UCLA Sustainability

LA Business Council Annual Sustainability Summit
2017-04-28 07:00 - 14:30 UTC | Getty Center
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21ST CENTURY PUBLIC HEALTH: HOW DO WE BUILD HOMES, INCREASE URBAN DENSITY, AND REDUCE TRAFFIC POLLUTION EXPOSURES?”
2017-04-27 12:00 - 13:00 | CA
April 27, 2017

43-105 CHS (Center for Health Sciences) UCLA

Event

COEH & Dept of Environmental Health Sciences 411 present:
“21st Century Public Health: How Do We Build Homes, Increase Urban Density, and Reduce Traffice Pollution Exposures”
About the lecture: We will try to identify traits of 21st century public health by looking at its past, considering some of the most visible current discoveries and drivers, and discussing one example-housing. California communities legally must provide adequate housing, including affordable housing, while minimizing exposures of occupants to local traffic-related air pollutants. This has become a widespread challenge given: 1. California Air Resources Board (CARB) guidance not to site housing within 500 feet of a high-volume roadway and 2. The strong public policy focus on reducing traffic emissions, especially greenhouse gases, by concentrating development for more location efficient travel and emphasizing infill development (building within the existing development footprint) and transit-oriented development (TOD), particularly in California’s major metropolitan areas. Since many infill residential development locations are near high-volume roadways, and many TODs are located near transit corridors that parallel freeways, residents may be exposed to health risks associated with traffic-related air pollution. Local and regional government agencies must confront these challenges and make decisions to achieve long-term community sustainability objectives, including adequate access to affordable housing, while improving and protecting health.
About the speaker: Dr. Kreutzer is chief of the Division of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control in the California Department of Public Health. Dr. Kreutzer has devoted his career to disease surveillance and prevention. He helped develop a framework for environmental health tracking (a.k.a. surveillance); built better asthma surveillance in the State; studied exposure to molds and mycotoxins from composting, biosolids, or indoor sites with moisture; and helped create a new Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program for California. He has worked with the Strategic Growth Council and Resources Agency to administer an Urban Greening program and has examined health impacts of siting housing near high volume roadways while promoting infill and transit oriented development. Recently, he has convened a team to examine public health impacts from oil and gas development in CA and has assisted the Governor’s Drought Task Force with assessing the public health impacts of California’s drought. As principle investigator for California Breathing, he has helped build an exceptional team that crafted the Strategic Plans for Asthma in California and now coordinates Plan implementation projects. He oversees the Division Emergency Preparedness Team to establish capacity and protocols for chemical emergency response. He has been a reviewer for several environmental health journals, a lecturer at UC Berkeley, and is on the clinical faculty at UCSF. His bachelor’s degree is from the University of Wisconsin, MD degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and epidemiological training from UCLA. Prior to coming to the Health Department, he worked as a family physician and emergency room physician.

21ST CENTURY PUBLIC HEALTH: HOW DO WE BUILD HOMES, INCREASE URBAN DENSITY, AND REDUCE TRAFFIC POLLUTION EXPOSURES?” WITH RICK KREUTZER, MD
2017-04-27 12:00 - 13:00 | 43-105 CHS (Center for Health Sciences) UCLA

E3's Earth Month Speaking Panel
2017-04-26 18:00 - 21:00 | De Neve Plaza Room A/B

Santa Monica College Earth Week
2017-04-25 16:00 - 18:00, 2017-04-22 11:00 - 15:30, 2017-04-20 11:00 - 14:00, 2017-04-19 11:00 - 14:00, 2017-04-18 11:00 - 14:00, 2017-04-17 11:00 - 13:00 | CA

Our National Parks at 100: Confronting Change & Committing to Science
2017-04-23 16:30 - 18:00 | CA
Please join us for our 8th public lecture as Dr. Ray Sauvajot, science director for the US National Park Service discusses the NPS on its 100th birthday.

