Calendar of Events
Results For April 2012
Nature, Urban Development and Sustainability
Presented by Professor Stephanie Pincetl, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Monday, April 02, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, Large conference room
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THE TRUE NATURE OF STORYTELLING - Why narrative is essential in solving environment problems
Presented by Andy Goodman, The Goodman Center
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:15 PM
La Kretz Hall 110
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UCLA TGIF Sustainable Enhancement Mini Fund Application
The goal of The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) is to enable and empower students to take an active role in making UCLA a leader in sustainability. TGIF will provide much needed funding for projects that reduce UCLA’s negative impact on the environment.
Friday, April 06, 2012
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Impacts and Adaptation Local Government Conference - Confronting Climate Change: A Focus on Local Government Impacts, Actions and Resources
Hosted by the Governor's Office of Planning & Research
Monday, April 09, 2012
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
California Endowment, 1000 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA
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Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar
"Emergency Response for Drinking Water Treatment after the Chemical Spill Accidents in China: Technologies and Case Studies" presented by Professor Chao Chen, Division of Drinking Water Safety, School of the Environment, Tsinghua University, China
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
4275 Boelter Hall
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Climate Change Consortium Roundtable
Climate Change Consortium Roundtables are open, lively, and dynamic opportunities for UCLA Faculty and Researchers to engage with colleagues and identify interdisciplinary research opportunities. Prof. David Jacobs (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology) will lead the inaugural Roundtable in a discussion of how past and regional climates can serve as proxies and guides for understanding current and future climate change in other parts of the world, including impacts on ecosystems and resources.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
IoES Large Conference Room
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Confronting Climate Change and Extreme Weather: A Public Health Perspective
Presented by UCLA's Center for Public Health and Disasters, the California Dept. of Public Health, and the Center for Public Health and Climate Change at the Public Health Institute.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
UCLA Center for Health Sciences Room 17-256
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UCLA Science Faculty Research Colloquium Lecture & Reception
Featuring Steve Jacobsen, Professor of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology & Biological Chemistry and Director of the UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center Sequencing Facility
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
4:00 PM
CNSI Auditorium (between Boelter Hall and La Kretz Hall)
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The Drying of the U.S. Southwest
Presented by Professor Glen MacDonald, Director, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:15 PM
La Kretz Hall 110
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Sustainable Food Speaking Panel
Hosted by E3
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
James West Alumni Center
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Performance of School Bus Retrofit Systems: Tailpipe Emissions and In-cabin Air Quality
Presented by Yifang Zhu, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health
Thursday, April 12, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, Large conference room
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Reset 2012 - Renewable & Sustainable Energy Technology Workshop
A cross-disciplinary IGERT workshop proudly hosted by the UCLA Clean Green IGERT (CGI).
Thursday, April 12, 2012
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
California NanoSystems Institute, UCLA
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April Steering Committee Meeting
April 2012 Meeting of the LARC Steering Committee (not a public event, please contact if you would like to attend)
Thursday, April 12, 2012
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Metro Headquarters
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Bag It The Movie: Is Your Life Too Plastic?
Free Movie Screening with Q & A from Assemblymember Holly Mitchell and the 47th Environment Cabinet
Friday, April 13, 2012
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
West Los Angeles College, ATA 128 (Theatre Room), 9000 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA 90230
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Staff Assembly Learn at Lunch: Save green while going green: UCLA’s Green Office Program
Come learn about UCLA’s Green Office Program and how you can get involved. Thirty-three offices and departments have been certified so far, and 40 more are in progress. Learn simple ways to save resources in your office or department and learn how you can contribute to UCLA reaching our sustainability goals, including zero waste and lowering greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by 2020. Hear from UCLA’s Sustainability Coordinator and former program participants.
Monday, April 16, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Student Activities Center conference room on the basement level, B-05.
