Al Gore on “Winning the Conversation”
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…
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The Global Amphibian Biodiversity Crisis
Watch the 4th Annual Public Lecture sponsored by the UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science at King Gillette Ranch in Malibu, California on April 7, 2013. Since the…
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.
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…
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.
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…
Renewable Energy and Conservation of Deserts
An IoES Environmental Science Colloquium lecture presented by Julie Cart, Reporter, Los Angeles Times
Marine Biology Researchers Promotes Awareness for the Coral Triangle through Billy Joel Songng
Students from UCLA’s ecology and evolutionary biology department explain their research in Professor Paul Barber’s laboratory. Their tune to Billy Joel’s “For the Longest Time” promotes awareness of the evolution…
Growth, Innovation, and the Accelerating Pace of Urban Life: Are 21st Century Cities Sustainable?
In his Spring Oppenheim Lecture on March 7th, 2012, The Santa Fe Institute’s Dr. Geoffrey West discussed how quantitative theory and data can explain the environmental sustainability of cities and…
Green Chemistry: Innovations for an Environmental and Economic Prosperity by Dr. Paul Anastas
Paul Anastas, Assistant Administrator for EPA’s Office of Research and Development, discusses scientific advances in the design of intrinsically safe and environmentally benign products and the resulting paradigm shift in…
Arab Media Forum: A Step Toward Change
Oppenhiem Lecturer Randa Fouad, President of the Arab Media Forum for Environment and Development, explains how her organization helps journalists throughout the Middle East learn and write about environment and…