Saturday, June 14


The Quad: A guide to the wonderfully varied Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden

Jules Cooch’s K-12 students stared in awe at UCLA’s botanical garden, wondering why it didn’t look like any particular natural phenomena they had seen before. They saw a combination of seemingly mismatched elements from different natural sources that made the garden seem like a completely new phenomenon. Read more...

Photo: The Daily Bruin’s Sammi Dorfan explored the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Gardens, which aren’t just a pleasant spot to study for midterms and finals – they’re also a place in which some UCLA faculty and students conduct their research. (Daily Bruin file photo)




The Quad: Students cultivate re-commerce industry to counter fast fashion’s ecological harm

The word “pollution” tends to evoke images of devastating oil spills in vast oceans or black fumes spilling from big, industrial factories. Interestingly, the tremendous environmental implications behind the trendy clothes that hang in our own closets seem to constantly slip our minds. Read more...

Photo: The Unravel club at UCLA hopes to educate students about the negative environmental effects of “fast fashion,” emphasizing thrifting as a means to reduce pollution and textile waste. Here, the Daily Bruin’s Karen Im explores the environmental consequences of “fast fashion” production practices. (Jenna Nicole Smith/Daily Bruin)


The Quad: Bruin Bike Share sees competition with e-scooters in year of its release

Accidentally snoozing your alarm too many times is no longer an issue thanks to the wide selection of transportation options around campus. There are Bird, Lime and now Jump e-scooters all throughout Westwood, but before those came, there was Bruin Bike Share. Read more...

Photo: A little more than a year since the Bruin Bike Share program was launched, UCLA Transportation told the Daily Bruin the usage of the program in Westwood dropped by about 20 percent since the arrival of e-scooters like Bird and Lime in Westwood. (Daily Bruin file photo)




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