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Sustainable Works Eco Star Awards
2018-09-06 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Denver) | CA
Join us for a fun and interactive evening to bolster the growth of Sustainable Works in a casual, enjoyable atmosphere and celebrate the work and dedication of influential environmental leaders and sustainability advocates. You will meet area leaders, Sustainable Works Eco Stars, who are being honored for their valuable contributions to a sustainable future. You’ll also have an opportunity to mix with others who, like you, have a strong interest in the environment and sustainability.
Organic food catered by Uplifters Kitchen. www.uplifterskitchen.com
Complimentary beer and wine.
Sustainable Works Announces 2018 Eco Star Award Recipient – Senator Ben Allen
We’re excited to confirm that Senator Ben Allen will attend and receive the Community Champion Award. California State Senator Ben Allen was elected in 2014 to represent the 26th Senate District, which consists of the Westside, Hollywood and coastal South Bay communities of Los Angeles County.
Ben has authored several measures that have become laws, including a landmark river protection law and a first in the nation public lands protection law. Ben co-authored the Senate’s historic climate change legislation, which requires 50% of the state’s energy to come from renewable sources, and doubles energy efficiency in buildings, by 2030. He authored bills to expand the state’s efforts to combat climate change even further, includ ing establishing the first standard to increase the use of renewable gas, and reducing toxic motor oil waste. He is leading the effort to end the use of harmful drift gillnets in commercial fishing off the coast that injure and kill endangered sea turtles and other marine life – it passed the Senate floor and is now heading to the Assembly. Senator Ben Allen also introduced legislation to reduce waste generated by take-out food packaging at state parks, beaches, and facilities.
Ben truly is an Eco Star!
Event Sponsors
Platinum: HBO
Gold: First Republic Bank
Silver: Cedars-Sinai
Event Location
Gold: Capital One Cafe
401 Broadway
Santa Monica, CA 90401
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Leading the Way to Carbon Neutrality: Lessons from the University of California, Kaiser Permanente and Microsoft
2018-09-11 16:30 - 19:00 | CA
Leading the Way to Carbon Neutrality: Lessons from the University of California, Kaiser Permanente and Microsoft
At UC Berkeley on September 11, 2018, UC faculty, staff and student leaders will address how they are working to achieve carbon neutrality for the whole UC system by 2025 and leaders from major corporations will also discuss the steps necessary to turn their organizations’ ambitious climate goals into reality.

Date: 09/11/2018
Time: 04:30 PM – 07:00 PM
Location: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley

An official side event of the Global Climate Action Summit, co-hosted by UCLA School of Law’s Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, University of California Office of the President and UC Berkeley.
More than 600 universities from all 50 U.S. states have committed to aggressive targets to cut their own carbon emissions. An additional 1200 U.S. businesses and local governments have done the same. Setting the goal is an important first step. But how are complex organizations actually meeting their goals?
At UC Berkeley on September 11, 2018, UC faculty, staff and student leaders will address how they are working to achieve carbon neutrality for the whole UC system by 2025. Leaders from Kaiser Permanente and Microsoft will also discuss the steps necessary to turn their organizations’ ambitious climate goals into reality.
UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ will provide opening remarks. A reception will precede the event.
The event is an official affiliate event for the Global Climate Action Summit, hosted in San Francisco September 12 to 14, bringing together state and local governments, business and citizens from around the world to showcase climate action and new commitments.
RSVP:
Seating is limited. Please register in advance.
DATE/TIME:
Tuesday, September 11, 2018

4:30 p.m. – Registration and reception
4:50 p.m. – Program begins

7:00 p.m. – Program ends

LOCATION/DIRECTIONS:
Spieker Forum, Chou Hall (6th Floor)
Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
2220 Piedmont Ave

Berkeley, CA 94720

Chou Hall is a 0.8 mi, 20-minute walk from the Downtown Berkeley BART Station and is also accessible via the Perimeter Line bus.
Parking is available at the Stadium Parking Garage, 2175 Gayley Road, Berkeley CA 94720.
SPEAKERS:
Carol Christ, Chancellor, UC Berkeley, introductory remarks
Panel 1: Overcoming Barriers to Carbon Neutrality: Lessons from the UC Experience

Opening remarks and moderator: Rachael Nava, Executive Vice President — Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff to the President, UC Office of the President;
Ann Carlson, Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law; Faculty Co-Director, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, UCLA School of Law;
David Phillips, Associate Vice President, Energy and Sustainability, UC Office of the President;
Pallavi Sherikar, Masters of Environmental Management Candidate, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and former Undergraduate Appointee, UC Global Climate Leadership Council.

