A 'one-stop shop' for greening your office
A 'one-stop shop' for greening your office

UCLA team develops a new resource to help UCLA staff make their offices more sustainable.
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UCLA to build turbine lab
UCLA to build turbine lab

Cleantech LA partnership fosters cutting-edge research at UCLA Engineering.

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Enroll in Sustainability Summer Classes 2009
Enroll in Sustainability Summer Classes 2009

Catch up on current trends in sustainability, one of the most important topics of our time. The following courses look at the issues surrounding sustainability, climate change, and environmental awareness.

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Volunteers Needed!  Help Restore Stone Canyon Creek

Volunteers Needed! Help Restore Stone Canyon Creek
Saturday, July 18, 2009
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Stone Canyon Creek

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How sugar and 3D batteries can power our future

How sugar and 3D batteries can power our future
Professor Bruce Dunn talks about the great potential of 3D batteries.

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Quick Facts

  • The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) will raise $200,000 per year for UCLA greening projects.
  • Over the last 6 months, UCLA's purchases of copier paper with post-consumer product has increased from 26% to 80%
  • New Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Modernization will reduce UCLA's carbon footprint by 17,000 tons/year
  • UCLA Health System has eliminated all mercury-based instruments, which helps prevent mercury from getting into waterways, contaminating the food chain, and posing a threat to human health.
  • UCLA has purchased recycling distillation equipment and is recycling alcohol from the clinical labs. In 2006, 2,424 gallons of alcohol were recycled.

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Upcoming Events

Volunteers Needed! Help Restore Stone Canyon Creek

Saturday, July 18, 2009
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Stone Canyon Creek

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