Sustainability, climate change and other related issues from USC News.
- Endowment funds established by chemists and entrepreneurs Massoud and Ferial K. Arvanaghi will drive research aimed at building a more sustainable future and a healthier environment.
- The USC-led California Solar Canal Initiative could transform major portions of the state’s 4,000 miles of canals into a powerful source of clean energy and water conservation.
- A USC Dornsife study finds that outdated guidelines are limiting tree growth — especially in lower-income neighborhoods — and offers a path forward.
- The USC School of Dramatic Arts’ building, built in 1931, was renovated to meet the highest standards in sustainability.
- The veteran educator and sustainability leader discusses his vision for USC’s public policy school, his role in supporting students and his photographs of the Milky Way.
- Serena Allen, founder of AirVitalize, is advancing clean technology to create climate resilience as pollution grows in Los Angeles and beyond.
- The USC Visions and Voices event El Respiro / Respire invites participants to speak their minds on climate justice — without saying a word.
- Research revealed that vegetation in one area of central L.A. offsets a surprising 60% of fossil fuel emissions.
- USC research on the vanishing coastlines of Alexandria, Egypt, offers nature-based solutions for protecting coastal cities globally, including those in California.
- The director of the Blue Sustainable Economy Alliance is helping to steer a more equitable and sustainable future for California’s environment — and, perhaps unexpectedly, for its people.