Panel 2: Implementing a Carbon Goal

Seth Baruch, National Director for Energy and Utilities, Kaiser Permanente;
Marc Fisher, Vice Chancellor, Administration, UC Berkeley;
Elizabeth Wilmott, Carbon Program Lead, Microsoft;
Moderator: David Phillips, Associate Vice President, Energy and Sustainability, UC Office of the President.

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Global Climate Action Summit (in SF)
2018-09-12 - 2018-09-14 | CA
IT’S TIME TO ZERO IN ON CLIMATE CHANGE

The 2018 Summit will bring together leaders from state, tribal, and local governments, business, and citizens from around the world, to demonstrate how the tide has turned in the race against climate change, showcase climate action taking place around the world, and inspire deeper commitments from each other and from national governments — in support of the Paris Agreement.

“Come join us – entrepreneurs, singers, musicians, mathematicians, professors, students – we need people that represent the whole world because this is about the whole world and the people who live here … It’s time to act, it’s time to join together, and that’s why at this Climate Action Summit, we’re going to get it done.”
–Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., Message to the Global Citizen Festival in Hamburg, Germany, July 2017

Net Zero Conference: Energy + Water + Waste + Transit
2018-09-12 - 2018-09-14 | CA
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Thriving in a Hotter Los Angeles: Can L.A. Model Sustainability for the World’s Megacities, and What Can It Learn From Others?
2018-09-12 17:00 - 19:00 | CA
Thriving in a Hotter Los Angeles: Can L.A. Model Sustainability for the World’s Megacities, and What Can It Learn From Others?
On September 12, 2018 in San Francisco, experts in energy, environmental science, law and urban planning will address the challenges of creating sustainable and resilient megacities.

Date: 09/12/2018
Time: 05:00 PM – 07:00 PM
Location: Paul Hastings, 101 California Street, Forty-Eighth Floor San Francisco, CA 94111

The challenges posed by a hotter Los Angeles are monumental and daunting, and they echo challenges that will be felt by cities around the globe. Globally, about 6 billion people are expected to live in cities by 2050. Questions about how megacities become more sustainable while dealing with climate change and population growth are urgent and important.
On September 12, 2018 in San Francisco, experts in energy, environmental science, law and urban planning will address the challenges of creating sustainable and resilient megacities through innovative science, technology and law and policy solutions, drawing lessons from UCLA’s Sustainable LA Grand Challenge that can be applied around the world, and asking what lessons we can draw from other cities’ experiences.
Event is free and open to the public and will include a reception.
Seating is limited and advance registration is required. Please register by Friday, September 7 at noon PDT.
REGISTER TODAY!
Speakers:
The Honorable Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles (invited), featured remarks.

Mark Gold, Associate Vice Chancellor for Environment and Sustainability, UCLA;
Laurel Hunt, Executive Director, Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability;
Barbara Norman, Foundation Chair of Urban and Regional Planning in the Faculty of Business, Government and Law, University of Canberra;
Nancy Sutley, Chief Sustainability Officer, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
Moderator: Cara Horowitz, Co-Executive Director, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, UCLA School of Law.

The event is an official affiliate event for the Global Climate Action Summit, hosted in San Francisco September 12 to 14, bringing together state and local governments, business and citizens from around the world to showcase climate action and new commitments.
The venue is easily accessible by public transportation via the Embarcadero BART Station and SF Muni, both of which are steps away from the building.

Note: guests must register in advance and show ID to security in the building lobby.

Advancing Sustainability Through Supply Chains
2018-10-02 18:30 - 21:00 | La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
The IoES Corporate Partners Program will kick off its 2018-2019 focus on sustainability in the supply chain.

Join business leaders to explore topics in supply chain sustainability. An increasingly integral part of sustainable business strategies, integrating sustainability throughout the supply chain can provide benefits for consumer transparency, emissions reductions, and overall efficiency gains.

