Two Years of Justice40: How the Initiative is delivering solutions to the climate crisis
OnlinePresident Biden has made addressing environmental injustices a priority by centering justice in his actions to address the climate crisis in the U.S. and abroad. A central pillar of the environmental justice agenda is the Justice40 Initiative, the first-ever federal environmental justice commitment attached to the goal of directing at least 40% of benefits to […]
Vital Matters: Jainism and Ecology
OnlineDrawing 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 […]
GRID Talks: Going Beyond Black History with Jacqui Patterson
OnlineGRID Talks is a new webinar series that brings together leaders from the environmental justice movement to discuss issues related clean energy access and to community-centered solutions. The webinars seek to amplify the voices of GRID's communities and share the stories, experiences, and work that are creating mission impact and systemic changes. Jacqueline Patterson, MSW, […]
Under the Redwoods: A Sempervirens Fund Webinar Series – “Mycology, Redwoods, and Eugenics | Dr. Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian”
OnlineIf you want to learn how mycology can inspire us to reconcile the troubling roots of the redwood conservation movement, join mycologist and Bard College visiting professor Dr. Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, author of A Tangled Web and Underground Allies for February’s Under the Redwoods. REGISTER HERE
Kanner Forum: “Race, Urban Heat, and the Aesthetics of Thermoception”
Kaplan Hall 193 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesJoin UCLA English for a talk featuring Hsuan Hsu, professor of English at UC Davis. Professor Hsu’s talk will consider temperature as an atmospheric medium of environmental violence and embodied sensation. Drawing on recent discussions of atmospheric racism, Professor Hsu will consider how a range of Black authors and artists have experimented with the sense […]
Martin Wachs Distinguished Lecture and Luskin Lecture with Robert Cervero on Accessibility, Social Equity, and Contemporary Policy Debates
California NanoSystems Institute 570 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesAdmission 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 […]
Rock Art East of the Range of Light: One Piece of a Global Puzzle
OnlineWith David Lee, Western Rock Art Research & former WMRC Staff. The Owens Valley is home to the Paiute people and their ancestors, who arrived here many thousands of years ago. This landscape is rich with traces of their lives. Most visible are the amazing and intriguing petroglyphs and pictographs, a literal history book for […]
Free Food from the Dining Halls
Conference Room 1 in the Student Activities Center Basement 220 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesBruin Dine is a program serving leftover hot food from the UCLA dining halls FREE to all UCLA students, and is also looking for volunteers to help run these events (sign up at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11skt8Eys4hfeP4IKQFncG4Ct8ECivES6bjPjAfu20qE/edit#gid=1001346100 -- UCLA email login required). If the sign-up list is full, please place your name on the waitlist; if the waitlist […]
Winter 2023 Labor Speaker Series (+ Reception) | “Refusing Death: Immigrant Women and the Fight for Environmental Justice in LA” Book Talk
Online and 10383 Bunche Hall 11282 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesJoin Nadia Y. Kim, Associate Professor at Loyola Marymount, for a conversation about her book that examines race, class, gender, and citizenship with respect to the growing social phenomenon of marginalized and unauthorized immigrants – especially women and youth. The hybrid event will be held on March 1, 2023, from 3:30-5 PM with a reception […]
Electric Vehicles: Can They Deliver on Their Promise?
OnlinePlease join the League of Women Voters of Piedmont on Wednesday, March 1st, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. to hear Dr. Dan Sperling talk about the impact of Electric Vehicles (EVs) on carbon reduction in California. Learn about what it will take for EVs to make a measurable difference in greenhouse gas reduction. Register for free […]
UCLA March 1st Thursdays – Farmers Market & Block Party: Game On | American Red Cross
Westwood Village Broxton Ave 1031 Broxton Avenue , CA 90024, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesJoin us on Broxton Ave. every first Thursday to connect with each other, celebrate the moment, enjoy tasty food and free entertainment! UCLA First Thursdays has two parts: daytime activations at the Westwood Village Farmers’ Market and evening block parties with different thematic experiences. REGISTER HERE Westwood Village Farmers' Market 12:00 – 4:00 p.m. American […]
Free Food from the Dining Halls
Conference Room 1 in the Student Activities Center Basement 220 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesBruin Dine is a program serving leftover hot food from the UCLA dining halls FREE to all UCLA students, and is also looking for volunteers to help run these events (sign up at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11skt8Eys4hfeP4IKQFncG4Ct8ECivES6bjPjAfu20qE/edit#gid=1001346100 -- UCLA email login required). If the sign-up list is full, please place your name on the waitlist; if the waitlist […]
Clothing Swap w/ USAC FAC Bruin Bazaar & Student Vendor: Charming x Garden
Bruin Plaza 308 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA clothing swap is a type of swap meet wherein participants exchange their valued but no longer used clothing for clothing they will use. It is an opportunity to revamp your wardrobe by exchanging your old clothing pieces for new ones! This event - co-hosted by Good Clothes Good People and Bruin Bazaar - is […]
After the Green New Deal
UCLA Perloff Hall, DeCafe 365 Portola Plaza, Room 1302, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesJoin UCLA AUD's Critical Studies program for a symposium on the changes and research that have proliferated from the Green New Deal. Join in on the conversations with Kate Aronoff, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Billy Fleming. REGISTER HERE
Healthy Campus Initiative Community Garden Mulch Workshop
jane b semel Healthy Campus Initiative Community Garden Sunset Canyon Recreation Center, 111 Easton Dr, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesJoin the jane b semel HCI Community Garden in its third workshop of the quarter with UC Master Gardeners! The Mulch Workshop will be taught by UCLA's Master Gardener Dr. James Bassett! Learn about the benefits, how-tos, and and dirty details of mulching! Plotholders are highly encouraged to attend this workshop! There will be FREE […]
Hygiene Refill Station
Bruin Walk 308 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesThere will be a variety of products out, including shampoo, dish soap, and so many more! Everything is free! Students are welcome to bring their empty bottles to refill with hygiene products they need such as shampoo, body lotion, hair conditioner, and more.
Electrifying for EJ: Instagram Live with Jamal Lewis, Rewiring America
OnlineJoin Just Solutions Collective for an IG Live with Jamal Lewis, Director of Policy Partnerships & Equitable Electrification at Rewiring America! They'll be chatting about electrification, what it looks like, and the implications for environmental justice and BIPOC-frontline communities. Instagram account for livestream: @justsolutions_org
Grand Rounds in Population and Public Health: Reducing the Health Care Carbon
HYBRID: USC Zilka Neurogenetic Institute (ZNI), Herkoltz Room 111, and Zoom 1501 San Pablo St, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesThe Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, and the Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center present guest speaker Jodi Sherman, MD, with a talk titled: "Balancing Patient Safety and Pollution Prevention: Sustainable, Equitable Health Care" Jodi Sherman, MD, is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology of the Yale School of Medicine, Associate Professor of Epidemiology in […]
Hygiene Refill Station
Bruin Walk 308 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesThere will be a variety of products out, including shampoo, dish soap, and so many more! Everything is free! Students are welcome to bring their empty bottles to refill with hygiene products they need such as shampoo, body lotion, hair conditioner, and more.
Webinar – Opportunities for Enhanced Near-term U.S.-China Climate Action: The Food System
OnlineRegistration is free, but required. REGISTER HERE. The food system contributes about 34% of total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, with China and the United States as the first and third largest emitters, respectively. Among the greatest opportunities for emissions reductions in the food system are reducing and repurposing food loss and waste, along with […]