KCET and UCLA launch new season of Earth Focus with Link TV and Thompson Reuters
Four episodes explore environmental politics, youth activism and the New West
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2020 Pritzker finalists: Clara Pratte, Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner, Leah Penniman
The finalists represent a vast range of environmental issues and approaches. All of them are working to address past and ongoing injustices.
Announcing the Candidates for the 2020 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award
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…
Effort to limit dust pollution in Owens Valley is advancing, but still room to improve
Study produced by national panel of experts including UCLA geography chair Gregory Okin
Professor pays it forward by promoting diversity and environmental justice
Aradhna Tripati’s longstanding dedication to increasing inclusion has inspired donor support
UCLA students help Pacific island economies grow sustainably
UCLA graduate students help developing islands capitalize on ocean resources.
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…
LENS at UCLA elevates ethnic media perspectives on watersheds
The stories, which appeared in newspapers, on television, and in online publications, were produced with support from a fellowship and training provided by UCLA’s Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies and Ethnic Media…
UCLA student wins award for climate action and social justice
Senior Valeree Catangay recognized with the Brower Youth Award for her advocacy
Animal Collective’s “Tangerine Reef”: A Q&A with Ursula Heise
“Music is not an easy medium for discussing environmental stuff,” said Ursula Heise, a UCLA expert on environmental art and narratives. That doesn’t mean it’s ineffective. For Animal Collective and…
Dan Cooper “A Birding Interview”
Noah Strycker, who holds to world record for birding, writes: "In this entertaining Birding interview, Cooper dishes about SoCal’s dippers, jackrabbits, fritillaries, and Ficus—and the connections that keep it all real".
UCLA Anderson’s Magali Delmas Sheds Light on the New Climate for Corporate Environmental Responsibility
UCLA Anderson takes a look into UCLA's Magali Delmas' career, her interest in encouraging industries to become more environmental, and her motivation behind writing her new book, "The Green Bundle." At a Zocalo Public Square event, she explains what needs to be done to create successful green products and it includes selling personal benefits and providing the information. With those things, consumer behavior can be changed for the better.
Catching up with 2017 Pritzker Genius Award winner Dan Hammer
The Pritzker winner’s new app seeks to make satellite research fun for kids
GreenShorts awards high school environmental filmmakers
The event, which was held at the James Bridges Theater on campus in Westwood, recognized top short films in five categories out of more than than 70 entries from high…
Environmental science without borders
UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability alumnus Jason Post bridges that gap with science education — he was recruited to Navajo Technical University by their Environmental Science and Geographic…
On the environment, is humanity a victim of its own success?
A recent panel discussion explored society’s capacity to respond to environmental concerns in the modern era.
UCLA, KCET team up for environmental storytelling and public media collaboration
Partnership seeks to create new narratives to engage audiences with research
Lights, camera, science!
Film contest GreenShorts expands to reach and teach more SoCal high school students
How to keep the environment from getting snubbed: Q&A with writer Emma Marris
Marris joins environmental philosopher Dale Jamieson and Jedediah Purdy, an expert in the intersection of law and social and political thought for "A Conversation on Politics, Ethics and Well-Being in the Anthropocene." The free 2/22 event will be held at UCLA Fowler Museum.
UCLA researchers’ study of apocalyptic entertainment reveals lack of science
This ignorance can result in insufficient responses to real threats like climate change
Five of the best California wildfire pictures from space
Pritzker Award winner Dan Hammer’s satellite images reveal the scale of 2017’s massive fires
Ten books from 2017 that stuck with me
IoES Director Peter Kareiva's must-reads from 2017—for holiday enrichment
Inhabiting a Post-Urban Twenty-First Century
The capitalist paradigm as a world economic system that works for people and the planet is failing. For cities and nature, shifting graciously and well into the Anthropocene requires a fundamentally different political-economy that reflects new ethics and priorities.
Dan Hammer wins inaugural Pritzker Award
UC Berkeley scholar honored for making satellite images more accessible to journalists