The Institute of the Environment is an innovative and vibrant intellectual community focused on the Environment. Our members and constituents represent every area of specialty that touches the environment, encompassing a broad array of academic disciplines, research interests, policy concerns and outreach avenues. All have one common passion: How to unite to bring about positive, sustainable change to preserve our complex and interdependent world for generations to come.

 

Events

Education for Sustainable Living Program: The One Day House

May 7th, 2008

Come watch a comfortable and durble house being built in One Day - a demonstration of the feasibility of building housing with very little cost and time as a way to promote sustainable housing in developing countries.

 

2008 California Clean Innovation Conference

 

 

May 9th, 2008

A one day conference for professionals and graduate students to explore innovative applications of clean technology

 

Designing Climate Change Policy: Implementing California AB 32

May 21, 2008

Sponsored by the USC Energy Institute, the conference will feature distinguished guests from academia, industry and government, and policy-making communities.

 

2008 Parrots International Symposium

May 31 - June 1, 2008

The largest annual parrot conservation conference in the world will be held on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. The theme for this year's conference is "Parrots of the Caribbean" and will feature speakers from Puerto Rico, Jamaica, The Bahamas, Bonaire, Trinidad, and Venezuela, with guests from Cuba and Dominica. Additionally we will have speakers from Qatar, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, the UK, Washington D.C., Colorado, Utah, and California. For more information, Click Here.

News

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THOMAS SMITH NAMED ACTING DIRECTOR

Thomas Smith , Professor in the Institute of the Environment and the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, has been named the Acting Director. Professor Smith is a conservation biologist and ecologist who has developed new theories on how bird and other species evolve in rainforests. He is founder and director of the Center for Tropical Research, a research center within the Institute.

Mary Nichols, the previous Director of IoE, was named in July by Governor Schwarzenegger to chair the California Air Resources Board.  This appointment recognizes Mary Nichols’ nationally-renowned involvement in environmental issues and policymaking.  Her work as Director of the Institute of the Environment, and as a distinguished faculty member, has made important contributions to UCLA's teaching programs and research on environmental issues.