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Educating the community on its various energy, climate and sustainability projects and initiatives, UC San Diego hosted five virtual Sustainability Town Halls<\/a> on a broad range of topics, including strategic energy, hydrogen energy, water, zero waste, sustainable landscapes and green building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The campus continued to lead in sustainable design and construction. Senior Director Walt Kanzler was named a LEED fellow<\/a>, joining the ranks of fewer than 300 LEED fellows around the world. North Torrey Pines Living and Learning Neighborhood received multiple design awards, such as the Platinum Level Touchstone Award<\/a> by The Center for Health Design and recognition as ASID Outcome of Design Award Winner and Optimizer<\/a> and Fast Company Honoree for its 2022 Innovation by Design Awards<\/a> under the Best Educational Design of 2022. North Torrey Pines Living and Learning and the Marine Conservations and Technology Facility<\/a> received Platinum and Silver LEED ratings, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read More about Sustainability at UC San Diego<\/summary>\n

University Centers launched an educational campaign, Meatless Monday, in the winter 2023 to guide community members in choosing more sustainable food options. Then in spring, it hosted the cherished tradition called the Sustainable Food Expo<\/a>. After having taken a hiatus during the pandemic, its return set a record high in attendance.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fighting Climate Change Isn\u2019t an Automatic Win for Environmental Justice<\/a><\/h3>\n

A study conducted by the UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography and School of Global Policy and Strategy shows that while reducing greenhouse gases will likely improve overall air quality, reducing emissions could maintain or even exacerbate environmental inequality in years to come.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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Reimagining the Academic Calendar for a Changing Climate<\/a><\/h3>\n

Researchers from UC San Diego reimagined the academic calendar through a study examining energy reductions by shifting the end of fall term to align with Thanksgiving break. If implemented at all undergraduate UC campuses, this strategy would produce a significant reduction of nearly 50,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in the annual carbon footprint of the system, an impact approximately equal to decarbonizing all UC-owned vehicles. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n