Featured Speakers Include:
Chuck Gatchell, VP/GM of Olympics and Athletes, Nike
Bonnie Nixon, former Director of Supply Chain Social and Environmental Responsibility, Hewlett-Packard
Charles Corbett, Professor, UCLA Anderson School of Management
Panel Q&A will be moderated by Alan Barreca, Environmental Economist at IoES
Learn more about the speakers here

Program
6:15-6:30 Registration
6:30-7:45 Speakers & panel discussion
7:45-9:00 Reception with light refreshments

Parking will be provided to registered attendees

Hammer Museum Future LA Series: Three Megacities: A Comparative Approach
2018-10-03 19:30 | Hammer Museum
Part of the series Future L.A.: Engineering a Sustainable Supercity

Three Megacities: A Comparative Approach

WEDNESDAY OCT 3, 2018 7:30PM

Mexico City, Tokyo, and Shanghai—megacities with populations of more than 20 million and with unique infrastructures—have in recent years all made pledges toward total sustainability. What can Los Angeles learn from their triumphs and struggles? Moderated by Matt Petersen, former chief sustainability officer of Los Angeles and chief executive officer of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator.

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UCLA Rideshare Fair
2018-10-04 10:00 - 14:00 | Bruin Plaza
For info about this and other ridedshare month opportunities visit http://beagreencommuter.com/ucla-rideshare-month-2018/

Life on the Move | It’s Time to Leave, The Causes of Migration
2018-10-04 18:00 - 20:30 | La Brea Tar Pits, 5801 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90036, United States
Lecture Series on THURSDAYS | Oct 4 and 18, Nov 1

Life on the Move Lecture Series
All plants and animals, including humans, move during their lifetimes, but some take truly harrowing or magnificent journeys to new lands and habitats. This Fall, the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum will join the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability to produce a three-night conversation between the people of Los Angeles and the leading experts on migration. Looking across species and time, we strip away politics and nation-state boundaries to discover the causes and outcomes of migration for all life forms.

First of Three Lectures – It’s Time to Leave, The Causes of Migration
For many species, migration is a question of when, not if. Sometimes it is the result of fresh opportunities in unfamiliar terrain. Other times it is driven by external forces, natural and unnatural. From floods and fires to developing societies — tonight we will get to the root causes of migration.
Check out the other lectures in the series here:
10/18 – A New Home, The Effects of Migration
11/1 – Los Angeles, A Migration Haven

Emily Lindsey

​​​​​​Dr. Emily Lindsey is Assistant Curator and Excavation Site Director at the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum. Her research focuses on using information from the last 50,000 years of ecological upheaval to understand how climate change and human actions combine to cause extinctions, and to predict how plants and animals will respond in the face of modern global change. Dr. Lindsey has conducted fieldwork in the United States, Antarctica, Chile, Guyana, and Ecuador, where she studies the geology and paleontology of tropical asphaltic fossil sites.
Dr. Lindsey is Adjunct Faculty in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA and the Department of Earth Sciences at USC, and serves on the board of the Institute for Field Research. She studied at Brown University, the University of California – Berkeley, and as a Fulbright scholar at the Museo Nacional de Historia Natural in Uruguay, before joining NHMLA in 2016.

Roger Waldinger

Roger Waldinger, Distinguished Professor (Ph.D. Harvard, 1983) and Director of the UCLA Center for the Study of International Migration works on international migration: its social, political, and economic consequences; the policies and politics emerging in response to its advent; the links between immigrants and the countries and people they have left behind; the trajectories of newcomers and their descendants after migration. He is the author of over 100 articles and book chapters and nine books, most recently, Origins the Destinations: The Making of the Second Generation (Russell Sage Foundation, 2018): A Century of Transnationalism: Immigrants and their Homeland Connections (edited with Nancy Green; University of Illinois Press, 2016) and The Cross-Border Connection: Immigrants, Emigrants, and their Homelands, (Harvard University Press, 2015).

Cara Santa Maria (moderator)
Cara Santa Maria is a Los Angeles Area Emmy and Knight Foundation
Award winning journalist, science communicator, television personality, producer, and podcaster.Cara is a correspondent on National Geographic’s Explorer and Netflix’s Bill Nye Saves the World. She is the creator and host of a weekly science podcast called Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria and cohosts the popular Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe podcast. She is a founding member of the Nerd Brigade and cofounded the annual science communication retreat #SciCommCamp.
Cara earned her B.S. in Psychology from the University of North Texas in 2004, followed by an M.S. in Neurobiology in 2007. She is currently working toward a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Social Justice and Diversity from Fielding Graduate University.

