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Drones, remote sensing, and kelp forests in the California Bight
Drones, remote sensing, and kelp forests in the California Bight
Drones, remote sensing, and kelp forests in the California Bight with Kate Cavanaugh (UCLA Geography) Admission is free, and refreshments/snacks will be served. Eyes in the Sky, Birds in the Heart and Mind is Counterforce Lab’s new lecture series. As a point of departure, they will focus on the Biophilia Treehouse, Counterforce’s flagship project, a […]
Loreta Castro Reguera and José Ambrosi, “RETROACTIVE”
Loreta Castro Reguera and José Ambrosi, “RETROACTIVE”
José Pablo Ambrosi was born in Mexico City in 1979. He studied Architecture at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and at the ETSAB in Barcelona. He holds an MBA from IPADE in Mexico. He was project architect from 2004 to 2008 at Fabric, a Mexican architecture firm, until he started his own real estate […]
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UCLA Activist-in-Residence Welcome Reception
UCLA Activist-in-Residence Welcome Reception
With a shared commitment to “turn the university inside out” and invite artists, community organizers, and movement leaders to undertake power-shifting scholarship and pedagogy focused on social change, the UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy, the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, and cityLAB-UCLA are pleased to announce Steve Diaz, Melissa Acedera, Josiah Edwards, and […]
The Common Experience: Upcycle Fair
The Common Experience: Upcycle Fair
The Common Experience invites you to attend our inaugural Upcycle Fair! Join us as we gather well-loved, secondhand clothing pieces and breathe new life into them. You will have an opportunity to donate old attire, then peruse our second-hand closet for some FREE fresh pickups. Our multiple upcycling stations will be available to give your […]
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The Making of Environmental Law Continues: Emmett Institute Book Talk with Richard Lazarus
The Making of Environmental Law Continues: Emmett Institute Book Talk with Richard Lazarus
The first edition of The Making of Environmental Law was a foundational book that surveyed the first 30 years of modern environmental law. Since then, the landscape of environmental protections in the face of global warming has continued to change in dramatic ways. At this UCLA Emmett Institute book talk, Richard Lazarus will discuss the […]
2023 California Water Career Fair
2023 California Water Career Fair
Join this virtual career fair using the online platform Brazen. After signing in, you'll be able to explore the available information and opportunities, and participate in 1-on-1 text- or video-based chats with representatives from environmental and water organizations. Share your background and experience, and get all your questions answered. REGISTER HERE This online platform offers […]
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UCLA February First Thursdays: Westwood Village Farmers’ Market and Evening Block Party
UCLA February First Thursdays: Westwood Village Farmers’ Market and Evening Block Party
UCLA First Thursdays has two parts: daytime activations at the Westwood Village Farmers’ Market and evening block parties with different thematic experiences. We invite you to discover something new in Westwood! REGISTER HERE Westwood Village Farmers' Market 12:00 – 4:00 p.m. Mentorship Cafe | February 2, 2023 Your journey with UCLA Alumni doesn’t have to […]
Richard Dicker on Vanuatu’s Fight for a Climate Change Advisory Opinion from the International Court of Justice
Richard Dicker on Vanuatu’s Fight for a Climate Change Advisory Opinion from the International Court of Justice
The Pacific island state of Vanuatu risks disappearance as sea levels rise. Hear from international law advocate Richard Dicker as he recounts Vanuatu's effort to obtain an advisory opinion from the ICJ on climate change. Richard Dicker Lecturer, UCLA School of Law, Founding Director of the International Justice Program at Human Rights Watch Introduction by […]
Cultural Reparation: The Last-Mile Solution to Our Climate Crisis
Cultural Reparation: The Last-Mile Solution to Our Climate Crisis
