Tag: sustainability
California says goodbye to plastic bags once and for all
On Thursday, Feb. 8, California State Senator Catherine Blakespear announced legislation for a statewide ban on all plastic bags. Blakespear, working alongside State Senator...
California’s climate crisis: Governor Newsom’s $2.9 billion budget cut and its...
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to cut $2.9 billion from California's climate programs and delay an additional $1.9 billion is undeniably disastrous. For a state...
California plans to reuse sewage water in Southern California by 2028
The California State of Water Resources Control Board is set to adopt regulations allowing sewage water to be treated and transformed into pure drinking...
University students should be allowed to take food out of dining...
Spend five minutes in UC Riverside’s Glasgow dining hall and see five different signs about food waste. Reducing food waste is an important and...
UCR EcoCAR Team wins two awards at EcoCAR EV Challenge Y1...
The EcoCAR at UCR team recently attended the EcoCAR EV Challenge Year 1 Competition in Orlando, Florida that took place from May 21 to...
Class Spotlight: Student project sheds light on climate change and promotes...
Prompted by an assigned class project, a group of five students are striving to implement solutions on a local scale, recognizing the crucial role...
Six UCR alumni teamed up to establish a scholarship helps students...
Six alumni who graduated from UCR's Geography Department in the 1970s have established a scholarship for students in the College of Natural and Agricultural...
How Coperni’s spray on dress broke the internet
Coperni’s Spring/Summer ‘23 fashion show demonstrated the latest technology in garment making: spray on fabric.
Great inventions always start with a bit of luck and...
Sustainability begins with us
Students and faculty alike identified the significance of proactive effort by our institutions in mitigating the consequences of pollution and enforcing transformative sustainability policies....