On February 12, Lisa Jackson visited the IoES, talked with faculty and students, and gave the Winter Oppenheim Lecture. She inspired admiration, challenged people to “be influential” in their careers,…
Curriculum improvements and increased opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students have enhanced IoES' academic programs. Current students excel inside and outside the classroom while alumni continue to make a difference in the world
UCLA Magazine profile on Bruin alumnus, environmental advocate, and IoES Associate Director Mark Gold.
Featuring Department of Environmental Health Sciences Chair and IoES Professor Dr. Richard Jackson.
Dr. Thomas Smith sets up mist nets to catch birds at the Njuma Camp of the Ebo Forest.
Stephanie Pincetl, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA’s Institute of Environment and Sustainability, speaks about her continued work to map the different organizations and entities that…
UCLA adjunct professor of history Jon Christensen, the editor of Boom: A Journal of California, hopes that this special issue of the journal serves as an intelligent guide to the…
An Oppenheim Lecture featuring Sebastian Copeland, award-winning photographer, explorer, extreme athlete, and environmental advocate.
Originally published by Editorial Board in the Daily Bruin Throughout UCLA’s campus, building is the trend. The Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference and Guest Center will soon rise from the rubble…
Originally published by Thomas W. Gillespie in the Daily Bruin Sage Hill is a small patch of wildlife in the northwest corner of UCLA’s campus that still contains native flora…
This gift to the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability creates endowments for multiple faculty positions, the Center for Urban Sustainability, and the $100,000 Pritzker Prize in Sustainability.
The UCLA Water Resources Group, founded by the IoES, works with environmental organizations and government agencies to improve water management in Los Angeles.
This is a tale of two amphibians and one difficult question. An interview with Prof. Brad Shaffer on Southern California Public Radio
In an urbanising world, cities have new responsibilities for dealing with their increasingly global environmental impacts. Can they become pioneers of sustainable, or indeed, regenerative development? Can modern cities find…
A team of graduate students, including Environmental Science & Engineering doctoral candidate Michelle Thompson, are working to improve the condition of potable water and wastewater systems in Fiji.
A group of graduate students, led by Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor and IoES Affiliate Eric Hoek, are conducting research in Fiji.
Education for Sustainable Leadership Program Action Research Team members Emily Anderson and Joanna Wheaton presented their water conservation plan at the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s Spring Green Expo.
Highlights of the Oppenheim Lecture by Alex Hall, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences & Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
About the Lecture Scientists have been warning about the global impacts that climate change will bring over the coming decades — but what do those impacts mean for Los Angeles?…
The L.A. Times Food Section profiled the UCLA Farmers Market which is co-managed by environmental science students Joanna Wheaton and Jasneet Bains.
A short film by Jon Christensen and Terry Chen featuring guest lecturers for the undergraduate course “Environment 150 – Journalism, Science Communications, and New Media.”
The UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science led its first Annual Workshop in Conservation Genomics at the Center’s field station on March 23-28, 2013
The Institute of the Environment an Sustainability hosted the second annual An Evening of Environmental Excellence on March 5, 2013 in Beverly Hills. The gala recognized the environmental leadership of…