Stay tuned for an new installment of UCTV’s State of Minds. Learn how the magic of Folkorico dance inspires a former UC Santa Cruz student to become a UCSC professor of anthropology and producer of documentary films. Follow along as UC Davis becomes the first university to use top green design standards for a new winery, brewery and food processing facility. Join UC Riverside researchers as they pursue the right mix for growing drought-tolerant grass. Look for these stories and more in May.
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Los Laureles Canyon: Available in Spanish
In response to numerous requests, we have secured funding to produce a Spanish-language version of Los Laureles Canyon: Research in Action for distribution in Mexico. Look for this on line in June 2010.
New State of Minds Premieres in February 2010
State of Minds returns with all new stories from around the UC system. Take a look at how UC Davis is helping California’s plant and flower growers compete in the global market. Then, a welcome back to the UC students of Japanese descent who were interned during World War II. Also, new technology at UC […]
State of Minds returns with all new stories from around the UC system. Take a look at how UC Davis is helping California’s plant and flower growers compete in the global market. Then, a welcome back to the UC students of Japanese descent who were interned during World War II. Also, new technology at UC Santa Cruz that uses visuals to search the web and from UC Berkeley, a cross-disciplinary approach to saving the California Delta. Finally, a tour of The Loft, the new performance lounge that’s bringing nightlife to the campus of UC San Diego. Stay tuned for more information and be sure to check out the State of Minds archives.
Los Laureles Canyon: Behind-the-Scenes Photos
A view of the homes that line the hillsides of Los Laureles Canyon. Photo by Shannon Bradley A young boy retrieves a ball that landed in the “aguas negras” (black waters) during a soccer game. Photo by Matt Alioto Carmen Garcia Cruz and her family outside their home in Colonia San Bernardo Photo by Harry […]
A view of the homes that line the hillsides of Los Laureles Canyon.
Photo by Shannon Bradley
A young boy retrieves a ball that landed in the “aguas negras”
(black waters) during a soccer game.
Photo by Matt Alioto
Carmen Garcia Cruz and her family outside their home in
Colonia San Bernardo
Photo by Harry R. Caruso III
UCSD’s Keith Pezzoli discusses the problems facing
Los Laureles Canyon residents.
Photo by Harry R. Caruso III
Oscar Romo (front right) instructs UCSD student volunteers on
how to build pervious pavers – a key element that will help
prevent erosion in the canyon.
Photo by Harry R Caruso III
The volunteers pack gravel into molds to create pavers that will be
used on the main roads of Los Laureles Canyon.
Photo by Matt Alioto
Local children test out the new pavers.
Photo by Matt Alioto
UCSD-TV’s Harry R Caruso III teaching a Colonia San Bernardo
resident the finer points of shooting video.
Photo by Shannon Bradley
UCSD-TV videographer Matt Alioto and field producer
Rachel Bradley on a break in Los Laureles Canyon.
Photo by Shannon Bradley
The UCSD-TV crew after a day of shooting in Los Laureles Canyon.
(left to right: Willie Williams, Harry R Caruso III, Rachel Bradley,
Laura Castañeda, Matt Alioto, Shannon Bradley)
Photo by Oscar Romo
Oscar Romo shows the fine sediment that has flowed down the
canyon into the Tijuana Estuary, killing the plants that wildlife
need to survive.
Photo by Matt Alioto
Microbiologist Meritxell Riquelme and her research team being
videotaped by Matt Alioto at CICESE in Ensenada.
Photo by Shannon Bradley
Executive producer Shannon Bradley and producer Laura Castañeda
on set in the UCSD-TV studio to shoot the opening sequence of
”Los Laureles Canyon: Research in Action.”
Photo by Rachel Bradley
Los Laureles Canyon: Featured Participants
Keith Pezzoli Urban Studies and Planning, UC San Diego Keith Pezzoli researches and writes on regional ecology, sustainability science, environmental health, cities, and globalization. He has a Ph.D. in urban and regional planning from the University of California, Los Angeles. As a faculty member in UCSD’s Urban Studies and Planning Program, Pezzoli directs an annual, six-month […]
Keith Pezzoli
Urban Studies and Planning, UC San Diego
Keith Pezzoli researches and writes on regional ecology, sustainability science, environmental health, cities, and globalization. He has a Ph.D. in urban and regional planning from the University of California, Los Angeles.
As a faculty member in UCSD’s Urban Studies and Planning Program, Pezzoli directs an annual, six-month field research practicum for 60-75 undergraduate seniors. He also teaches courses on sustainable development, planning theory and the urban world system. Also at UCSD, Pezzoli leads the Superfund Research Program’s Community Outreach Core and Research Translation Core.
Off campus, Pezzoli directs The Global Action Research Center (ARC), a not-for-profit organization that develops and supports grassroots-based research and projects focused on creating sustainable and healthy communities. The Global ARC builds university-community partnerships, tools, databases, web infrastructure and integrative networks that enable people to work together, locally and globally, on projects aimed at eradicating root causes of poverty, environmental degradation and conflict. The Global ARC includes a mix of educators, researchers, scientists, professionals, and community activists, all of whom are dedicated to critical study, social learning, and creative problem-solving for sustainable development–especially where concerns about the built environment, water, ecosystem integrity, and human health intersect.
Oscar Romo
Watershed Coordinator
Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Oscar Romo was recently named the Watershed Coordinator for the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve in Imperial Beach, California, after having served as its Coastal Training Program Coordinator. He is also a Lecturer on sustainable development for the Urban Studies and Planning Program at UC San Diego.
A former United Nations diplomat, Romo is a Delegate to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and is Co-chair of the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission Citizens Forum, the U.S. EPA Border 2012 Water Task Force, and the Tijuana River Recovery Team Binational Task Force.
In April 2007, Romo was recognized as one of the “Environmentalists of the Year” by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and in 2009, he received the “Visionary Award” for Smart Growth Planning from the San Diego/Tijuana chapter of the Urban Land Institute.
In Mexico, Romo is a member of the Border Environment Cooperation Commission, Baja California Task Force; the City of Tijuana Urban Planning and Ecology Sub-Committee; and is the projects coordinator for Los Laureles Watershed Council.
Romo got his academic credentials in Architecture from La Salle University in Mexico, and Urban Studies and Social Housing from the Complutense University and the National Institute for Social Housing in Spain.