"Student Activists, Initiatives, and Beyond," as part of the Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP).



Matthew E. Kahn is a Professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment, the Department of Economics, and the Department of Public Policy. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Before joining the UCLA faculty in January 2007, he taught at Columbia and the Fletcher School at Tufts University. He has served as a Visiting Professor at Harvard and Stanford. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago. He is the author of Green Cities: Urban Growth and the Environment (Brookings Institution Press 2006) and the co-author of Heroes and Cowards: The Social Face of War (Princeton University Press 2009). He blogs on environmental and urban topics at greeneconomics.blogspot.com.

1. Introductions, Footprints, and Empowerment
2. Environmental and Social Justice
3. Energy
4. Transportation
5. Environmental Policy
6. Student Activists, Initiatives, and Beyond
7. Water and Urban Runoff
8. Sustainable Systems
9. Sustainable Living Program
10. Consumer Awareness and Choice

ESLP is a student designed, student developed, and student facilitated program offered through UCLA's Institute of the Environment. ESLP runs a Lecture Series which brings guest speakers from UCLA and across the country to speak on specialized subjects including food systems, green business, organic gardens, sustainable living, the green economy, environmental justice, transportation, as well as sustainability projects across Los Angeles. More information can be found at www.eslp-la.com.

NOTE: Lecture 9 is currently unavailable.