Assignment: Earth
USC’s sustainability framework for creating a healthy, just and thriving campus and world.
Sustainability Tools
USC Sustainability Hub
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Sustainability Data Hub
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Highlights
- Slippery situation: Microbes in oil spills could shed light on ecosystem recoveryEarth sciences researcher hopes a long-term study of a 2021 oil spill in Southern California will help guide future decisions about how to repair affected ecosystems.
- From wood fossils to plant-based burgers with an Earth sciences degreeAlumna Hyejung “Hazel” Lee honed her lab skills at USC Dornsife, and now she uses them at Beyond Meat, a maker of meat substitutes.
- April’s eclipse will mean interruptions in solar power generation, which could strain electrical gridsWhen the Moon blocks the Sun during an eclipse, utility suppliers have to pull power from the grid to make up for gaps in solar energy.
- USC Dornsife celebrates Tyler Prize winner for defining Earth’s vital limitsJohan Rockström joins the ranks of environmental visionaries honored by the Tyler Prize, administered by USC Dornsife, for his pioneering work on the “Planetary Boundaries” framework.
Making Progress
Sustainable Dining
Reducing Plastic Pollution
USC News
- The rating is part of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s STARS system, and comes a year earlier than planned.
- Researchers in landscape architecture, fluid mechanics and augmented reality have created an interactive hydraulic model alongside the river.
- People across all demographics could change their minds when they learned about the environmental benefits of seafood farming, USC research suggests.
- USC’s Shannon Gibson says that with international climate talks failing to make progress fast enough, activists are radically rethinking how to be most effective in the streets, political arenas and courtrooms.
Events and Activities
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Sustainable Purchasing
USC recognizes the opportunity to exercise environmental responsibility through purchasing decisions
and is committed to balancing environmentally and fiscally responsible purchasing.