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Colleges Offer More Green-themed Classes

Driven by economics and altruism, America’s colleges are rapidly adding environmentally themed classes and students are flocking to them at what university officials call a brisk pace. More >>

Growing numbers of UC San Diego graduates are entering the workforce prepared to grapple with some of the thorniest environmental challenges we face. More >>

UC San Diego Environmental Systems undergraduate students Zachary Vickers and Jessica Wall were recently awarded $500 scholarships by the San Diego Environmental Professionals for their senior year research projects. More >>


Digging into Recycling

When the end-of-lunch bell rings at Paul Ecke Central Elementary School in Encinitas, the children scurry to a recycling station where they sort their brown paper bags and juice bottles before scraping sandwich crusts and apple cores into the trash. More >>