UCLA CalFresh Initiative Enrollment Fair
2018-10-09 10:00 - 16:00 | CA
UCLA CalFresh Initiative Enrollment Fair
When: October 9th, 10am-4pm
Where: Student Activities Center, Conference Room 4
The CalFresh Initiative is excited to announce that it will continue quarterly enrollment days and weekly office hours this academic year. CalFresh is a great way for students to increase their own food security and it is beneficial for them to sign up early in the year.
They will be hosting a large enrollment fair on October 9th, where students can get up to $192/mo if they qualify for benefits. The Department of Public Social Services eligibility workers will be present to enroll and interview students at the same time.
They will additionally have weekly office hours on Mondays Fall Quarter starting October 15th – December 3rd from 8:30am-4pm in SAC 105E.
Check out their prescreen tool and their appointment booker

MindWell Pod and the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior Present: “The Foundations of Eudaimonia” with Dr. Peter Whybrow
2018-10-09 16:00 - 17:00 | CA
MindWell Pod and the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior Present: “The Foundations of Eudaimonia” with Dr. Peter Whybrow
When: October 9th, 4-5pm
Where: Semel Auditorium, UCLA
Register here
Drawing upon his recent book, The Well-Tuned Brain, Dr. Whybrow explores the roots of human flourishing – of tranquility and enjoyment. Tranquility does not come naturally to the human mind: eudaimonia is a highly cultivated state achieved through hard work and self-discipline. This talk will discuss the challenge of a life well lived, blending reason and passion to promote individual wellbeing and a sustainable human future.
This talk will kick-off the call for nominations for the 2019 UCLA Eudaimonia Awards. The UCLA HCI Eudaimonia Award is an annual recognition award given to members of the UCLA community, past or present, who exemplify a life full of purpose and meaning. The 2018 Eudaimonia Award recipients will be honored at a special UCLA event this Spring. Learn more here

Sustainival Fair
2018-10-10 17:00 - 20:00 | Sunset Village, 330 De Neve Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
UCLA Office of Residential Life and UCLA Housing & Hospitality Services are hosting the annual Sustainival Fair on October 10, 2018 from 5-8 PM in Sunset Village. Sustainival brings vendors, games, sustainable giveaways, and FUN to the Hill. Don’t miss out!
– Learn how you can live more sustainably
– Win prizes and decorate your own reusable bag
– Join other students in making an IMPACT
– Find out how you can get involved
– Discover what UCLA is doing to be more sustainable

A Lunch Discussion: Building Futures, Saving Pasts: Creating Sustainable Businesses Using Cultural Heritage
2018-10-11 11:30 - 12:30 | CA
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Join Impact@Anderson, the UCLA Anderson Center for Global Management(CGM) and the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology in hosting archaeologist and community business developer, Paul Burtenshaw for a conversation on the results of his work and a discussion on how the SPI’s methodology – the “SPI Business School” – creates sustainable economic impact and how cultural heritage is an asset for local sustainable development.
Bag lunch will be provided. RSVP Required.
Open to UCLA students, faculty, staff, and by invitation only.
Bruin ID required.

DATE AND TIME

Thu, October 11, 2018
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PDT
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LOCATION

A-202, Collins Center
UCLA Anderson School of Management
110 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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ThursYAY!
2018-10-11 12:00 - 14:00 | CA
DESCRIPTION
UCLA Semel Healthy Campus Initiative’s
MoveWell Pod invites you to:
ThursYAY!
A 2018-19 Academic Year Midday Mixer to Launch into a New Year of Health and Wellbeing
Join MoveWell, UCLA Recreation, and the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative for a fun, participatory, mid-day event featuring:

ThursYAY! Games and Activities
MoveWell Pod Meet-and-Greet
Free Food!
Bubbles!!!
Networking with Members of Semel HCI
Prizes!

