USC faculty: Latest IPCC report commands action, not words, from policymakers
USC Faculty respond to IPCC climate change report

Climate change is a matter of life and death – at least for humans. That’s one takeaway from the latest U.N. report.

California dystopia: climate change and fiction writers
California climate change seminar

In this USC Online seminar, climate change experts and fiction writers discuss a California that increasingly resembles science fiction novels.

More water restrictions are coming: how to conserve 
Water restrictions are coming

Officials are imposing tough water-use restrictions on about 6 million people in southern California. Many are looking for practical ways to conserve.

LA City Council to phase out single-use plastics at city facilities, events
LA plastics phase out

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Wednesday (April 27, 2022) to begin phasing out single-use plastics from city facilities and city-sponsored events. The city will also continue to take steps toward potentially banning polystyrene products such as Styrofoam.   “Our future in Los Angeles is plastics-free,” Councilman Mitch O’Farrell said Wednesday.  Watch video at…

Eating Healthy on Campus
Healthy Dining on Campus Guide

USC WorkWell Center and USC Hospitality created the Healthy Dining on Campus Guide to help you choose healthier food and beverages across campus cafeterias and restaurants.

Energy experts discuss sustainable action at Climate Forward Conference
CBS LA Climate Forward Conference

USC’s Climate Forward 2022 Conference gathered energy and climate change experts for a dialogue on sustainable solutions and actions.

South L.A.’s ‘Gangsta Gardener’ speaks at USC
Gangsta Gardener Ron Finley and USC's Arts & Climate Collective
Gangsta Gardener Ron Finley and USC's Arts & Climate Collective

Environmental activist Ron Finley gave a presentation as part of USC’s Earth Week Celebration. Ron Finley, a self-proclaimed “rebel with a green thumb,” empowered students to be “gangsta gardeners” Wednesday as he headlined USC’s Earth Week Celebration in Bovard Auditorium. “Gardening is the gateway drug to humanity, to your campus,” Finley said. “That’s why we all need to know…

Poll finds Angelenos are alarmed by air pollution, extreme heat and want action
LA Times air pollution polls

Voters are alarmed by deadly heat waves, destructive wildfires and dangerous air pollution — and want solutions from politicians.

Business students want more sustainability in their curriculum at Marshall
Marshall School Sustainability

Madeline Robbins (MBA’22) relished the opportunity to sell “greener” products but was frustrated that sales drive decision making and not sustainability.

USC students clean Alaska air pollution with “Chimney Cherries”
Viterbi students in Alaska

Students are developing solutions to cold-climate air quality in Fairbanks by using special wood stove filters — a literal smoke screen.