Please join this panel on "Parks and Housing Together: A Win for Communities and the Environment,” hosted by the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. Topics will include the barriers and challenges to building parks and affordable housing joint development projects, how these projects can improve extreme heat resiliency in Los Angeles, and...
Rebeca Méndez (UCLA DMA) and Elizabeth DeLoughrey (UCLA English) in conversation about the oceanic humanities and the aesthetics of submergence. Eyes in the Sky, Birds in the Heart and Mind is Counterforce Lab’s new lecture series. As a point of departure, we will focus on the Biophilia Treehouse, Counterforce’s flagship project, a public art living...
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...
Reception with refreshments 6:00 pm Film screening 7:00 pm Speakers with Q & A 8:00 pm MANZANAR, DIVERTED: WHEN WATER BECOMES DUST follows intergenerational women from three communities who defend their land, their history and their culture from the insatiable thirst of Los Angeles. Native Americans, Japanese American World War II incarcerees and environmentalists form...