Sponsored by UCLA Semel Healthy Campus Initiative, Envisioned and Supported by Jane and Terry Semel & the Healthy Campus Network
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DATE AND TIME
Thu, October 11, 2018
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
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LOCATION
University of California Los Angeles – Court of Sciences
405 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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AltCar Expo
2018-10-12 - 2018-10-13 | CA
2018 AltCar presents…
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California’s trailblazing commitment to alternative technology transportation, infrastructure and energy.

Electra Meccanica
to DEBUT the SOLO,
its Single-Passenger EV

See the NEW Audi e-tronat AltCar for the
SoCal Expo DEBUT

Exclusive Preview of the NEW Chanje V8100 Generation 2 Model

“AltCar is consistently packed to the brim with useful people and experiences and one of the best events at promoting plug in and alternative fuel vehicles around.”
– Kyle Field, Vice President – Important Media
and Senior Editor, CleanTechnica.com

“AltCar has become the most nationally respected event for industry, municipalities and general public that showcases the latest products, news and information for alternative technology vehicles and infrastructure.”
– Senator Fran Pavley

Environmental Graduate Student Reception
2018-10-16 17:00 - 19:00 | UCLA – Luskin School of Public Affairs – Third Floor Terrace
DESCRIPTION

All graduate students interested in environmental sustainability and energy are invited to a free, cross-campus reception.

Learn about campus environmental organizations, student resources, jobs and other funding opportunities.
Make connections with your peers.
Enjoy free food and refreshments.

Partners:
UCLA Grand Challenges
UCLA Sustainability
UCLA GSA Sustainable Resource Center
UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Electrifying Transportation in Southern California: Opportunities & Challenges for 2030
2018-10-17 09:00 - 15:00 | CA
Electrifying Transportation in Southern California: Opportunities & Challenges for 2030

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 – 9:00am – 3:00pm

Start Time: 9:00 am
End Time: 3:00 pm
Location:

Board Room of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)
900 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1700, Los Angeles, CA 90017

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River of Gold Screening
2018-10-22 18:00 - 20:00 | CA
On Monday, Oct 22nd, the Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law is hosting the first film screening in our series. The documentary, River of Gold, is about extractive industries in the Amazon and the impact on human rights and the environment. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion, which will include two of the filmmakers and a researcher from human rights watch. The flyer is attached: 20181022__River_of_Gold.pdf.
Please RSVP to attend
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Technologies for a Sustainable Future
2018-10-30 15:30 - 19:00 | UCLA CNSI Auditorium, 570 Westwood Plaza, , Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Technologies for a Sustainable Future is hosted by UCLA Technology Development Group (TDG) and provides a unique opportunity for UCLA inventors, investors, and industry executives to establish new relationships for furthering innovation. The program will be followed by a wine and cheese networking reception.

Event Agenda

The UCLA Innovations Technologies for a Sustainable Future event provides a unique opportunity for UCLA inventors, investors and industry executives to establish new relationships for furthering innovation.
This one-day event will be hosted at the California Nanosystems Institute, UCLA Campus on Tuesday, October 30, 2018.
Event Agenda [PDF]
Full list of Bios and Headshots [PDF]

TECHNOLOGIES FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE – UCLA INNOVATIONS
3:00pm – REGISTRATION / CHECK-IN
3:30pm – WELCOME
Emily Loughran, UCLA Technology Development Group
3:35pm – KEYNOTE
Eric Hoek, Water Planet
3:50pm – EARLY STAGE INVESTOR PANEL
Jim McDermott, US Renewables
Anil Tamineedi, Angeleno Group
Aaron Fyke, Thin Line Capital
Pulakesh Mukherjee, BASF Venture Capital America
Taj Eldridge, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator
4:20pm – SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES PANEL
Gary Gero, Los Angeles County
Nurit Katz, UCLA
Mark Gold, UCLA Environment and Sustainability
Danny Hayes, Borealis Engineering
Eui-Sung Yi, UCLA Architecture and Urban Design, The NOW Institute, Morphosis
4:50pm – CNSI – MAGNIFY INCUBATOR OVERVIEW
Brian Benson, UCLA California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)
4:55pm – FACULTY QUICK PITCHES
Gaurav Sant—Carbon Sequestering Cement/X-Prize nominee
Rajit Gadh—Smart Vehicle Charging
CJ Kim — Drag Reduction Technology
Richie Wirz — Biplane Wind Energy
5:15pm – CLOSING KEYNOTE
Thom Mayne, UCLA Architecture and Urban Design, The NOW Institute, Morphosis
5:30pm – RECEPTION

