CDLS Partners at UCLA
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Projects
Developing A Comprehensive Resilience Plan for UCLA
Project Description: The 2019 Resilience Team will work with the Office of Emergency Management to help develop a comprehensive resilience plan for UCLA. UCLA would be the first major…
Enhancing the Ethical and Sustainable Framework of UCLA’s Promotional Product Supply Chains
Project Description: The Sustainable Purchasing Team aims to improve the sustainability and ethicality of UCLA’s promotional product supply chain. Such products include sunglasses, toys, and other “freebies”, which often…
Enhancing UCLA Athletic Event Sustainability Through Development of Comprehensive Green Templates
Project Description: The Green Games team aims to create green event guides for all of athletics. As an extension of UCLA’s Zero Waste by 2020 goal, the Green Games…
Greening without Gentrification: Learning from Parks-Related Anti-Displacement Strategies Nationwide
When large parks are built in historically marginalized urban areas, they can contribute to “green gentrification,” a process involving increases in housing prices and the influx of new, wealthier and…
Identifying Blue Economy Industries with Growth Opportunities
It is theorized that islands are the perfect location for the blue economy because of the physical proximity and expansiveness of the surrounding ocean. But more than just large areas…
Increasing Student Accessibility to UCLA’s Basic Needs Resources
Project Description: Our project aims to help UCLA students gain access to the basic needs resources they may need. UCLA offers a wide array of help centers and resources…
Rethinking Trash: Understanding the Value of Food Waste
Project Description: The goal of this project is to successfully implement a composting system in University Apartments of UCLA’s campus. We will take a two pronged approach…
The Circular Economy: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
The circular economy has come to the foreground as a promising means through which to achieve sustainable development. Despite the wealth of literature and action plans centered around the circular…
Zero-Waste at Young Research Library: Effectiveness of Educational and Outreach Methods at Increasing Waste Diversion
SAR Zero Waste Team: Project Description: The Zero-Waste SAR team will be conducting a research project on the use of educational signage and outreach campaigns to increase waste diversion at…
Climate Currents
Climate Currents is a student-created publication that features diverse perspectives throughout environmental science. A team of 9 early career fellows give voice to those experiencing climate change and other environmental…
Antibiotic resistance in Southern California surfers
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Each year in the U.S., at least 2 million people get an antibiotic-resistant infection, and at least 23,000 people die” (2018).…