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Chancellor Block speaks at the G8 University Summit and signs the Sapporo Sustainability Declaration
The G8 University Summit was held for the first time in Sapporo, Japan from June 29 to July 1, 2008. Through this summit, participating university recognized the importance of academic investigation and research to achieve world-wide sustainability.
Posted: 8/15/2008
California plans to build 2 huge solar power plants
These PV solar installations will span 12.5 miles and generate up to 800 megawatts of electricity.
Posted: 8/14/2008
Largest desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere coming to SoCal
When completed, the desalination plant will provide drinking water for 300,000 people in southern California; however, there are some environmental concerns with the project.
Posted: 8/14/2008
New bill, SB 375, would help achieve land use portion of AB 32
SB 375, if passed, will expedite smart growth development projects while giving environmentalists a great say in the project's location and GHG reduction measures.
Posted: 8/14/2008
Sustainability 101: the fertility factor
Ever since my youth, I've been a numbers type of guy. As a teenager in the 1950s, I discovered that the typical American woman was having three or four children and I calculated that the U.S.A. was in for a big population explosion.
Posted: 8/13/2008
Homegrown products save environment, money: UCLA project has potential to show how food grown locally can decrease greenhouse gases
Before ending up in last nights salad, a lettuce head undergoes a long and rough journey. From the moment a farmer picks it, the lettuce head travels for many miles, reaching a grocery store where store employees wash, refrigerate and sell its head of fresh leaves.
Posted: 8/11/2008
Renewable energy is the future of UCLA
When the U.S. was again considering drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to offset the impending energy crisis, Steve Brye, project manager at the L.A. County Metropolitan Transport Authority, did something he deems in the spirit of a middle-aged man buying a sports car.
He personally funded the installation of $11,000 worth of rooftop solar panels on a small Catholic school in East Los Angeles in an attempt to show that alternative forms of energy exist.
Posted: 8/11/2008
State-of-the-art water recycling system fuels campus facilities: In light of the growing water shortage, UCLA has harnessed the power of steam
The current water crisis facing the world has been growing in recent years due to changes in the environment and depleting resources, turning fresh water into a precious commodity.
Posted: 8/11/2008
UCLAs green efforts include transportation
In an age of increased carbon dioxide emissions, skyrocketing energy costs and Al Gore, its no wonder that the new buzzword of late is green.
As large corporations such as Nissan and Starbucks increasingly become sustainable, the University of California is implementing green marketing strategies to avoid being left behind.
Posted: 8/11/2008
Creeks clear water revival: Changes stem from stream
UCLA Hardworking students and local environmentalists are getting down and dirty in the underbrush to keep UCLAs only creek flowing.
Posted: 8/1/2008
Mideast Drought and Syrian Wheat Harvest Failure
The wheat harvest is in across Syria and the Middle East and the situation looks grim. View Video by Glen M. MacDonald.
Posted: 8/1/2008
Environmental courses signal a shift in learning
Green studies are among the fastest-growing degree programs at some universities.
Posted: 7/30/2008
Around the world on solar power
A Swiss schoolteacher doing his part to change the world pulled his "Solartaxi" up to the curb on July 22 at UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, the latest stop in his 50,000-kilometer, around-the-world drive to draw international attention to the present-day potential of alternative energy sources.
Posted: 7/23/2008
Could Preserving Biodiversity Reduce Disease? EPA Funds $2.25 Million to Research Connections
EPA awards $749,296 to the Center for Tropical Research, a part of the UCLA Institute of the Environment, to study the links between biodiversity and human health
Posted: 7/23/2008
Hidden creek on campus undergoes a rebirth
Most UCLA students don't know it's there. Few faculty have ever seen it. But Stone Canyon Creek, the tiny ribbon of water that runs behind the Anderson School of Management, is now getting some much needed attention in the form of a restoration to return it to its native state.
Posted: 7/21/2008
The L.A. River, Navigability, and the Future of Watershed Development
The Army Corps of Engineers recently determined what sections of the LA River are "navigable." This decision will have significant impacts on how the LA River is managed.
Posted: 7/21/2008
New sales-tax would bring subway line to UCLA
Wouldn't it be great to take the subway to get to campus? The Los Angeles Mayor's Office and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority are working hard to make that possible. Villaraigosa is seeking a half-cent raise in sales-tax to fund the subway expansion.
Posted: 7/2/2008
Ann Carlson: US Ruling May Let States Fight Global Warming
In this video op-ed, UCLA Professor of Law Ann Carlson, director of UCLA's Environmental Law Center, explains how the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Massachusetts v. EPA is likely to affect California's efforts to regulate some important causes of global climate change.
Posted: 6/26/2008
Teamwork helps lab go green
About a year ago, Professor Ichiro Nishimura and his colleagues had a crisis of conscience.
At the Weintraub Center for Reconstructive Biotechnology, where they do groundbreaking work to rebuild the faces of people maimed by illness, injury or birth defects, the researchers were used to thinking of their mission as noble and beneficial. But they weren't as happy about their role in the environment, Nishimura said.
Posted: 6/24/2008
UCLA Today Go Green
UCLA Today has now has a Go Green section. Check out their tips on going green
Posted: 6/24/2008
UCLA's solo commuters
With gas prices rocketing toward $5 per gallon and rush hours that challenge even the Zen-est of temperaments, something unusual is happening to UCLA commuters: They are giving up solo driving in record numbers.
Posted: 6/24/2008
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