Going, going, gone? Vanishing DDT is big surprise at ocean deposit off Los Angeles
IoES Associate Director Mark Gold is quoted in an Environmental Health News article about decreased pesticide deposits in L.A. County waters.
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Al Gore on “Issuing the Next Great Challenge”
Former Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Al Gore evokes President John F. Kennedy’s legendary address on the importance of space exploration and declares the climate change crisis as…
Ocean Acidification – “Time to Change” (feat. Ryan Yoo)
Blue Planet: Introduction to Oceanography students garner accolades for their imaginative assignment. Projects in IoES/Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences/Earth and Space Sciences Assistant Professor Aradhna Tripati’s undergraduate course won science communication…
2nd Annual Evening of Environmental Excellence Arrivals
Amy Smart, Jason Mraz, Sarah Silverman 2nd Annual “An Evening of Environmental Excellence” Event. Red carpet interviews by maximotv.com.
Test drive into the future
Internships bring lesson plans to life and can help beginners define their path.
Conservation for Our World of Nine Billion People: The End of Nostalgia and Apocaholism
https://youtu.be/JM1M_Af8G-E The expanding world human population, with its demands for food and energy is undeniably placing severe stress on the planet’s ecology and nature. While there are data to support…
UCLA Be a Smarter Commuter
UCLA staff and faculty members choose healthy and sustainable transportation options for their commutes to campus. UCLA supports these smart commute modes by offering discounted public transit passes, bicycle incentive…
UCLA La Kretz Center opens new headquarters for conservation science
As the off-campus headquarters for La Kretz Center activities, the field station will encourage more people to do conservation research in the Los Angeles area
IoES student Joanna Wheaton wins UCLA Alumni Association’s Distinguished Senior Award
This award recognizes academic excellence, leadership, involvement, and service to the UCLA community.
Center for Tropical Research November 2012 Newsletter
CTR researchers report on a study exploring cryptic diversity with Indian and Pacific Ocean Big Fin Reef Squids and workshops held focused on building the capacity to control animal-borne influenza in Cameroon and Egypt.
Sustainable Storytelling
The Education for Sustainable Living Program hosts seminars and screenings on sustainability issues.
Natural Disaster Economics
Matthew E. Kahn (UCLA Economics) presents his 7th lecture. This lecture focuses on how cities are affected by natural disasters.
Economic Growth and the Environment
Lecture # 6 in the “green bites” video series by Matthew E. Kahn, professor of economics at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainabiltiy.
Unintended consequences
Matthew E. Kahn (UCLA Economics) lectures on the intended and unintended consequences of Clean Air Act Regulation. Lecture # 5 in the “green bites” video series by Matthew E. Kahn,…
Pollution in a World with No Governments
Lecture # 4 in the “green bites” video series by Matthew E. Kahn, professor of economics at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
“Big ideas” in Urban Economics
Lecture # 3 in the “green bites” video series by Matthew E. Kahn, professor of economics at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
Environmental and Urban Economics
Lecture # 2 in the “green bites” video series by Matthew E. Kahn, professor of economics at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
ESE Celebration
Saturday, October 27, 2012 marked the official launch of the Environmental Science and Engineering Doctorate Program at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability with a reception at UCLA’s…
Why is Environmental Economics an exciting research field?
IoES Professor Matthew E. Kahn provides an introduction to environmental economics lectures that he will present in short “green bites” video pieces.
Highlights
The Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES) will assume management of the White Mountains Research Station (WMRS). WMRS is a full service field station with room, board, lab, and…
3rd Annual La Kretz Center Lecture — Marine Protected Areas: Reasons for Hope by Dr. Sylvia Earle
“Marine Protected Areas: Reasons for Hope” presented by Dr. Sylvia Earle, internationally renowned oceanographer, explorer, and author. Former Chief Scientist at NOAA, Dr. Earle is a National Geographic Explorer in…
New Sustainable Cities in China
Brian Heimberg is an advisor for emerging growth clean-technology companies and a sustainable city developer in the United States and China. Brian currently serves small and medium size energy and…
The Food Commons – Imagine, Design, Build
Lawrence Yee is Co-founder and Coordinating Director for the Food Commons, a large national project dedicated to designing and developing a new economic paradigm and whole systems approach for regional…
Avoiding Biodiversity Collapse in Tropical Protected Areas
Featuring William F. Laurance, Ph.D., Distinguished Research Professor, James Cook University, Australia Many of the world’s leading tropical protected areas are now fragments or man‐made islands surrounded by drastically modified…