Hospitals are incredibly energy-intensive and generate enormous amounts of waste. Thus, addressing inefficiencies in their product procurement is critical. Implementing sustainable products can help hospitals balance cost, sustainability, whilst still…
Awardee: Erica Ro, an undergraduate student pursuing a B.S. in Environmental Science with a concentration in Conservation Biology, is broadly interested in urban ecology and conservation science.
Awardee: Lauren Glevanik, a PhD candidate in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, works with a plant community of annual wildflowers and grasses.
Last year, over 1700 students made visits to Sage Hill for classes, activities, or just to relax in nature. For years there have been only three benches at Sage Hill…
SAR's Apartment Energy Tracking team partnered with UCLA Housing to audit the Boulevard Apartments and uncover ways to cut energy use and advance campus sustainability goals.
This project evaluates a new eDNA assay targeting the tufA gene to improve early detection of the invasive algae Caulerpa prolifera, which poses a major threat to California’s marine ecosystems.
In response to the growing concerns over energy consumption and electronic waste at UCLA, our team investigated how sustainable audiovisual (AV) practices could support UCLA’s campus-wide environmental goals. Through the…
The big-eared woodrat (Neotoma macrotis) is a nocturnal rodent speciesnative to southern California. Closely related to the dusky-footed woodrat, thisspecies constructs large, elaborate middens, or nests, with dry vegetation, whichserve…