A real climate breakthrough requires nothing short of a radical imagination and a profound cultural shift. In this University of California Regents’ Lecture, nationally recognized sustainable development practitioner Denise Fairchild will introduce her new Climate Breakthrough project, funded by a $3 million award aimed at advancing transformative solutions to the climate crisis. Fairchild calls for […]
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ClimateCap x Terra.do MBA Job Fair
ClimateCap x Terra.do MBA Job Fair
ClimateCAP has partnered with Terra.do to organize a virtual job fair, exclusively for MBA students who are interested in climate tech & clean energy careers. There is no cost to participate and any currently enrolled MBA student is welcome to attend. REGISTER HERE Note: This job fair is open to registrations from MBA candidates only. […]
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February Botanical Garden Tour – First Saturday
February Botanical Garden Tour – First Saturday
*RSVP REQUIRED* Explore our living museum featuring collections of plants from around the globe! Join our Garden Educators for a free guided tour of the garden. We’ll hear the stories of a selection of plants in the garden, and their relevance to human society. All ages are welcome. We will meet at the La Kretz […]
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Listening By Moonrise
Listening By Moonrise
Clockshop’s quarterly Listening By Moonrise program, in collaboration with Earth Sessions, returns to LA State Historic Park, featuring performances and immersive sound experiences with leading multi-disciplinary sound artists. On the eve of the full moon (or as close to it), this program offers listeners moments of reflection, connection, and joy while experiencing music and sound […]
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Climate Investment Challenge: Information Session & FAQs
Climate Investment Challenge: Information Session & FAQs
Climate Investment Challenge hosts a webinar to provide students with information about the competition. REGISTER HERE The Climate Investment Challenge calls on students to develop and describe creative financial solutions and innovations addressing the defining challenge of our time – climate change.
Fowler Talks: Destination Crenshaw X UCLA
Fowler Talks: Destination Crenshaw X UCLA
To celebrate Black history and creativity in LA, Destination Crenshaw—a $100-million, transformative, revitalization project—will develop a walkable commercial corridor defined by public artworks, tranquil green spaces, and beautiful storefronts along the 1.3 miles of Crenshaw Boulevard. Once finished, Destination Crenshaw will serve as an epicenter of Black American culture, as well as the most significant […]
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Biking while Black Documentary Screening
Biking while Black Documentary Screening
In a 30-minute documentary, BIKING WHILE BLACK: CONTINUING TO RIDE THROUGH DECRIMINALIZATION, DISENFRANCHISEMENT AND GENTRIFICATION incorporates narratives to dig deeper into solution-based storytelling and features the actions being taken by some of our leading Black bicyclists and BIPOC community-based organizations. Cast members are paving new roads to tackle the myths, the community safety conditions in […]
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Galvanize x Terra.do Climate Job Fair
Galvanize x Terra.do Climate Job Fair
Join this Job Fair and meet rising portfolio companies working on groundbreaking solutions. REGISTER HERE Terra.do hosts action-packed job fairs each month, giving candidates upfront access to hear from companies about their climate solutions and why you should join them. Galvanize is a climate-focused global investment firm built to deliver capital and integrated expertise to […]
Countdown to CLC: Networking Reception
Countdown to CLC: Networking Reception
Join The Climate Registry and Arup for drinks, light bites, and conversation to toast the 2023 Climate Leadership Conference (CLC) coming to Los Angeles this May! RSVP by February 6th at 5pm. REGISTER HERE Connect with other LA-based climate leaders, CLC alumni, and special guests. Learn how you can engage with and lend your unique […]
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Sustainable Careers 101: What are Green Jobs?
Sustainable Careers 101: What are Green Jobs?
