A solar-powered well in rural Nigeria and a free diabetes clinic in Sacramento are among the undergraduate public service projects selected for funding by the Donald A. Strauss Foundation.
How your observations can guide management on the California coast
Over the last decade, tens of thousands of community scientists and volunteer naturalists together have collected hundreds of thousands of observations of biodiversity up and down the California coast.
Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education is the largest stage to exchange effective models, policies, research, collaborations and transformative actions that advance sustainability in higher education and surrounding communities.
On October 7, 2020 (Energy Efficiency Day) UC Davis will host the second Global Energy Managers Workshop, where facility managers, students, and faculty from around the world will meet to share and learn about energy-saving, cost management, and carbon reduction
MRR Innovation Lab researchers are partnering with Nyala Vision Savings and Credit Cooperative in Kenya to test financial contracts for rain collecting water tanks, including a layaway savings plan, an asset-collateralized loan and a hybrid option that enables farmers to save towards the loan’s deposit.
Rachel Davis, UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden GATEways horticulturist, and Lauren Glevanik, UC Davis student and Learning by Leading intern share information about how we can all be naturalists and citizen scientists in our own yards or local areas with the help of the iNaturalist app.
Urchinomics and its partner, the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory, are running a trial designed to develop methods for ranching purple sea urchins for profit, while at the same time addressing the consequences of a nasty ecological chain reaction.
Six graduate students and members of the Tahoe Environmental Research Center have collaborated to create a product from an invasive species. Specifically, an aquatic invasive species known as Mysis Shrimp.
Four UC Davis graduate students and a researcher propose feeding agricultural waste, including almond hulls, to insects. Their goal is to reduce greenhouse gas by finding this pesty but efficient way to get rid of waste.
