UCLA Sustainability

Try a new route for sustainable summer fun - the bus and rail! Bruins sticking around L.A. can get UCLA's discounted transit passes for undergraduate and graduate students. https://transportation.ucla.edu/getting-to-ucla/public-transit

Commencement creates an opportunity to practice sustainable habits learned during college to graduation season – and hopefully into your life after UCLA. Here are practices to help offset your carbon footprint as commencement ceremonies kick off.

5 Ways Bruin Grads Can Celebrate Commencement Sustainably Reduce waste, help the planet, and still celebrate, making commencement sustainable and memorable.

Students, join our sustainability squad 🐻♻️! Multiple paid positions are available in different areas. Learn more and apply here: https://form.jotform.com/241516146902149

UCLA has earned a Civic Portfolio Award from the U.S. Green Building Council California. The campus has 64 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) buildings, with the second largest LEED portfolio in California. This award recognizes the university for guaranteeing high sustainability standards in its construction projects. https://usgbc-ca.org/usgbc-ca-hosts-green-building-advocates-announces-annual-civic-green-building-awards/

Our June e-newsletter is out! Get the latest sustainability updates, learn about upcoming events, see job openings and volunteer opportunities, and more. Read it here: https://mailchi.mp/78a2d24fd01f/uclasustainjune2024 and subscribe to receive it at: https://www.sustain.ucla.edu/subscribe/ .

Moving out? With some simple planning, you can help not only reduce your carbon footprint, but also give your gently used household items and furniture a loving home. Partnering with local nonprofits, LA City Council District 5, LA Sanitation, and campus partners, UCLA will host two “Sustainable Move Out” events in the North Village area, along with two events on the Hill on campus. Move out weekends are scheduled for June 8 and June 22 in the North Village. In addition, on June 8th and 13th, 2024, UCLA students who reside on-campus will be able to donate small household items for reuse across the Hill.
Find more details here - https://ucla.in/4aV2QyG

UCLA will be establishing the first federal research center focused on bolstering community resilience to local heat impacts.

UCLA to lead the new Center of Excellence for Heat Resilient Communities | UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation LCI receives a first-of-its-kind federal grant to help protect communities from heat dangers

Happy World Bee Day! Learn about UCLA's pollinators.

The buzz on campus this spring? UCLA’s native bees! | UCLA Sustainability What better way to celebrate March’s vernal equinox, marking the official beginning of spring, than to spotlight a superstar of the season – some buzzworthy Bruins known as the campus’s native bees…

Students, apply now for the Undergraduate Research Scholars Program to gain experience in solving real-world problems that can impact the UCLA campus and Los Angeles. Applications are due June 21.

Apply Now: Undergraduate Research Scholars Program Creating a New Generation of Sustainability Leaders The Sustainable LA Grand Challenge Undergraduate Research Scholars Program (URSP) is an intensive and highly competitive interdisciplinary program that unites undergraduates in their first research experiences in urban sustainability. The program w...

The annual student-led Earth Day Fair aims to make more Bruins aware of and invested in environmental issues.

E3 at UCLA's Earth Day fair features sustainability clubs, raises awareness - Daily Bruin Live music and decorated tables drew students to Dickson Court for an Earth Day fair, where around 15 UCLA clubs used a small square of campus to celebrate the entire globe.

Our final Earth Month special edition e-newsletter is out. Please continue to stay engaged in environmental causes, clubs, opportunities, and activities all year long. Read the newsletter at https://shorturl.at/hlqT3 and subscribe here https://www.sustain.ucla.edu/subscribe/.

Earth Day is here, and our blue and gold university has gotten greener. From sustainable food choices to energy-efficient buildings and native plant landscaping, UCLA has made progress on many targets set by the Sustainability Plan introduced in 2022.

UCLA Sustainability Plan shows green forward progress by the campus Strides have been made in energy efficiency, food systems, water use and more since the plan’s launch in 2022.

UCLA Sustainability Plan shows green forward progress by the campus

We will be tabling at the Earth Dar Fair hosted by on Monday, April 22nd from 11am -3pm in Dickson Court North. Come stop by to learn more about Hummingbird Canyon, our native plant garden, challenge a fun bird trivia, and get some cool stickers!

UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs's annual summit brought together elected officials, civic leaders, and UCLA experts to address pressing issues facing Los Angeles, including sustainability.

Our third April e-newsletter is out! Learn about UCLA's decarbonization study and how to share your input, get the latest news, discover upcoming events, and more. Read it here https://mailchi.mp/ff8965df13c2/uclasustainapr2024wk3 and the mailing list https://sustain.ucla.edu/subscribe/ .

Future Bruins and families: We loved touring you around our sustainable campus on Bruin Day and hope to see you back at UCLA this fall.

Our next April e-newsletter is out! Stay tuned for announcements about UCLA's decarbonization study, progress on the Sustainability Plan, other updates, events, and more. Read it here https://mailchi.mp/fc368e785cb4/uclasustainapr2024wk2 and visit https://sustain.ucla.edu/subscribe/ to join the mailing list.

The Pritzker Professor of Sustainability at UCLA Samueli School of Engineering reveals how UCLA scientists are blurring the boundary between land and sea to tackle climate change.

Saving the Planet, One Block at a Time Gaurav Sant is transforming carbon dioxide into concrete while producing green hydrogen fuel — processes that started with a boyhood interest in seashells.

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as seen from Los Angeles 😎 Did you catch it?

Week 1, spring quarter ✅

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New properties will expand UCLA's ability to serve students and Los Angeles. Capitalizing on the new sites’ proximity to the Pacific Ocean and Port of LA, two new campuses will host programs devoted to sustainability, climate change, and environmental justice.
https://newsroom.ucla.edu/magazine/gene-block-new-frontiers-campus-expansion

We’re celebrating Earth Month at the Westwood Village Farmers’ Market! 🌍♻️ Join us for a composting demo led by UCLA Sustainability and Athens Services until 4 p.m. Then, come back at 7 p.m. for : ucla.in/3UZRvIg

Class is back in session at UCLA, so what is a Bruin needing fuel to do? Choose goodies made of quality (not artificial or chemical) ingredients, sourced responsibly, packaged with low or zero-waste wrapping, and from ethical, eco-minded brands.

Better Snacking Through Sustainability | UCLA Sustainability What’s a hungry, hungry Bruin to do when the munchies hit? Vending machines, the food aisles of stores, and even your roomie’s stash may be where you head to fuel up, but before that first bite…

Our first April e-newsletter is out! Stay tuned for announcements about UCLA's decarbonization study, progress on the Sustainability Plan, other updates, events, and more all Earth Month. Read it here https://us5.campaign-archive.com/?u=9d6fb575fa74baf88b0428004&id=07217b4085 and visit https://sustain.ucla.edu/subscribe/ to join the mailing list.

Happy Earth Month! Check out all the UCLA happenings this April. https://www.sustain.ucla.edu/events/list/

The wide range of initiatives awarded includes a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment spotlighting climate change and human-driven involvement.

UCLA Library awards grants to nine faculty and student music projects Funds will support new work, performances and research advancing contemporary music.

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block said the new South Bay campus will provide "significant opportunities for education and research relating to sustainability.”

UCLA South Bay’s academic focus will be sustainability, environmental justice UCLA’s new 35-acre campus in Rancho Palos Verdes is expected to open to students in the fall.