Learn all about green jobs in the current market, brought to you by the Emerging Professionals Committee! *Register below! About this event Want to learn more about the basics of a career in sustainability? Join us for a discussion about green jobs that will cover all your questions! The USGBC-LA Emerging Professionals Committee is bringing […]
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Zero Waste Basketball Game – UCLA Athletics x BELT (Bruin Environmental Leadership Team)
Zero Waste Basketball Game – UCLA Athletics x BELT (Bruin Environmental Leadership Team)
UCLA Athletics is hosting its third annual Zero Waste game on the evening of February 10th, as the UCLA Women's Basketball Team takes on the Oregon State Beavers, and volunteers and clubs are needed. As part of the game, we will be sorting all waste produced by the event in Pauley Pavilion – last time […]
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High Impact Tea Panel: Sustainability in the Professional World
High Impact Tea Panel: Sustainability in the Professional World
Join this High Impact Tea with an impressive panel to discuss the current sustainability landscape and forecasts for the evolving space. From the built environment to movie screens, it will cover how various industries address sustainability via innovation, measurement, reporting, and more - exploring today's most challenging questions, including: How do firms define sustainability and […]
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Strategies to Accelerate Electric Micromobility
Strategies to Accelerate Electric Micromobility
Creating an affordable multimodal system: accessible electric micromobility The cost of e-bikes and scooters prevents access. This webinar on accelerating electric micromobility will explore the various models for expanding access to e-bikes, e-scooters and e-mopeds. Electric micromobility has evolved from a niche transport mode and gained popularity among commuters across the world. And, shared electric […]
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How Businesses Are Making a Social Impact in Hollywood
How Businesses Are Making a Social Impact in Hollywood
The 2022-2023 Jacobson Family Sustainable Impact Lecture Series addresses the topic “How Businesses are Centering Community in Social Impact.” We are excited to be back in person for a free panel discussion and Q&A on How Businesses Are Making a Social Impact in Hollywood on February 15th! Join us on February 15th at 12 pm […]
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Fixing the Climate: Rethinking Climate Policy in an Uncertain World
Fixing the Climate: Rethinking Climate Policy in an Uncertain World
5:30 - 7:00pm; Reception to follow Global climate diplomacy is stalling thanks to the same top-down approach used since the Kyoto Protocol. That’s the argument made by David Victor (UC San Diego) and Charles Sabel (Columbia Law School) in their book “Fixing the Climate: Strategies for an Uncertain World.” Hear them discuss how policymakers should […]
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Taxonomic and functional diversity of xeric alpine plant communities in a changing climate
Taxonomic and functional diversity of xeric alpine plant communities in a changing climate
Kaleb Goff, PhD Student, North Carolina State University and 2022 WMRC Mini Grant recipient Kaleb will discuss findings that demonstrate climate change’s affects on plant diversity and functionality within the xeric alpine ecosystems of the White Mountains, California. His work is also in collaboration with GLORIA Great Basin, which has been monitoring plant communities in […]
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Environmental Justice Series at the IoES Event #2
Environmental Justice Series at the IoES Event #2
REGISTER HERE Cynthia Babich Executive Director of the Del Amo Action Committee Cynthia Babich serves as the Executive Director of the Del Amo Action Committee. The DAAC is a grassroots community-based environmental justice organization concerned about DDT contamination and related health problems in the unincorporated Los Angeles Harbor Gateway neighborhood. The Del Amo area includes […]
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Vital Matters: Jainism and Ecology
Vital Matters: Jainism and Ecology
Drawing inspiration from the sacred landscapes depicted on devotional textiles presented in Visualizing Devotion: Jain Embroidered Shrine Hangings, Venu Mehta will discuss intersections of ascetic principles, spirituality and sociocentric environmentalism in the twenty-five-hundred-year-old tradition of Jainism. Highlighting nonviolence as the path to liberation, Jain principles offer an important worldview of environmental activism. REGISTER HERE This […]
Martin Wachs Distinguished Lecture and Luskin Lecture with Robert Cervero on Accessibility, Social Equity, and Contemporary Policy Debates
Martin Wachs Distinguished Lecture and Luskin Lecture with Robert Cervero on Accessibility, Social Equity, and Contemporary Policy Debates
Admission is free, but registration is required for each attendee. The number of seats is limited. REGISTER HERE Part of the Meyer and Renee Luskin Lecture Series. Robert Cervero works in the area of sustainable transportation policy and planning. He has consulted on numerous transportation and urban planning projects worldwide, most recently advising long-range planning […]