University of California, Los Angeles
ER-T2-1: Student Group

Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP) : peer-to-peer education program brings world renowned authors, activists, and academics to the campus to speak on the interconnected and interdependent nature and challenges of the 21st century. During winter and spring quarters, ESLP students can participate in action research teams. Each team collaborates with members of the faculty and campus administration to guide and direct research intent on offering and implementing sustainable alternatives to current practices and policies. www.eslp-la.com/ E3-Ecology, Economy, Equity is a sustainability student organization that has been a driving force for sustainability on campus. Rooted in responsibility for the environment, human justice, and economic viability, students work on initiatives and campaigns for positive change. As a chapter of the California Student Sustainability Coalition (CSSC), E3 participates in citizen & leadership development, annual conferences, and statewide initiatives. www.e3la.org Undergraduate Student Association Council (USAC) and the Associated Students of UCLA (ASUCLA) have demonstrated their commitment to sustainability. USAC made sustainability a key area of concentration and has begun to promote sustainability efforts in the residence halls, as well as throughout the undergraduate student government offices. ASUCLA, the largest student-run student union in the country, has a policy on sustainability as well as a sustainability plan, all because of student efforts. www.asucla.ucla.edu/sustainability/index.asp The UCLA Bicycle Coalition: unites the diverse bicycling community in order to make UCLA and the broader Los Angeles region a safe and enjoyable place to ride. www.bikeucla.wordpress.com/ Engineers Without Borders: partners with disadvantaged communities to improve their quality of life through implementation of environmental and economically sustainable engineering projects, while developing internationally responsible engineering students. www.sites.google.com/site/ewbucla/ Sustainable Youth: teach grammar school students about environmental issues currently facing Los Angeles and the World. www.studentgroups.ucla.edu/home/?p=1199 UCLA Student Welfare Commission: EARTH : Formerly known as SWC Recycling Committee, EARTH (Environmental Awareness, Recycling, and Terrestrial Health) promotes sustainability in student lifestyles because they believe that student wellness stems from living in a clean environment. They educate students on environmental issues and put on activities and programs that promote reusing materials, reducing consumption, and recycling waste. www.ucla-usac.org/swc/?page_id=2154 Net Impact: a global non-profit organization of students and professionals using business to improve the world, UCLA has two chapters, an undergraduate chapter and an MBA chapter, at the UCLA Anderson School of Management www.netimpactucla.org/Home.html http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x29776.xml Sustainable Food Systems Working Group: a student organization that collaborates with campus administrators, faculty, staff, local farmers, and other student groups in an effort to adopt more sustainable food practices at the university level. www.studentgroups.ucla.edu/e31a/campaigns.html Environmental Bruins: Community service branch of E3. Educates the UCLA campus and community about environmental topics through activities such as hikes, beach clean-ups, kayaking, birding, habitat restoration, and the UCLA Earth Day Festival. www.studentgroups.ucla.edu/e31a/campaigns.html Environmental Law Society: arranges speaking events to facilitate open discussion of important and often controversial issues, coordinates UCLA participation in inter-school environmental moot court and negotiations competitions, organizes environmentally-focused activities for students and works to green the law school. www.uclaels.weebly.com/ SUN: Sustainable Urban Network: promotes environmental, social, and economic sustainability on the UCLA campus and in the community. www.sunucla.blogspot.com/ B Green: aims to transform non-traditionally sustainable groups on campus to 'green' their operations; works out of USAC's facilities commission. www.bgreenucla.com/ ASUCLA: the largest student-run student union in the country, agreed to develop a policy on sustainability as well as sustainability plan, all because of student efforts. For more information on their sustainability initiatives, visit: www.asucla.ucla.edu/sustainability/index.asp UCLA Sustainable Resource Center: The SRC was established by the Graduate Student Association to promote sustainability through facilitating the provision of resources, information, and education to the graduate student body, campus and community. The SRC is a place where students can come to ask questions, access publications from the Center's lending library, or use a computer to research sustainability topics. A comprehensive website provides an extensive calendar of campus and community events and campaigns, as well as links to student groups, research centers and community resources. The Center also hosts lectures and forums on topics related to sustainability. For more information, visit www.gsa.asucla.ucla.edu/~src For more information about these student groups, visit: http://www.sustain.ucla.edu/campus/article.asp?parentid=61