Sustainable LA Grand Challenge featured in cover story of UCLA magazine
March 16, 2020The UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge (SLA GC) is highlighted in the cover story of the Spring 2020 UCLA magazine, along with several faculty members whose research is advancing our understanding and response to the climate crisis.
Cassie Rauser, executive director of the SLA GC, is quoted about the 2019 UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge Report Card on Los Angeles County Water. Rauser said she believes that the county’s overall grade of a C+ for water sustainability will improve with a $300-million-a-year bond allocated for stormwater capture and additional improvements.
Read the full article in UCLA Magazine.
UCLA faculty quoted in the story:
Alan Barreca, associate professor, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
John Clemens, vice chairman, Fielding School of Public Health
Magali Delmas, professor, Anderson School of Management
Jared Diamond, professor, Department of Geography and Fielding School of Public Health
David Eisenman, professor, David Geffen School of Medicine and Fielding School of Public Health
Ursula K. Heise, Marcia H. Howard Chair in Literary Studies in the Department of English
Jon Keely, adjunct professor, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Liz Koslov, assistant professor, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Dennis Lettenmaier, distinguished professor, Department of Geography
Michael Ross, professor, Department of Political Science
Amy Rowat, associate professor, Division of Life Sciences