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"The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science--and Reality" Book Talk & Signing
Presented by Author Chris Mooney
Monday, April 16, 2012
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
UCLA School of Law, Room 1457
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Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar
"Osmotically Driven Membrane Processes: Early Concepts, Current Research, and Future Integrated Systems" presented by Professor Tzahi Cath, Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
4275 Boelter Hall
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Responsible Investments Discussion Panel
This event is sponsored by the SRC and associated with the California Student Sustainability Coalition's End Coal Campaign and UCLA's Education for Sustainable Living Program's Responsible Investments Action Research Team.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Kerckhoff Grand Salon
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The National Ignition Facility: Pathway to Fusion Ignition, Frontier Science and Clean Energy
Presented by Edward Moses, Principal Associate Director for the National Ignition Facility and Photon Science Directorate
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
4:30 PM
1178 Franz Hall
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Renewable Energy and Conservation Deserts
Presented by Julie Cart, Reporter, Los Angeles Times
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:15 PM
La Kretz Hall 110
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Sustainable Business Council Industry Achievement Awards
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Lexus Santa Monica Showroom
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Annual Earth Day Fair
Come join us for an interactive, fun fair about sustainability and meet students, staff, and organizations interested in sustainability! Learn how to go green at UCLA, enter to win prizes, check out the green top chef competition, and bring your old incadescent bulbs to turn in and get free energy efficient CFLs!
Thursday, April 19, 2012
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Intramural Field
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California Water Politics: Managing Stakeholder Concerns in an Era of Fiscal and Environmental Uncertainty
A Water Resources Student Group Seminar presented by Joseph Byrne, Vice-Chair of the California Water Commission and Partner at Burke, Williams and Sorensen, LLP
Thursday, April 19, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, Large conference room
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Seeing Red: An Introduction to Orangutans, Palm Oil, and Sustainability
Presented by world-renowned primatologist Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas
Thursday, April 19, 2012
7:00 PM
UCLA School of Law, Room 1347
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California State University Channel Islands Biology Program Presents: The 8th Poe Symposium: Agriculture in the Golden State
This symposium will educate the public about the ongoing research on agriculture and the challenges facing growers and policy makers.
Friday, April 20, 2012
12:30 PM - 5:30 PM
CSU Channel Islands – Aliso Hall Auditorium, One University Drive, Camarillo
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Clean Water Earth Day Festival & Stand-Up Paddleboard Race
A Waterkeeper Alliance SPLASH Event to benefit Santa Monica Baykeeper.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Santa Monica Beach, in the water, and on the Pier Lot 1N parking lot just north of the Santa Monica Pier
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Stand Up for Clean Water
Santa Monica Baykeeper's First Annual Earth Day Festival and Paddleboard Race
Saturday, April 21, 2012
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
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Earth Day celebration at LACMA
LACMA presents Earth Day: Because EARTH without ART is Just “EH”, a day to celebrate nature, creativity, and everything green!
Sunday, April 22, 2012
12:00 PM
5905 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90036
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City of Los Angeles 2nd Annual Forum on Climate Change
Presented by the Department of Public Works Bureau of Sanitation
Monday, April 23, 2012
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Japanese American National Museum, 100 North Central Avenue, L.A. 90012
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Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar
"Biotransformation of Perfluorinated Compounds by Lignin Peroxidase Enzymes" presented by Professor Jack Huang, Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
4275 Boelter Hall
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Avoiding Biodiversity Collapse in Tropical Protected Areas
Featuring William F. Laurance, Ph.D., Distinguished Research Professor & Australian Laureate, Prince Bernhard Chair in International Nature Conservation, Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science (TESS) and School of Marine & Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
2320 Life Sciences Building
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“Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time”
A Film Screening and Panel Discussion with Stanley Temple, Senior Fellow and Science Advisor, Aldo Leopold Foundation and Green Fire's Producer/Director Steve Dunsky and Producer/Editor Ann Dunsky.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
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Aldo Leopold, Phenology and Climate Change
Presented by Stan Temple, Senior Fellow and Science Advisor, Aldo Leopold Foundation
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:15 PM
La Kretz Hall 110
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“It’s a Dam Shame: A Community Defends its Home” featuring: Ikal Angelei
A Social Justice Workshop Series presented by the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Monday, April 30, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Public Affairs Building, Room 3333
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