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 States

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 […]

Rock Art East of the Range of Light: One Piece of a Global Puzzle

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With 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 States

Bruin 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 States

Join 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?

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Please 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 States

Join 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 States

Bruin 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 States

A 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 States

Join 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 States

Join 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 States

There 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

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Join 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 States

The 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 States

There 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

Online

Registration 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 […]

White House Forum on Campus and Community-Scale Climate Solutions

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The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the University of Washington (UW) will convene U.S. Government officials with climate, sustainability, and resilience leaders and educators from colleges and universities across the country for a virtual forum. These stakeholders will showcase how innovative ideas and actions can advance climate change efforts on […]

Net Zero Accelerator Info Session

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The application for the 2023 Net Zero Accelerator is now live! Come learn more about our one-of-a-kind program, first launched in 2019, which is focused on piloting net zero (carbon, energy, water, and waste) solutions in the built environment. You can learn more about the NZA at NetZeroAccelerator.org. REGISTER HERE

Building Electrification – Stories from the Home Front

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This webinar will explore the barriers and opportunities to electrifying California’s homes and buildings from those with firsthand experience — contractors, homeowners, and property owners. With a focus on lower-income residents and economically-challenged businesses, we will address both political and financial solutions that can help the state transition to clean, healthy homes and buildings. REGISTER […]

Coastal Justice Lab – Public Launch

HYBRID: UCI Law | EDU 1111 and Zoom 401 E Peltason Dr, Irvine, CA, United States

Coastal regions, including public trust lands, are of unique importance to environmental and climate policy, infrastructure development and ecosystem management. They also raise unique challenges for disadvantaged communities, including those who live and work along the "Hidden Coast" - low-lying lands and non-oceanfront tidal and estuarine zones that account for 80% of the national shoreline. […]

Reimagining Rights in the Americas Conference – Keynote by E. Tendayi Achiume & Closing Reception

UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, Laureate Room 425 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The Reimagining Rights in the Americas Conference is ten days of activities arranged around a historic first for UCLA: hosting the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights’ (IAHCR) Period of Sessions. Tendayi Achiume is the Alicia Miñana Chair in Law at UCLA School of Law and former faculty director of the Promise Institute. She recently finished […]