Suing Monsanto: How a Team of Lawyers Won a Verdict Linking the Herbicide Roundup to Cancer
2018-10-31 12:15 - 13:30 | CA
Suing Monsanto: How a Team of Lawyers Won a Verdict Linking the Herbicide Roundup to Cancer
At a lunchtime event on October 31 at UCLA Law, attorneys Michael Baum, Pedram Esfandiary and Brent Wisner of Baum Hedlund Aristei Goldman, PC will discuss their lawsuits against Monsanto Company over its herbicide Roundup.

Date: 10/31/2018
Time: 12:15 PM – 01:30 PM
Location: UCLA Law Building, Room TBA

​Co-sponsored by the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy, a lunchtime event on October 31 at UCLA Law will feature attorneys Michael Baum, Pedram Esfandiary and Brent Wisner of Baum Hedlund Aristei Goldman, PC discussing their lawsuits against Monsanto Company over its herbicide Roundup. In August 2018, a San Francisco Superior Court jury orderedMonsanto Co. to pay $289.2 million in damages to one individual for failing to warn consumers that Roundup causes cancer. Other related cases are pending.
Michael Roberts, Executive Director of the Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy, will provide opening remarks and Cara Horowitz, Andrew Sabin Family Foundation Co-Executive Director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment will moderate the discussion.
DATE/TIME/LOCATION:
October 31, 2018
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Room 1347
UCLA Law Building
385 Charles E Young Dr E
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Lunch will be provided for all registered guests.
RSVP:
Please register here by October 26, 2018.
SPEAKERS:
Opening remarks: Michael Roberts, Executive Director, Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy, UCLA School of Law

Michael Baum (UCLA J.D. ’85), Attorney, Managing Partner, President, Baum Hedlund Aristei Goldman, PC;
Brent Wisner, Attorney, Partner, Baum Hedlund Aristei Goldman, PC;
Pedram Esfandiary, Attorney, Baum Hedlund Aristei Goldman, PC;
Moderator: Cara Horowitz, Andrew Sabin Family Foundation Co-Executive Director, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, UCLA School of Law

Farmers for America Screening
2018-11-01 18:00 - 20:00 | CA
Come join UCLA Farmers Market to watch Farmers for America! **Dinner will be provided!**
This documentary showcases the importance of farmers and farming in America as we move into the future. Most farmers are aging, and agriculture is becoming increasingly industrialized, so it is important to consider how we must change our existing food and farming system in order to ensure that America will be able to have sufficient levels of healthy food to feed the country in the future.
Film info and trailer: https://www.leaveitbetter.com/farmers-for-america/

Fourth Climate Change Assessment Symposium - Los Angeles Region
2018-11-02 09:30 - 15:30 | CA
OVERVIEW AND PURPOSE OF SYMPOSIUM
The State of California has released the Fourth Climate Change Assessment (Fourth Assessment) which provides the scientific foundation for understanding climate-related vulnerability at the local scale and informing resilience actions. The Fourth Assessment includes a report on the Los Angeles region that was put together by University of California, Los Angeles researchers and affiliates. This symposium will:

disseminate relevant summary information on the Fourth Assessment’s Los Angeles Region Report;
convene stakeholders that can use information in the report (policymakers, local government staff, environmental organizations, etc.);
provide highlights and local stories for media;
uplift community narratives of climate change impacts;
demonstrate tools and resources for practitioners; and
host a space where climate experts are available for deeper conversations and stakeholders can network with peers.

ADVANCED REGISTRATION REQUIRED AND LATE GUESTS WILL NOT BE LET IN AFTER 10:30 AM

AGENDA
9:00 AM — Check-In and Morning Coffee
Location: Aquarium Side Entrance and Ocean Theater Hallway
9:30 AM – 11:00 AM — Welcome
Location: Ocean Theater
Welcome Remarks
– Jonathan Parfrey, Climate Resolve
– Laurel Hunt, Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability (LARC)
– Councilmember Jeannine Pearce, Long Beach, District 2

