CURes in Costa Rica: Trip Highlights
This series of blog posts chronicles the summer course that CURes offers for LMU students in Costa Rica called “Tropical Science and Culture in Costa Rica.” We teach this interdisciplinary overview of … Read more
This series of blog posts chronicles the summer course that CURes offers for LMU students in Costa Rica called “Tropical Science and Culture in Costa Rica.” We teach this interdisciplinary overview of … Read more
Laurel Hunt, Director of CURes’ global climate change network, the Mediterranean City Climate Change Consortium (MC-4), was featured in an article published by LMU’s Seaver College of Science and Engineering: LMU … Read more
Water is one of the most abundant molecules in the universe. It covers 70% of our planet’s surface and accounts for about two thirds of every individual’s body weight. While … Read more
On June 2, 2015, Loyola Law School Professor Scott Wood received the Bert Thompson Pioneer Award from the National Association of Community and Restorative Justice at their national conference in … Read more
What can make gardening with 8th graders a cool experience? The Center for Urban Resilience’s (CURes) Urban EcoLab curriculum, a group of enthusiastic junior high school students who don’t mind getting … Read more
Today’s youth are increasingly faced with myriad social and environmental systemic inequities—including under resourced schools and communities—that manifest in poor behavioral, educational, and health outcomes. It is disheartening to think … Read more
Karina Johnston, Director of Watershed Programs at CURes partner organization, The Bay Foundation, was featured in an article in The Argonaut. The article is about her presentation at the Southern … Read more
I am writing to you from the National Adaptation Forum, a gathering of public and private sector adaptation professionals from across the United States. Held biennially, this event provides a … Read more
As a graduate student in the Urban and Regional Planning Department at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), I have been advocating for a course specifically dedicated to climate … Read more
Chai Energy, started in 2012, is a Los Angeles-based technology company focused on providing customers with information about their in-home energy usage through a mobile application. Co-Founders Cole Hershkowitz, Ka … Read more
Our climate is changing in unprecedented ways. Here in California, one effect of climate change—sea level rise—generates great concern for coastal cities. And the sea is already rising. Over the next … Read more