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Sowing the seeds of sustainability

Written on August 20, 2013.

First-of-its-kind summer institute cultivates environmental activism – and leadership skills – among incoming students The sun will rise in the east and set in the west today, just as it always does. But 20 incoming freshmen and transfer students who participated this year in the inaugural Summer Institute for Sustainability Leadership are seeing that process – indeed the entire pulse of the planet – in a whole new light. “It may have been a little bleak for the students,” says Melissa...

Keeping the coast clear

Written on February 28, 2011.

March 4 symposium highlights how citizens have partnered with scientists, politicians and bureaucrats to protect public access to the coast and ensure its continued health. If you’ve watched birds at the Bolsa Chica wetlands, built sand castles at Crystal Cove State Park or gotten barreled at Trestles lately, thank the broad coalition of citizens’ groups and nonprofit organizations that have spent decades protecting Orange County’s 42 miles of shoreline. Coastal preservationists will present...

Business embraces sustainability

Written on February 14, 2011.

The Paul Merage School of Business explores companies’ love affairs with sustainable practices. Anne Warde, Paul Merage School of Business In a business climate beset by rising energy prices, growing scarcity of natural resources and pressure from emerging economies, companies are turning to sustainable practices to stay competitive, profitable and innovative. But what does “sustainable” really mean, and how can companies go green while improving their bottom line? The Brundtland...

UCI to become living renewable energy lab

Written on September 16, 2009.

The UC Irvine campus will become a living renewable energy laboratory under a statewide program designed to make electricity generation and transportation safer, cleaner and more affordable for Californians. Kathy Haq, Advanced Power & Energy Program The UC Irvine campus will become a living renewable energy laboratory under a statewide program designed to make electricity generation and transportation safer, cleaner and more affordable for Californians. The Advanced Power &...

Earth first

Written on June 15, 2009.

For Max Broad ’09 and undergraduate Alexis Kim, The Green Initiative Fund brings new meaning to TGIF. It’s not easy being green. Just ask Max Broad ’09 and undergraduate Alexis Kim, who this year headed a campaign for The Green Initiative Fund, a student-led referendum supporting campus sustainability. To get their peers to agree to the $3.50-per-quarter fee in an era of shrinking budgets and rising tuition, Broad — then a social ecology major — and Kim used modern methods. “We...

Student groups go for the green

Written on April 13, 2009.

UC Irvine students want to foster a sustainable culture that moves beyond hemp bags and energy-efficient light bulbs. There. See that? On Colin Murphy’s shoulder? It’s an example of so-called green consumption that he says illustrates the need for UC Irvine’s first Earth Week, April 13-18. Murphy carries a white book bag woven of hemp and organic cotton. A friend gave it to him because the third-year music and social ecology major is always preaching sustainability with a capital S. So...

Working on water

Written on December 3, 2008.

If David Feldman has his way, you could soon be working with water policy managers and scientists to allocate California’s precious liquid resource. If David Feldman has his way, you could soon be working with water policy managers and scientists to allocate California’s precious liquid resource. Feldman, chair of planning, policy & design, studies how communities and jurisdictions deal with conflicts over water. He says problems are only solvable by enlisting American consumers...

Futuristic air travel

Written on October 24, 2008.

Sharp increases in the price of jet fuel and growing concerns about sustainability have spurred demand for greener, more efficient aircraft, and UCI researchers could help shape the future of commercial aeronautics. Jason Mednick, University Communications Sharp increases in the price of jet fuel and growing concerns about sustainability have spurred demand for greener, more efficient aircraft, and UCI researchers could help shape the future of commercial aeronautics. “There has been...

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