Overview of Statewide Fourth Climate Change Assessment
– Joey Wraithwall, CA Natural Resources Agency
Overview of Fourth Assessment Los Angeles Report
– Dr. Alex Hall, UCLA
– Dr. Neil Berg, UCLA
– Katharine Reich, UCLA
11:15 AM – 12:30 PM — Morning Breakout Sessions
(1) Energy – Building Resilient Systems [Location: Ocean Theater]
Moderator: Guido Franco, California Energy Commission
– Dr. Eric Fournier, UCLA
– Dr. Stephanie Pincetl, UCLA
– Hannah Gustafson, UCLA
– Dr. Omid Mazdiyasni, UCI
(2) Adaptation Planning – Resources, Guides, and Tools [Location: Watershed Classroom]
Moderator: Jonathan Parfrey, Climate Resolve
– Nuin-Tara Key, California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
– Nancy Thomas, UC Berkeley
– Sarah Risher, California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM — Lunch
Location: Veranda Upstairs
1:30 PM – 2:45 — Afternoon Breakout Session
(1) Public Health – Preparing for Extreme Heat and Impacts on Air Quality [Location: Ocean Theater]
Moderator: Dr. Gisele Fong, The California Endowment
– Dr. Elizabeth Rhoades, LA County Department of Public Health
– Dr. George Ban-Weiss, USC
– Kelly Trainor Gamino, South Coast Air Quality Management District
– Edith de Guzman, TreePeople
(2) Oceans & Coasts – Addressing Sea Level Rise [Location: Watershed Classroom]
Moderator: Jerry Schubel, Aquarium of the Pacific
– Dan Cayan, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
– Juliette Finzi-Hart, USGS
– Heather Tomley, Port of Long Beach
– Christopher Koontz, City of Long Beach
3:00 PM — Closing
Location: Ocean Theater
Keynote Speaker – California State Senator Ricardo Lara, District 33 (Long Beach and Gateway Cities)
Thank You – Climate Resolve and LARC
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PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: Half a mile from the Transit Mall in downtown Long Beach which makes for a 10 minute downhill walk to the Aquarium from the Blue line and major bus lines.
PARKING: Parking structure is on south side of Shoreline Drive between Chestnut Place and Aquarium Way. $8 Flat Rate with Aquarium Validation.

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Farmers Market at UCLA
2018-11-07 14:30 - 18:00, 2018-11-28 14:30 - 18:00 | Bruin Plaza
Farmers’ Market at UCLA is a registered student organization in UCLA that supervises the biweekly market and designs educational events. Thanks to the support from TGIF, SWC, ASUCLA, and E3. Choose fresh produce and support local & responsible farmers. We’ll keep you updated with information about upcoming markets, fun recipes to try out, and local food news!
Biweekly newsletter: subscribe to stay updated with our market events, workshop, field trips, selected events!
Follow us on Instagram @uclafarmersmarket and use #uclafarmersmarket to share your photos! We also have a blog with all things food and agriculture related–check us out at https://uclafarmersmarket.wordpress.com

Hammer Museum Future LA series: Hot! Hot! Hot!
2018-11-14 19:30 - 21:00 | Hammer Museum
Part of the series Future L.A.: Engineering a Sustainable Supercity

Hot! Hot! Hot!

WEDNESDAY NOV 14, 2018 7:30PM

Hotter, drier summers and winters, which mean longer fire seasons and increasingly poor air quality, are already a stark reality for Angelenos. By 2050, Los Angeles will only become hotter. Researchers at UCLA as well as the city and county of Los Angeles are taking steps toward designing healthier communities by setting ambitious sustainability targets. Moderated by Mark Gold.