The UCLA/La Kretz Center in collaboration with Pepperdine University is proud to present a free public lecture with U.S. National Park Service leaders
Dr. Ray Sauvajot
Director
Natural Resource Stewardship and Science
in conversation with
David Szymanski
Superintendent
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

EVENT DETAILS
WHEN
4.23.2017
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM PDT

WHERE
Elkins Auditorium
Pepperdine University
24255 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90263

ATTEND
Event is FREE, but please RSVP
RSVP

March for Science Los Angeles and Science Expo
2017-04-22 09:00 - 16:00 | CA
UCLA Professor Stephanie Pincetl is one of the official speakers at this march focused on support for research.

Science Expo
9:00am-4:00pm
Pershing Square Park

The Science Expo will include:

Interactive demonstrations by Lombardi Labs, Mars Academy USA, and the Independent Investigations Group‘s “Psychic Ability Test”
‍2 Parody Science Songs: “Thermodynamics (The Macro World)” and “Chemists Know” by Shredded Science
Talks on the Misconceptions about dinosaurs by Nerd Nite LA, the importance of science education by LA Makerspace, and how science makes America great, by Michael Shermer

Organizations with booths:
American Lung Association in California · California State University, Los Angeles, Anthropology Department · Caltech Atwater Photovoltaics Group · Caltech Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences · Center for Biological Diversity · Center for Inquiry · Climatepedia · Drive Around the World · Experience Media Consulting · Free Radicals · Independent Investigations Group · Mars Academy USA / Mars Without Borders · Nerd Nite Los Angeles · NextGen Climate · Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles · Safecast · Sierra Club Los Angeles Chapter · Space Geek Productions, LLC · Students For Science · TheLab Inc · The Planetary Society · The Skeptic Society · UCLA Department of Mathematics · 314 Action

Free Radicals

Independent Investigations Group

Skeptics Society

314 Action

Science Kids

Lombardi Labs

GriffinEd

Mars Academy USA

LA Makerspace

Nerd Nite Los Angeles

Shredded Science

Safecast

Meet and Greet
9:00am-9:30am
5th and Hill, ZERO SOUTH Electric Hummer Stage

9:00am
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9:30am

Legislative Meet and Greet

11:00am

ZERO SOUTH Electric Hummers lead the March

Rally Speeches
10:00am-11:00am
Pershing Square Main Stage

Moderator: Amy Hee Kim, MFSLA Organizer
See speaker profiles here.

10:00am
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10:05am

Welcome MFSLA Organizers, Jen and Phillip Wheeler

10:07am
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10:12am

Farisa Morales
Space Exploration and The American Dream

10:14am
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10:19am

Lucy Jones
Reality Matters

10:21am
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10:24am

Representatitve Brad Sherman
Fighting for Science in Congress

10:26am
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10:30am

Joanne Boadi
Why Science Is Important

10:32am
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10:37am

<TBD>

10:39am
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10:44am

Tom Steyer
Protecting the Truth

10:46am
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10:51am

Allison Schroeder
Hidden Figures: The Power of Science in Films

10:53am
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10:58am

MariaElena Zavala
The People’s Science: Working for the Betterment of All

11:00am

Philip Wheeler, MFSLA Organizer
Start March

March to City Hall
11:00am-12:00pm (Noon)
“Call To Action” Speeches
12:00 pm-1:00 pm
City Hall, Zeusvision Mobile Bus Stage

Moderator: Heidy Contreras
See speaker profiles here.

