"Bending the Curve: Climate Change Solutions" will launch at six UC campuses in 2018. The lectures are aimed at students from various academic backgrounds, encourage students to work together toward solution-focused projects, and will be delivered by top experts in their fields across the UC system.
The latest video in the Climate Lab series, the product of a partnership between UC and Vox, explores the environmental impact of online shopping and solutions to make it more sustainable.
Watch how one woman reduced four years of trash into a single mason jar in a new Fig. 1 video supporting UC's #MyLastTrash campaign.
Students using UC Riverside's parking lots near Martin Luther King Boulevard and Canyon Crest Drive once tried to park as close as possible to classrooms and avoid a long walk from the lots' far ends. But now they have it made in the shade. 9,600 solar panels on campus lots now cover, light, and shade 2,450 parking spaces.
UCSF Labs are very energy intensive due to specialized equipment. A poster campaign aims to reduce the campus' carbon footprint by calling researchers to reduce wasted energy by turning off lab equipment and monitors during non-occupied hours.