Exploring Community Garden Engagement on Campus
Exploring How Increased Community Garden Engagement Can Connect Students, Faculty, and Staff to Existing Campus Resources, Which Promote Food Security, Urban Agriculture, and Healthy Lifestyles
Projects
Greening Entertainment at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film, and Television
Our mission is to collaborate with the Theater, Film and Television School at UCLA to encourage sustainability on their campus and in their quarterly productions. To begin our…
Implementing Sustainable Practices in UCLA Labs Through Audits and Education
The approximate energy laboratories use is estimated to be ten times more energy and four times more water than offices in addition to generating 5.5 metric tons of plastic…
Measuring the Effectiveness of Compost Usage on UCLA Lawns in Comparison to Traditional Fertilizers
Soil health has significant implications for climate change, erosion, and plant growth. Employing lawn management techniques that maintain soil health allows for greater sequestration of carbon, minimizes debris…
Quantitatively and Qualitatively Assessing Sustainability in UCLA Athletics
Pictured above, left to right: Jo Tarczynski, Maria Ignacio, Kate Minden (team leader), Alexandra Koch, Fumio Igarashi, Sarina Levin (team leader) The Green Games 2020 Team plans to assess sustainability…
Replacing Bioplastics with Marine Degradable Alternatives at UCLA Dining Services
Bioplastics share many of the same drawbacks that make traditional, petroleum based plastics hazardous to the environment. Bioplastics will not degrade under any sufficiently short timescale unless handled…
UCLA Energy Atlases
The UCLA Energy Atlas is the first of its kind interactive web atlas that provides access to the largest and most disaggregated building energy data available in the nation. It now comprises data from both Southern California and the Bay Area.
Assessment of remote airborne monitoring to control sulfur emissions from ocean-going vessels
The transportation industry depends heavily on petroleum fuels. While stringent legislation and alternative energy sources are slowly driving a departure from oil usage on land, ocean-going vessels (OGVs), or ships,…
Carbon sequestration through compost
California is an agricultural powerhouse, producing nearly half of the nation’s fruits and vegetables. However, this high level of production is not without its trade-offs. Rigorous cultivation has led to…
Creating a living seed bank for urban restoration in Los Angeles
Home to more than ten million people, the Los Angeles metropolitan area accommodates one of the largest urban populations in the world. The vast majority of its landscape has been…
Creating a native seed bank for urban restoration in the Los Angeles Basin
Home to more than ten million people, the Los Angeles metropolitan area accommodates one of the largest urban populations in the world. The vast majority of its landscape has been…
Creating an outdoor laboratory for teaching and undergraduate research at UCLA
Native flora and fauna have become an increasingly rare sight within heavily urban communities. In cities, both flora and fauna communities frequently show drastically altered species composition, abundance, and richness,…