12:00am
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12:10am

WLA Children’s Choir

12:12pm
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12:15pm

Alex Bradley, MFSLA Organizer
Welcome

12:17pm
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12:22pm

Sean Carroll
Democracy and Why the Truth Still Matters

12:24pm
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12:29pm

Nitin Apte
Making Dollars and Sense of Science

12:31pm
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12:36pm

Martha Dina Arguello
How Science Protects our Health and Environment in Southern California

12:38pm
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12:43pm

Stephanie Pincelt
Why Science for Cities Matters

12:45pm
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12:50pm

Michael Batie
The challenge in engaging communities of color in science

12:52pm
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12:57pm

Tepring Piquado
Legislate through Scientific Glasses

1:00pm

Alex Bradley, MFSLA Organizer
Moving Forward

EnrichLA Community Service- Earth Day 2017
2017-04-22 08:30 - 15:00 | CA

Green Screens Film Festival: Gatekeepers of the Arctic
2017-04-21 19:00 - 21:00 | CA
Title: Earth Week & 2017 Green Screens Film Festival
Message:
Learn about environmentalism, climate change, and sustainability through film during the 2017 Earth Week!
UCLA’s Green Screens Film Festival will showcase poignant films on diverse environment and sustainability topics. This year, Green Screens kicked off the film fest with a full-house attendance of the LA Premiere Preview of “The Cat That Changed America” back in March. Get excited for the film lineup we have during Earth Week this month!

All films screenings are FREE and opened to the public with RSVP;
Enjoy FREE refreshments & wine served before films;
Q&A with the Directors after the films;
GIVEAWAYS & Raffles

Where:

UCLA James Bridges Theater (for April 18th and 20th) & Patagonia Santa Monica Store (for April 21st)

Time:

Doors open 7:00pm; film starts 7:30pm

Lineup:

Tuesday, April 18th, 2017: The Age of Consequences – RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/green-screens-the-age-of-consequences-tickets-32906133130
Thursday, April 20th, 2017: Death by Design – RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/green-screens-death-by-design-tickets-32906276559 (Q&A with Director Sue Williams)
Friday, April 21st: SILA & the Gatekeepers of the Arctic – RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/green-screens-finale-at-patagonia-sila-and-the-gatekeepers-of-the-arctic-tickets-32906369838 (@ PATAGONIA Santa Monica Store, featuring complimentary refreshments from Patagonia Provisions, and Q&A with Director Corina Gamma)

Green Screens Film Festival: Death by Design
2017-04-20 19:00 - 21:00 | CA

4th Annual Impact Week At Anderson: Investing for Impact
2017-04-20 11:30 - 12:30 | CA
DESCRIPTION

Purpose by itself is little more than an aspiration. Combine purpose with profit and you have sustainable and fulfilling successes in the business world. And yes, it is possible.
Come learn and embrace how to make your own business future more purposeful without foregoing the general market measures of success and profit. Impact Week, hosted by UCLA Anderson Net Impact from April 17th through April 20th, is geared to inspire and educate current students, alumni, the public, and working professionals who are interested in utilizing their skills – developed across industries and at Anderson – to make an impact. The days are filled with exciting speakers and events with specific themes:
April 14th – Energy Innovation Conference

Presented by the Energy Management Group, separate registration here

April 17th – Profit and Social Goods

10AM – 11:30AM Keynote and Reception with Christopher Gavigan, Co-Founder of The Honest Company
11:30AM – 12:30PM Leveraging Private Sector Lessons for Impact in Education Panel
Distinguished Speaker: Christine McCarthy, CFO of The Walt Disney Company, separate registration here

April 18th – Impact Across Careers

11:30AM – 1PM Diversity@Work: A Deloitte Inclusion Workshop
5PM – 7PM D4X: A Networking Mixer

April 19th – Designing Inclusive Systems

11:30AM – 12:30PM Blockchain: An Introduction and Implications for Impact
5PM – 7PM Models of Impact Design Workshop

April 20th – Investing for Impact

11:30AM – 12:30PM Investing in Affordable Housing in Los Angeles
5:30PM – 8PM Keynote and Reception: Jennifer Kenning, Founder and CEO of Align Impact

April 21st – Impactathon: An Interactive Workshop for Social Entrepreneurs

Presented by Impact@Anderson, separate registration here

So come join us and get ready to make an impact!

