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…
Happy Earth Day 2012 at UCLA!
Through coursework, activities, and collaborations we work to develop solutions to mitigate climate change—making a difference at UCLA and beyond. UCLA celebrates Earth Day on April 19 with tabling, prizes,…
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…
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.