For businesses looking to promote green products, a major turning point came during the Academy Awards at the beginning of the 21st century. As millions watched worldwide, celebrities dressed to…
By Sonia Aronson The next batch of candidates for the 2018 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award include environmental justice advocates and inventors finding ways to reduce stormwater runoff pollution and…
Research finds the crayfish disrupt native predators that eat mosquito larvae
Coccolithophores are fundamental to marine ecosystems and the global carbon cycle
By Sonia Aronson A faculty committee is in the process of selecting three finalists for this year’s Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award. In the meantime, here’s the next group of…
By Sonia Aronson Last week UCLA announced 20 candidates for the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award. Over the next few weeks, we’ll introduce you to them One will take home…
One emerging environmental leader will win $100,000 to take their work to the next level
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.
The Pritzker winner’s new app seeks to make satellite research fun for kids
UCLA research shows connection between loss of trees and furniture bought in the U.S.
Interview on The Young Turks ScIQ with UCLA environmental economist Alan Barreca by Jayde Lovell about climate change effects on public health, vulnerable communities, and the state of California. They also…
Q&A with environmental economist Magali Delmas about her book on getting consumers to buy eco-friendly products
UCLA research finds warming temperatures have a negative effect on fertility, birth rates
Despite spotty data, students identified places where modern irrigation offers the best opportunity for conservation
The article, published in Conservation Biology, was downloaded 1,751 times in the 12 months following its publication.
Lawrence Bender and Daniel Weiss were recently named co-chairs of the institute’s board of advisors, which works with leadership and faculty to direct, support and develop programs for research, education…
"[W]hat if we deliberately offered sanctuary to endangered species in our cities—those that are native, of course, but also those that are not?" - Ursula Heise, in CityLab.
Brad Shaffer, a biology professor at the University of California-Los Angeles, notes that cities not only destroy habitat, but create new living spaces for animals and plants. Some of these spaces work well for native species, while others don’t. Some of these modified landscapes could offer refuge to species struggling to survive in their original habitats elsewhere. (Mother Jones)
New research shows financial benefits of using sources such as groundwater
UCLA-led genetic research reveals global warming is a serious threat for a bird species in decline
Professor Aradhna Tripati was named a Geological Society of America (GSA) fellow at the organization’s spring meeting in April. Founded in 1888, GSA serves geoscientists in academia, government and industry. Fellowships…
Carl Maida, instructor for Environment 185A/B/C (Education for Sustainable Living Program Action Research) has been selected as one of two IoES Pritzker Environment and Sustainability Education Fellow for the 2017-2018 academic year. …
Colleen Callahan, Director of the UCLA IoES Leaders in Sustainability program and instructor for Environment 277 has been selected as one of two IoES Pritzker Environment and Sustainability Education Fellows for the 2017-2018…