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Faculty throughout the college’s departments and research centers pursue meaningful climate solutions, from wetland restoration to adapting neighborhoods to sea level rise to innovating carbon-neutral building methods. Issues of adaptability, resilience, and mitigation are at the forefront of our curriculum.

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Jun 6, 2020

Zachary Lamb joins CED as Assistant Professor of Urban Design and Adaptive Urban Transformation

Welcome to new City & Regional Planning faculty Zachary Lamb, whose research focuses on the role of urban planning and design in shaping uneven vulnerability and resilience in the face of climate change.
Mar 30, 2020

CED student spotlight: Tushar Narula’s (SED 2020) multidimensional take on sustainability

Narula, a senior in CED’s Sustainable Environmental Design program, recently represented CED at the Forbes Under 30 Scholars Program and as a visiting researcher at Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Feb 18, 2020

DCRP alum publishes book on how communities of color are leading the environmental justice movement

Michael Mendez (PhD City & Regional Planning 2015) has published his book about the role Latinx and other communities of color are leading on climate change.
Nov 26, 2019

CED student spotlight: Brenna Castro Carlson (MLA 2020) researches urban city sustainability amid climate change

“For an urban ecology project, the need to observe the site during different times of year is a given, and your support eases the financial burden of this research.” Carlson will use her 2019 Excellence in Landscape Design Award to support her project.
May 15, 2019

Iryna Dronova awarded California Delta Stewardship Council Grant for wetland restoration

Iryna Dronova was part of a multi-institutional research team that was awarded a major grant from California’s Delta Stewardship Council last month
Mar 26, 2019

Bringing “resilience” to Norway: Landscape architecture’s Scandinavian influence

Vaar Bothner and Taran Aanderaa reflect on their time as exchange students at CED from Norway.
Jan 17, 2019

Richard Hindle and Kristina Hill featured in new book on sustainable coastal design

College of Environmental Design faculty members Richard Hindle and Kristina Hill were featured in a newly collection of essays edited by Elizabeth Mossop titled Sustainable Coastal Design and Planning.
Feb 3, 2015

3D-printed “cool bricks” can cool an entire room using water

Emerging Objects, founded by Associate Professor of Architecture Ron Rael, and Virginia San Fratello has come up with a solution which may be able to greatly reduce the use of air conditioning systems in hot dry climates.
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