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This year UCLA launched a comprehensive universitywide Sustainability Plan<\/a>. The plan includes a series of initiatives that bridge faculty scholarship and research, campus operations and community engagement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new plan highlights the intersections of planetary and human health and begins the work to ensure that equity, diversity, inclusion and justice are integrated into campus sustainability policies and programs.<\/p>\n\n\n

Read More about Sustainability at UCLA<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n

Some highlights of progress this year include recognition from the LA Department of Water and Power for more than 8.3 million kilowatt-hours of annual energy savings<\/a> and seven new LEED Gold certified projects, including the Centennial and Olympic halls<\/a>. These housing projects contribute to a total of 5,200 new beds for undergraduate and graduate student residential campus living that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicle commutes. ASUCLA\u2019s food service operations exceeded the Sustainable Food Systems goals eight years ahead of schedule with 30% sustainable food spend and 41% plant-based food spend. UCLA was awarded a grant of over $240,000 from the CalRecycle Edible Food Recovery Grant Program to reduce food waste and address food insecurity on campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new Sustainable LA Grand Challenge Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Fellows program<\/a> focuses on solving equity, diversity and inclusion issues in sustainability across Los Angeles. For its first cohort, three passionate, innovative and highly motivated graduate students were selected to work with UCLA faculty mentors in partnership with external partners to discover and co-develop sustainable interventions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\"Cool\"\"<\/a>\n

UCLA Contributes to Los Angeles\u2019 $1 Million Win to Fight Climate Change in the Cool City Challenge<\/a><\/h3>\n

The Sustainable LA Grand Challenge collaborated with the City of Los Angeles and other partners to secure $1 million of funding to implement 200-plus cool blocks \u2014 community-specific climate resilience plans \u2014 across Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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UCLA Pilot Project Uses High-Tech Gear in LA to Remotely Run Clean-Water Systems for Small Communities<\/a><\/h3>\n

UCLA\u2019s remote water treatment systems are providing safe tap water to three disadvantaged communities in the Salinas Valley, including Santa Teresa Village, near the city of Soledad. The pilot program, in the Salinas Valley run remotely out of Los Angeles, is offering a test case for how California could provide clean drinking water for isolated rural communities plagued by contaminated groundwater that lack the financial means or expertise to connect to a larger water system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n