Zero Waste Blog Post: February 1, 2019
Pictured above: The Zero Waste Team meeting with our stakeholder, Kikei, and the library building officer, Tom Rosholt, to pitch ideas and discuss logistics. By: Natasha Oviedo, Malcolm Au, Kate…
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Resilience Blog Post: February 1, 2019
By: Lea Le Rouzo, Nicholas Caton, Anh-Vy Pham, Sophia Bozone, Tory Coffin, and David Scolari. Edited by Chloe Ney. Last week, we, the Sustainability Action Research Resilience team, met…
University Apartments Waste Diversion Blog Post: February 1, 2019
Pictured above: Team members Elizabeth and Caroline working hard to plan out our goals for the rest of the quarter. By: Emma Stanfield, Zachary Devereux, Caroline Schreck, Maia Rodriguez-Choi,…
Managing predators in fire-prone landscapes: the importance of vegetation structure
Seminar presented by Rachel V. Blakey, The Institute for Bird Populations and The University of Missouri
Peter Kareiva talks business, activism — and the ‘existential threat’ we all face
Peter Kareiva joined reporter David Nazar to talk about how business and activists could come together for the future of the planet.
Inconvenient Environmentalist: Peter Kareiva Uncensored
Environmental scientist Peter Kareiva of UCLA has angered fellow environmentalists when talking about the environment. His unique take on things and tell it like it is style allows him to…
Variety: Barbra Streisand and Gisele Bündchen to Be Honored at UCLA Science Gala
During Oscar week on Feb. 21 the UCLA Institute of the Environment & Sustainability (IoES) honors Barbra Streisand and Gisele Bündchen for environmental activism at its annual Hollywood for Science…
Cool for You: Q&A with Marianna Linz, author of climate change book for kids
Linz is a climate scientist with UCLA Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and a fellow with the Center for Diverse Leadership in Science. She’s also author of Cool for You, a…
Paper outlines how L.A. County can adapt its water supply for climate change
UCLA report calls for conservation, policy and infrastructure improvements
A new home? Event series looks at the science of migration
But migration is also a scientific issue. How different are we from other species? UCLA joined La Brea Tar Pits and Museum and explored the topic in a three-night conversation…
Student research teams aim to bring island nations Blue Prosperity
UCLA research program challenges students from across campus to develop strategies for sustainable ‘blue’ growth on islands
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What they’re reading: 2018 Pritkzer Award candidates book recommendations
At this year’s 2018 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award ceremony, each candidate shared a book that has impacted their lives. Here’s the list, for anyone who wants to think like…
GreenShorts puts Southern California high school students into the director’s chair
By Nicki Aviel For the third year, UCLA invites SoCal high schoolers to get creative with GreenShorts — an environmental short film contest hosted by the Institute of the Environment…
Solving the ‘green wine puzzle’ (Video)
Eco-friendly wines taste better, but they don’t command higher prices in the marketplace. Learn why from UCLA professor Magali Delmas and Bonterra Organic Vineyards
Peter Kareiva, four other IoES faculty included in list of most influential scholars
In its annual list, Clarivate Analytics names the most highly cited researchers by other scientific research papers in 21 fields across the sciences and social sciences. The 2018 list is…
Consumer Confusion: Organics and Wine
Eco-friendly wines taste better, but they don’t command higher prices in the marketplace. Learn why from UCLA professor Magali Delmas and Bonterra Organic Vineyards.
White Mountain Research Center offers a range of scientific possibilities (Video)
With 5,000 year-old pine trees, 10,000 feet of elevation and an abundance of animal and insect species, the four field stations of the White Mountain Research Center are prime territory…
UCLA Climate Scientist Aradhna Tripati: #infiniteLA
“I try to connect the research and education that I do on the environment, climate change and earth science to social justice and to the quest to create a much…
After 31 years, a strange bird brings UCLA professor’s career full circle
Advances in genetics and computing helped Tom Smith determine why seedcrackers’ bills vary in size
One of two buildings at UCLA research station burned in Woolsey fire
Main building of La Kretz Center Field Station reduced to ash but second structure will remain a ‘foothold’ until rebuilding begins
Miranda Wang and BioCellection win 2018 Pritzker Award for young environmental innovators
24-year-old founder of BioCellection receives $100,000 award from UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
White Mountain Research Center – Elevating the Sciences
At over 14,000 feet high, the White Mountains form a natural barrier between eastern California and Nevada. Less than 20 miles to the west, across the Owens Valley, loom the…
UCLA researchers and partners work with sushi restaurants to reduce seafood fraud
The Los Angeles Seafood Monitoring Project is seeking to reduce sushi fraud and the mislabeling of fish.