The UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge is pleased to invite all UCLA faculty to participate in the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge (SLA GC) Sandpit 2020. The cross-campus exercise will culminate in a funding award up to $1 million for promising research.
Read more →The mission of the UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge (SLA GC) is to harness UCLA’s research, expertise and education to help Los Angeles transform into the world’s most sustainable megacity by 2050. The COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement have made it clear that we cannot achieve this mission without a stronger commitment to social and environmental justice. Without equity and justice for all, there can be no sustainability.
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SLA GC Newsletter-Issue #2
Timing: May 2020 Update
On May 19, the UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge (SLA GC) published Issue #2 of its subscriber-based newsletter. The issue featured an overview of the SLA GC-funded Biodiversity Atlas of Los Angeles, a research spotlight with Rebeca Méndez (founder of the Counterforce Lab and professor in UCLA’s department of Design Media Arts), recent media coverage and urban sustainability highlights from across UCLA.
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The UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge (SLA GC) hosted a town hall event, “Creating the Los Angeles of the Future: A New Vision for the UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge,” on March 4 at the California NanoSystems Institute auditorium.
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