PeterKareiva is the chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy, where he is responsible for developing and helping to implement science-based conservation throughout this worldwide conservation organization and for forging new linkages with partners.  To register CLICK HEREThe Oppenheim Lecture Series has been established at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability through a generous gift […]

The Westside cities - West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Culver City, and Santa Monica – are all on different but overlapping paths to bright futures.  Santa Monica is becoming Silicon Beach, Culver City welcomed the Expo Line, eclectic projects continue to break ground in West Hollywood, and Beverly Hills looks forward to cutting the ribbon on […]

Social & Environmental Justice Through Spatial LensesApplying Knowledge of Space, Place & Networks to Equitable SolutionsA UCLA Luskin Faculty Executive Committee SymposiumThe Luskin Faculty Executive Committee sponsors an annual inter-departmental symposium linking scholarship to real-world practice to address critical issues. This year, UCLA and national experts will examine the use of spatial analysis to study how […]

The UCLA Complete Streets for California conference on Thursday, February 28, 2013,will highlight recent accomplishments, explore new research, and presentimplementation examples and benchmarks to create multi-use street environmentsthat promote vibrant, healthy and active communities.Featuring Keynote Address from:Janette Sadik-Khan, Commissioner of the New York City Department of TransportationThe conference will provide information on Complete Streets issues […]

Sustainabilityand Competitiveness in Mexico  Dennis J. Aigner University of California, Irvine and EGADE Business School, Tecnológico de Monterrey and Antonio Lloret Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México January 2013  ABSTRACT This paper summarizes the findings of a research project aimed at benchmarking the environmental sustainability practices of the top 500 Mexican companies.  This was done by […]

TOPIC: Climate Engineering: Implications for global versuspartial climate cooperation.  Dan and Rae Emmett Professor of Environmental Law and Faculty Co-Director, Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment Edward (Ted) Parson comes to UCLA School of Law from the University of Michigan, where he was the Joseph L. Sax Collegiate Professor of Law, as well as […]