Paul Bunje Appears on AQMD’s “On the Air” Web Program
Host Leeor Alpern interviews Dr. Bunje about LARC and how organizations such as AQMD, cities, counties, universities, businesses, etc. can collaborate to meet our shared environmental goals.
Videos
Science and Art in a Climate of Change: A Dialogue of Nations
Watch footage of the event co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Intercultural Performance & Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. Deep in the Pacific, the island nations of Kiribati, Tokelau,…
America’s Climate Choices by Albert Carnesale
In his Fall Oppenheim Lecture on October 12, 2011, Dr. Carnesale, UCLA Chancellor Emeritus and Professor, Dept. of Public Policy and Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, gave an overview…
A conversation with Paul R. Ehrlich, Stanford University Bing Professor of Population Studies
Highlights of the UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science Public Lecture: “California, conservation, and the globe: Why we need to close the culture gap and all become Mahbsters.”
Yvon Chouinard: How to make sustainable clothing
Chouinard examines the risks of using chemicals in the production of clothing, recalls the difficulties faced in his company’s switch from industrial to organic cotton, and tackles the issue of…
Yvon Chouinard: Let My People Go Surfing
Chouinard describes the philosophy of his company through something he calls “breaking the rules of business” – creating quality clothing in a relaxed atmosphere that grants his employees both flexibility…
Yvon Chouinard: Stand Up Shorts
Yvon Chouinard gives a humorous account of the trend-setting introduction of clothing to his climbing business.
Yvon Chouinard: Closing the Cycle – A long term relationship with the customer.
https://youtu.be/w5VqCE9HoiY Yvon Chouinard recounted how Patagonia grew from a retail climbing equipment business operating out of the back of his van to a successful global business based on sustainability and…
Yvon Chouinard: A Reluctant Businessman
Yvon Chouinard recounts his young life, including his start as an innovator and an entrepreneur in the climbing business.
“The Future of Energy and Transportation” presented by Elon Musk, Tesla Motors
Phi Beta Kappa and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability hosted this lecture on January 8, 2011 at the Fowler Museum’s Lenart Auditorium.
Heron Island Summit Video
CTR Director Tom Smith was a keynote speaker at the Applied Evolution Summit, “Interdisciplinary Solutions to Evolutionary Challenges in Food, Health and the Environment,” held on Heron Island, Australia, January…
Helping clean up oil in the Gulf
Originally posted in the UCLA Newsroom Engineering Professor Eric Hoek discusses efforts to repair the damage from the recent oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. While the full…
Institute of the Environment Commencement 2010
IoE graduation ceremony held June 13, 2010 at Korn Convocation Hall.
“Why conserving California’s biodiversity matters” by Dr. Peter Raven
Watch the public lecture given at the official launch of the La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science at King Gillette Ranch in Malibu, CA, June 6, 2010.
A Conversation with Magali Delmas, Professor of Management
Professor of Management Magali Delmas discuss her book, “Governance for the Environment New Perspectives,” and the issues it raises.
Dan Kammen: Innovation for a Clean Economy
In his Spring Oppenheim Lecture on March 31, Dan Kammen talked about if and how we can achieve a low-carbon/no-carbon economy. He stated that reducing greenhouse gases by the levels…
The Science: Air Pollution Impacts on Infants and Children
https://youtu.be/yaPWTyZXgtg Short intro video for the "The Geography of Air Pollution: Where are Pregnant Women and their Children at Risk?" An Oppenheim lecture held January 20, 2010 with Beate Ritz,…
Prof. Tom Smith Researching Hornbill Migration in Cameroon
Prof. Smith leads the UCLA’s International Research & Training Center in Cameroon (IRTC) and shows here how the research team captures and tags hornbill birds with satellite trackers to track…
Tracking Hornbill Movements in Cameroon
UCLA’s International Research & Training Center in Cameroon hosts researchers such as Prof. Tom Smith and his team from the Center for Tropical Research. Prof. Smith leads the IRTC and…
Adapting to Wildfires on the Urban Edge in Southern California
Watch Professor Jon. E. Keeley give a short introduction to his Oppenheim Lecture, held November 4, 2009. Southern California has experienced nine megafires over 100,000 acres in size since the…
Penguins as Marine Sentinels
Watch Professor Dee Boersma give a short introduction to her Oppenheim Lecture, Penguins as Marine Sentinels, held April 15, 2009. Professor Boersma discussed why the penguin populations in the world’s…
A Blueprint for Healing the Bay
https://youtu.be/-Cp5y6bSKCs An Oppenheim lecture held February 11, 2008 with Dr. Mark Gold, environmental scientist and President of Heal the Bay. Dr. Mark Gold has devoted over twenty years to improving…
The Business of Climate Change
https://youtu.be/2RqaonfSzQ4 Watch this five-minute video where Professor Hoffman gives you the highlights of his Oppenheim Lecture.In his lecture on the Business of Climate Change, Professor Hoffman discussed the market implications…
Brave New Ocean: A Institute of the Environment Oppenheim Series Lecture by Dr. Jeremy Jackson, UCLA
https://youtu.be/2fRPiNcikOU Dr. Jackson, a famed marine ecologist from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, describes how marine ecosystems are being transformed by human impacts, including habitat destruction, overfishing, introduced species, warming,…