ocean resources.
Vegetation in the southern part of the state is being hit harder due to climate change, UCLA-led study finds
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…
The state’s Department of Pesticide Regulation registers pesticide products; county-level agricultural commissioners issue permits for the use of “restricted” pesticides — those that present significant human health or environmental concerns.…
Jennifer Jay, professor of civil and environmental engineering, received the Lockheed Martin Award for Excellence in Teaching. Jay incorporates a service-learning component in her classes, and teaches a year-long freshmen…
UCLA’s Alex Hall and others propose new framework for comparing climate models
By: Zachary Alter, Jacob Gerigk, Sarina Levin, Jonah Eisen, Amber Lam, and Kate Minden. Edited by Chloe Ney. The Green Games team met with Bonny Bentzin and our stakeholders…
By: Ryan Hallman, Stephanie Hauschildt, Gabriel Hernandez, Corbin Kehrberg, Ayahna Mack, and Monica Portillo. Edited by Chloe Ney. The Sustainable Purchasing Team continues to evaluate the methods of ASUCLA licensees…
By: Natasha Oviedo, Malcolm Au, Kate Zeile, Gustav Fiere, and Elizabeth Tanner. Edited by Chloe Ney. After the week seven waste audit, the Zero Waste team washed the straws and…
By: Alicia Kwan, Diana Ngyuen, Maninder Kaur, Jasmine Summers- Evans, Rosemary Wallace, Melinda McMonigle, and Fiona Zhang. Our team adapted our Theory of Change Map, illustrating the work and impact…
Center for Diverse Leadership in Science’s inaugural fellows seek to build network of support
The future of our planet is Africa — in terms of people, biodiversity, habitats that are crucial for genetic diversity in the face of climate change, and some of…
By: Emma Stanfield, Zachary Devereux, Caroline Schreck, Maia Rodriguez-Choi, Cali Ngyuen, and Elizabeth Popescu. Edited by Chloe Ney. Last week, the University Apartments (UA) Waste Diversion team participated in…