Sustainability at UCLA
UCLA used to be a campus only composed of four buildings some 75 years ago. Now, the campus is composed of over 190 building and parking structures and still preserves a scenic garden-like environment. UCLA has the larges campus population out of all of the UCs; comprised of more than 60,000 on a daily basis. For over a decade now, UCLA has taken sustainability to a new level, diverting wastes and becoming more energy efficient, and, in 2005, UCLA took it to another level by establishing the sustainability committee on campus after some student brought it to Chancellor Carnesale’s attention back in 2004. This committee, Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability, is composed of faculty, administration, student affairs, capital programs, general services, communications, chancellor’s office, along with two graduate and two undergraduate student representatives. Their mission is to create a culture of sustainability at UCLA.
A sustainable society is one that is environmentally viable, economically robust, and socially just and equitable one that meets the needs of the present without compromising the resources for future generation. Superior sustainable practices simultaneously consider ecology, economy, social equity, and aesthetic elegance.
With efforts in preserving the ideals of sustainability, UCLA has even brought sustainable practices to the residents who like in the dorms. UCLA Residential Life and Housing are hosting a Sustainability Themed floor in Sproul Hall. This Green Sustainability Theme program offers a living and learning environment for students who are interested in maybe one day entering a career in sustainability and environmental justice. One of the goals of the program is to bring students and faculty together in a variety of structured and informal ways to explore issues such as global environmental change, policy, and management of natural resources, sustainable rural and urban environments, and environmental leadership. These experiences provide students and faculty with way to exchange ideas and to challenge each other. The Green, Sustainable Theme is located in Sproul Hall, second floor.
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