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⚡️ UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability is proud to announce the finalists for the 2025 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award 🙇♂️🌏✨ All under age 40, their work spans continents and cultures, united by a refusal to treat complex problems as inevitable.
2025 Pritzker Award finalists: Anthony Waddle, Denica Riadini-Flesch, Seema Lokhandwala — Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA
Three innovators from Australia, Indonesia and India are redefining how to protect wildlife, restore ecosystems and build equitable futures…
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August 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
⚡️ UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability is proud to announce the finalists for the 2025 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award 🙇♂️🌏✨ All under age 40, their work spans continents and cultures, united by a refusal to treat complex problems as inevitable.
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🌎 When research leads, readers follow. IoES Magazine is now ranked the #2 Sustainability Blog in California by Feedspot — selected from thousands of sites for its trusted coverage of science, policy, culture and climate.
Let’s keep the conversation going.
Let’s keep the conversation going.
UCLA IoES Magazine Ranked #2 in California for Sustainability Coverage — Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA
UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES) Magazine has been ranked #2 on Feedspot’s list of the Top 30 California Sustainability Blogs. The list recognizes the most influential…
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July 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
🌎 When research leads, readers follow. IoES Magazine is now ranked the #2 Sustainability Blog in California by Feedspot — selected from thousands of sites for its trusted coverage of science, policy, culture and climate.
Let’s keep the conversation going.
Let’s keep the conversation going.
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What can cities learn from LA’s approach to clean energy and equity?
A new UCLA study breaks down the data, decisions and trade-offs behind LA’s plan to reach 100% renewable energy by 2035–without leaving vulnerable communities behind.
🔋 More here: www.ioes.ucla.edu/article/what...
A new UCLA study breaks down the data, decisions and trade-offs behind LA’s plan to reach 100% renewable energy by 2035–without leaving vulnerable communities behind.
🔋 More here: www.ioes.ucla.edu/article/what...
What cities can learn from Los Angeles’s effort to build a fairer energy system
A closer look at the decisions, data and trade-offs behind LA’s plan to reach 100% renewable energy by 2035 — without leaving vulnerable communities behind.
www.ioes.ucla.edu
April 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
What can cities learn from LA’s approach to clean energy and equity?
A new UCLA study breaks down the data, decisions and trade-offs behind LA’s plan to reach 100% renewable energy by 2035–without leaving vulnerable communities behind.
🔋 More here: www.ioes.ucla.edu/article/what...
A new UCLA study breaks down the data, decisions and trade-offs behind LA’s plan to reach 100% renewable energy by 2035–without leaving vulnerable communities behind.
🔋 More here: www.ioes.ucla.edu/article/what...
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Campus in bloom 🌼🩵🌿 If you need a nature walk between classes, Sage Hill has you covered.
📸 Andrew Kleinhesselink, Sage Hill director
📸 Andrew Kleinhesselink, Sage Hill director
April 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Campus in bloom 🌼🩵🌿 If you need a nature walk between classes, Sage Hill has you covered.
📸 Andrew Kleinhesselink, Sage Hill director
📸 Andrew Kleinhesselink, Sage Hill director
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Recycling just 40% of wastewater could transform the water outlook for 40M+ people across the Colorado River, says a new UCLA and @nrdc.org report. Some states are already doing it. “This is an entirely feasible solution”
As the Colorado River shrinks, states fail to tap one of their most promising and accessible water sources
New UCLA–NRDC report reveals basin-wide gaps in wastewater reuse despite worsening water shortages…
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April 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Recycling just 40% of wastewater could transform the water outlook for 40M+ people across the Colorado River, says a new UCLA and @nrdc.org report. Some states are already doing it. “This is an entirely feasible solution”
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Can science survive politics? Not without a fight, according to Kim Stanley Robinson. At UCLA last Thursday, Robinson discussed the war on science, fallout of defunding research, and why surrendering to cynicism is the greatest risk of all. His full seminar is out now.
The war on science is here. Kim Stanley Robinson says it’s just the beginning
Widely regarded as the greatest living sci-fi writer, he’s spent decades crafting visions of the future. Now, he warns that a real dystopia is unfolding.
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March 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Can science survive politics? Not without a fight, according to Kim Stanley Robinson. At UCLA last Thursday, Robinson discussed the war on science, fallout of defunding research, and why surrendering to cynicism is the greatest risk of all. His full seminar is out now.
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More than 800 meteorologists and staff at the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration #NOAA were abruptly fired Thursday—a move UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain calls “reckless” and a threat to American lives.
Mass firings across National Weather Service, NOAA ignite fury among scientists worldwide
Scientists worry there will be immediate harm from the Trump administration's latest federal workforce cuts, which hit NOAA and the National Weather Service.
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March 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
More than 800 meteorologists and staff at the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration #NOAA were abruptly fired Thursday—a move UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain calls “reckless” and a threat to American lives.
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A 1990s class on global warming reshaped Alex Hall’s career. Now, as director of UCLA IoES, he’s rethinking how universities—and societies—approach climate science, using LA’s wildfires as a case study in the need for systemic change.
A New Vision for Climate Science and Society
Alex Hall, new director of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, explains how the response to LA’s recent fires are part of a larger push to change our world.
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February 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
A 1990s class on global warming reshaped Alex Hall’s career. Now, as director of UCLA IoES, he’s rethinking how universities—and societies—approach climate science, using LA’s wildfires as a case study in the need for systemic change.
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"The prospect of large-scale retreat from fire risk is a fantasy”; In a new @NYTimes.com essay, UCLA’s Liz Koslov and UBC’s Kathryn McConnell examine the challenges of relocating millions from fire-prone areas, calling for community-led, fire-resilient solutions.
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Opinion | There Is No Way to Retreat From the Risk of Wildfires
Some more realistic ways to think about the challenges ahead.
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January 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
"The prospect of large-scale retreat from fire risk is a fantasy”; In a new @NYTimes.com essay, UCLA’s Liz Koslov and UBC’s Kathryn McConnell examine the challenges of relocating millions from fire-prone areas, calling for community-led, fire-resilient solutions.
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Palisades Fire Update: “The worst is yet to come,” says UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain. Strongest winds & lowest humidity are expected between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.
Stay informed with non-paywalled live fire coverage from #LATimes ↓ #CAwx #California
Stay informed with non-paywalled live fire coverage from #LATimes ↓ #CAwx #California
Evacuations underway in Pacific Palisades and Altadena as two fast-moving fires are fueled by dangerous winds
The Palisades fire had grown to more than 2,900 acres as of Tuesday evening, driven by ‘life-threatening and destructive’ winds. The extreme wind event blasting Southern California is forecast to peak...
www.latimes.com
January 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Palisades Fire Update: “The worst is yet to come,” says UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain. Strongest winds & lowest humidity are expected between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.
Stay informed with non-paywalled live fire coverage from #LATimes ↓ #CAwx #California
Stay informed with non-paywalled live fire coverage from #LATimes ↓ #CAwx #California
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New UCLA study reveals that nearly half of Colombia’s culturally significant plants lack conservation protections, leaving artisans and ancient traditions at risk: ucla.in/3ALQTys
“These plants are effectively invisible to the international conservation community.”
“These plants are effectively invisible to the international conservation community.”
November 19, 2024 at 4:03 PM
New UCLA study reveals that nearly half of Colombia’s culturally significant plants lack conservation protections, leaving artisans and ancient traditions at risk: ucla.in/3ALQTys
“These plants are effectively invisible to the international conservation community.”
“These plants are effectively invisible to the international conservation community.”