Professional Education Showcase
Join us Aug. 14 to learn about the Conflict Resolution Professional Concentration.

New Center for Sustainable Communities Research

UC Davis Extension's Land Use and Natural Resources is proud to be a founding partner in the recently launched California Center for Sustainable Communities. This UC-wide center will bring together academics, policy-makers and practitioners from across the state to address California's most pressing sustainability challenges. UC Davis Extension's participation will be led by Jeff Loux, Ph.D. The Center is located at UCLA and is directed by Stephanie Pincetl, Ph.D. Funding for the project is provided by the California Energy Commission Public Interest Energy Research program. Learn more.

Featured Courses

NEW! Overview of Environmental Statistics
If your work involves using and interpreting data, but your college statistics course is a distant memory, this class is for you. Designed for those who need to use or understand statistics but have not recently taken a statistics course, this refresher provides an overview of basic statistics with applications relevant to environmental issues.

CBA Symposium - Renewable Energy from Organic Residuals
The seventh annual California Bioresources Alliance Symposium, Renewable Energy from Organic Residuals, will focus on how to evaluate what-works-best-where and overcoming regulatory and financial hurdles when implementing projects involving biogas and products from manure, biosolids, green wastes, food wastes, FOG and animal wastes.

Writing for Planners, Engineers and Policymakers
Discover how to increase conciseness and clarity of technical documents by learning skills related to audience needs, document organization, paragraph development and powerful sentences. Acquire practical skills that you can use immediately to prepare high-quality documents.

Climate Change and Local Planning Strategies
Learn how to assess your jurisdiction's contribution to global climate change and develop practical means to reduce that contribution through land use plans. Designed for city and county officials, this course will help you determine your jurisdiction's current emissions, offer suggestions to measure the effects of future developments, and explore methods for reducing your carbon footprint through land use policies.

Wetlands Regulation and Mitigation
Learn about the regulation of activities affecting wetlands, permitting for activities in wetlands and wetlands mitigation planning. Gain an overview of federal and state laws and regulations protecting wetlands and other bodies of water, with a special emphasis on Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.

Award-Winning Professional Education

UC Davis Extension's Land Use and Natural Resources program won the 2011 American Planning Association of California Distinguished Leadership Award at both the state and regional levels for sustained and significant contributions to the planning profession. Both the statewide award and the regional award recognize the program's commitment to excellence in urban, community, regional and environmental planning education for professionals.