Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Launching global environmental solutions from urban Los Angeles
News
Written, edited and peer-reviewed entirely by undergraduate students, LENS: The Journal of Environmental Narratives allows students to display their creative and scholarly environmental work at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
Scientists say the stage is set for potentially higher records for extreme rainfall in 2027
Magali Delmas, a professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and Anderson School of Management is the research lead on a pilot program launched this month by LA-based nonprofit electricity provider Clean Power Alliance.
The Congo Basin Institute's Faculty Director Elsa Ordway explains the risk fires pose to people and nature in the Congo Basin.
Events
The second event in the LENS 10th anniversary series is a post-election discussion about the local, state, and national implications for environmental policy and politics with a panel of UCLA experts.
Join us for a conversation with IoES Professor and Founding Director of the California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA Stephanie Pincetl about her new book, "The Myth of Sustainable Cities: Losing the Holocene"
Education
This innovative, dual-component program offers both breadth and depth through a solid foundation in natural science and a focus on understanding environmental issues across earth, atmospheric, life and social sciences.
Seniors work in teams of five to seven, guided by faculty and environmental experts, to deliver science-based solutions for real clients, from the Natural Resources Defense Council to the U.S. National Park Service.
Explore the Senior PracticumResearch
We leverage connections and partnerships throughout the UCLA network to focus teams of diverse talents on today’s most urgent problems.
Giving
State funding cannot cover everything we want to accomplish – we rely on endowments, grants and philanthropic gifts to make up the difference. These additional funds go to the programs, projects and outreach that would otherwise languish. We are immensely grateful for this support.
Using bioacoustics, the conservation scientist has made a global difference for tropical forests and countless lives — human and otherwise
