As national debate over global warming heats up, LA students are finding a myriad of ways to get involved in pushing solutions to climate change and making the city of Los Angeles more sustainable. UCLA has over two dozen environmental centers, and a student group called "E3"--Ecology, Economy, and Equity--that has done work to monitor food waste at dining halls. Undergrads also run the Education for Sustainable Living Program, a credit-bearing course on green living strategies. 

Other students are getting involved in both of UCLA's centers for environmental law, the Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Frank Wells Environmental Law Clinic. Six UCLA students working with the Wells Clinic will travel to Copenhagen for the upcoming conference on the Kyoto Protocol.

After years of students pushing their campuses to help stop global warming, UCLA, USC, and Caltech are working with the City of Los Angeles, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and local businesses on a project called CleanTech Los Angeles to develop clean alternative technologies. They focus on creating jobs, stimulating demand for clean energy, and finding creative solutions to climate change.

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