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

The Yarqon River Authority is a statutory authority that was established in 1988 under the Israeli Streams and Springs Authorities Law (1965). It incorporates 18 different public organizations, including seven local authorities … Read more

CURes Researcher Dr. Sheron Mark has won a National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Equity and Ethics Committee 2015 Jhumki Basu Scholar Award. Dr. Mark holds a B.S. … Read more