Megan Beck: Cap-and-trade should provide limited allowances for UC

Carbon is now a commodity. Under California’s Global Warming Solutions Act, businesses and institutions – including universities – must pay for the carbon they emit. Senate Bill 497 strives to alleviate the financial burden on the University of California and California State University by freely allocating allowances, effectively exempting both university systems from having to […]

Megan Beck: Overnight lighting drains UCLA’s sustainable reputation

The UCLA campus may be adhering to the University of California system’s motto, “Fiat Lux,” or “Let there be light,” a little too literally. If you stroll across campus past midnight, you’ll find that many of the buildings still have their lights on. For a campus that prides itself on its sustainability, such a visible […]

Megan Beck: Botanical garden a valuable teaching space

Of the dozen libraries located on the UCLA campus, students are probably most familiar with the Powell Library or the Charles E. Young Research Library. However, Wayne Dollase, a professor emeritus in the department of earth and space sciences, recognizes a thirteenth library on campus: the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden. Dollase describes the garden […]