UCI study finds 53 percent jump in e-waste greenhouse gas emissions between 2014, 2020

Researchers urge extension of electronic devices’ useful life to cut carbon dioxide creation

Be green with UC Irvine

Be green with UC Irvine At UCI, sustainability is part of everything we do, from the way we operate our campus, to what we teach in the classroom, through community partnerships and our vital climate change research around the world. Commitment to sustainability World-changing climate research In every school on the UCI campus, you’ll find […]

Shyla Raghav stands in field of yellow flowers

A captain for the planet

Alumna Shyla Raghav is a leading global advocate on climate change mitigation and adaptation

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The cool campus

A group effort and a green conscience fuel UCI’s environmental record

Alon Gorodetsky shows off the adaptive heat-managing composite material his lab developed that is nicknamed after its inspiration: squid skin.

Squid skin-inspired material a game changer

Alon Gorodetsky’s lab creates wrappable substance with amazing insulation properties – and potential commercial use

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UCI Podcast: The technologies that could solve California’s droughts

Policies, and especially attitudes toward water, will have to shift as climate change makes drought more severe, says David Feldman

Largescale wetlands construction seen as effective treatment for farm runoff

UCI, U. of Kansas and U. of Minnesota experts model Mississippi Basin water quality

UC Irvine physicians produce masks for underserved communities

Daily Pilot, May 19, 2021

Campus housing and student volunteers plant various environmentally-friendly trees and ground cover in Palo Verde housing at UCI during Earth Week 2018.

Our campus, our Earth

UCI leads the way in environmental stewardship of the planet

UCI is No. 1 in Sierra magazine’s 2020 ‘Cool Schools’ ranking of sustainability leaders

Campus has been in top 10 for unmatched 11 straight years, with 4 first-place finishes