Glen MacDonald (Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and the department of Geography) has been selected as the first holder of UCLA’s John Muir Memorial Endowed Chair in Geography. The endowed chair is named for the naturalist and activist who not only helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley and turn it into a national park but also founded the Sierra Club.
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With Californians looking for ways to adapt to what experts predict will be a years-long – perhaps decades-long – drought, water researchers from UCLA’s Sustainable LA Grand Challenge and elsewhere are helping the region understand the issues, history, and possible solutions through a discussion series with the Natural History Museum.
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Researchers at the California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA, led by Stephanie Pincetl (Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences), today issued recommendations based on the findings of a four-year study of water consumption patterns in the city of Los Angeles and the factors that drive residential water consumption.
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Recent studies performed by Yoram Cohen (Institute of the Environment and Sustainability) show that water reclamation, water recycling, and reuse could reduce up to 30-50 percent of the country’s water use.
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A team of seven UCLA environmental science students supervised by Magali Delmas (Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and UCLA Anderson School of Management) and Travis Longcore (Institute of the Environment and Sustainability) have created a website that shows how emissions from local factories are impacting air quality in Los Angeles County.
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