Earth Day at UCLA

For more than 50 years, UCLA has been a world leader in environmentalism and sustainability. See how the campus is leading the way toward a healthier, more sustainable future. Explore more below:

• Watch: A behind-the-scenes tour of UCLA’s sustainable campus
• Watch: Sustainable dining shows how small changes can make a big impact
• How blue and gold can go green: Getting involved for Earth Month
• UCLA and NASA to team up to map the Earth in unprecedented detail
• Who are the largest methane emitters in the world?
• One of Los Angeles’ best-adapted urban creatures? Lizards
• ‘Lessons for a Warming Planet’: Alejandro Camacho on environmental law

Tropical forest ecosystems bounce back much faster than we thought — and more media coverage of UCLA

The New York Times featured an article about a new study that found animals returned to deforested land much more quickly than scientists had originally thought. UCLA’s Timo Metz, the study’s first author, is quoted. Read more about UCLA in today’s Associated Press and KCBS-TV.