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Waste Awareness Week: Environmental Art Show
2019-01-14 18:00 - 21:00 | CA
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Waste Awareness Week is a week-long sustainability event that specifically tackles the impact of waste mismanagement on the environment. The Renewable Energy Association at UCLA, along with a number of sustainability, environmental justice, food insecurity, and artistic organizations, are collaborating to create a number of events that:
1. Expose students to the gravity and scale of the global waste crisis
2. Discuss the various social, economic infrastructural and environmental causes and consequences of the crisis
3. Empowers students to make informed decisions and lifestyle changes that can mitigate this crisis.
The week will consist of a large variety of events that will appeal to all corners of our diverse campus. From interactive games, workshops and panels, to collaborative art shows, movie screenings and a gala dinner, Waste Awareness Week hopes to engage all students and push them to think more critically about their waste generation habits, the single-use culture and linear economic systems that enable them, and the out-of-sight-out-of-mind mentality that blinds them to the true consequences of this global crisis. By collaborating with a large number of student groups, we also hope to plug UCLA students into the community of organizers who are working relentlessly on this issue, and tackling it from every possible facet. As the university approaches the deadline of our zero waste by 2020 goal, we hope that this event will be the final catalyst that empowers our community to meet this goal, and allows us all to live more sustainably at UCLA and beyond.
EVENTS OF THE WEEK:
MONDAY JAN. 14
Play World Waste Quiz and Decomposition Game on Bruin Walk from 10AM-4PM! Bring Your Own Cup for free coffee & cookies!
Learn about commonly found single-use disposables and easy alternatives!
Bring Your Own Cup for free coffee & cookies at the Kerckhoff Art Gallery from 6-9PM for the environmental justice photo exhibition and poetry night!
TUESDAY JAN. 15
Talk to Athens Services, a local, waste collection and recycling company in the greater Los Angeles community for the past 60 years to learn about how they divert resources from landfills through reuse, recycling, and composting. Stop by to talk to the UCLA Zero Waste Coordinator, Kikei Wong, to learn more about UCLA’s Zero Waste to landfill by 2020 initiative! Both representatives will be available on Bruin Plaza from 10AM-4PM.
Play the Waste Stream Game on Bruin Walk to learn about which materials can be diverted from landfill! BYOCup for free coffee!
WEDNESDAY JAN. 16
Prizes will be given out at the Waste Reduction and Awareness Workshops from 10AM-4PM at the Court of Sciences so stop by! Learn about ocean plastic pollution, alternatives to single use items, zero waste, sustainable brands & companies, packageless products, & sustainable shopping.
Unravel will also be hosting No More Trashion: How to Combat Textile Waste to discuss the environmental impact of the textile industry.
Trashed and STRAWS Movie Screenings at 7PM on The Hill! Trashed follows actor Jeremy Irons as he investigates the global scale and impact of humanity’s modern wasteful consumerism and pollution. It was officially selected for the Cannes Film Festival where it had its premiere in 2012 and has won 8 awards. Watch the trailer here: www.trashedfilm.com/trailer/
STRAWS is a 32 minute documentary released Spring 2017 about the half a billion non-recyclable plastic straws that get used every day in the U.S., ending up in landfills and on streets and beaches. Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins narrates and turtle researchers, community activists and business owners discuss a sea of change happening, one straw at a time. Watch the trailer here: https://vimeo.com/220521917
THURSDAY JAN. 17
Participate in the SWAP Meet from 10AM-5PM on Bruin Plaza to reduce your waste and carbon footprint in your shopping!
E3 (Ecology, Economy, Equity) will be hosting a DIY Day and
Unravel will be a hosting a clothing upcycling workshop from 10AM-5PM on Bruin Plaza!
Albatross Movie Screening at 7PM on The Hill! Albatross is a powerfully moving love story about birds on Midway Island in the Pacific whose bodies are filled with ocean plastic. This award-winning 97-minute film is offered as a free public artwork. Watch the trailer here: https://vimeo.com/218502282
FRIDAY JAN. 18
Listen to representatives for LA Sanitation, Athens Services, Plastic Pollution Coalition, My Last Plastic Straw, and Bonny Bentzin, Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer in the Tennis Club House from 5-8PM. Raffle winners will be announced at the end of the event! Appetizers will also be served.
ALL WEEK:
Appreciate artwork made by UCLA artists and learn about waste awareness in Kerckhoff Art Gallery starting Monday at 6PM!
Check in at each event to be entered to win prizes at the end of the week!
Collect & Carry
See how much trash you produce by carrying your waste throughout the week!

Waste Awareness Week: Talk to Athens Services and UCLA's Zero Waste Coordinator
2019-01-15 10:00 - 16:00 | CA

Waste Awareness Week: Waste Reduction and Awareness Workshops
2019-01-16 10:00 - 16:00 | CA

Waste Awareness Week: Trashed and Straws Movie Screening
2019-01-16 19:00 - 21:00 | CA

Waste Awareness Week: Swap Meet & DIY Waste Reduction Workshop
2019-01-17 10:00 - 17:00 | CA