E3's Earth Day Fair at UCLA
2017-04-20 10:00 - 14:00 | CA

Municipal Green Building Conference and Expo
2017-04-20 08:00 - 17:00 | CA
Join us at #MGBCE2017 on April 20th, 2017.
The U.S Green Building Council Los Angeles Chapter (USGBC-LA) Municipal Green Building Conference and Expo (MGBCE) is the longest running annual green building event in Southern California. The conference attracts a wide variety of building industry disciplines, including municipalities, utilities, public agencies, architects, engineers, building owners, contractors, non-profits, and manufacturers. All of these groups are working together to create connected cities that succeed in the three E’s: Economic, Environmental, and Equity solutions. You may view the full MGBCE 2017 Press Release here.
Registration: https://seminars.socalgas.com/iebms/coe/coe_p2_details.aspx?eventid=38952&oc=01&cc=coe

Sixth Annual SBC Industry Achievement Awards
2017-04-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Moss Theater at New Roads School, 3131 Olympic Blvd., ., Santa Monica, California, 90404, United States
https://sustainablebc.org/events/sixth_annual_sbc_industry_achievement_awards.html
Sixth Annual SBC Industry Achievement Awards
Wednesday, April 19, 2017, 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. SBC Industry Achievement Awards Celebration
In Partnership With:

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Celebrate Earth Day Week with a fun and festive reception and award’s celebration presented at
The Moss Theatre at New Roads School at
The Herb Alpert Educational Village
3131 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica, California 90404
Buy Tickets Now HERE!
Apply for the People’s-Choice Judged #SBCAwards HERE!
Deadline to apply for the #SBCAwards-April 1st!
Announcing inspirational remarks and award presenter:

Moby
Musician & Activist
The event also features remarks from this year’s honorees:

Van Jones
Founder and President
the Dream Corps
CNN Political Commentator

Kabira Stokes
CEO
Homeboy Recycling

Mike Sullivan
Owner
LAcarGUY

Bob Goldberg
CEO & Founder
Follow Your Heart

Buy Tickets, Tables and Tribute Ads Now!

Sustainable Business Consultant
Zero Waste Event Expert Extraordinaire

Sara Renshaw
Founder
Green Life Consulting

Also featuring local fare from top restaurateurs to be voted on during the SBC’s People’s Choice Award: Sustainable Restaurant competition.

The awards reception and ceremony salutes and spotlights Southern California companies working daily to create sustainably focused products and services that reduce ecological impact.
For the Sixth Annual SBC Industry Achievement Awards the following awards will be presented.

4th Annual Impact Week at Anderson: Designing Inclusive Systems
2017-04-19 11:30 - 12:30 | CA

Green Screens Film Festival: The Age of Consequences
2017-04-18 19:00 - 21:00 | CA

4th Annual Impact Week at Anderson: Impact Across Careers
2017-04-18 11:30 - 13:00 | CA

Environmental Health Sustainability Fair
2017-04-17 11:30 - 13:30 | Kerckhoff Grand Salon, 308 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Environmental Health Sustainability Fair
April 17 @ 11:30am-1:30pm
Kerckoff Grand Salon
Please save the date for the Environmental Health Sustainability Fair on Monday, April 17th in the Kerckhoff Grand Salon! This event is brought to you by the UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative and the Environmental Health Sciences Students Association. We invite students from different disciplines across campus to learn about the meaning of environmental health and how to make their own environment healthier in a sustainable way. There will be four booths focusing on different topics – air, water, food, and personal care products. Each booth will involve a fun and educational activity, and we will provide lunch and an exciting giveaway for the students who attend. There will also be other student groups tabling at the event, so it will be a great opportunity to network. We look forward to seeing you there! v

4th Annual Impact Week at Anderson: Profit and Social Goods
2017-04-17 10:00 - 12:30 | CA

Net Zero 2017: Energy + Water + Waste
2017-04-16 08:00 - 17:00 | IBEW Net Zero Plus Facility 6023 Garfield Ave Commerce, CA 90040, 6023 Garfield Ave , Commerce, California, 90040, United States
Net Zero 2017
The Net Zero Conference, Energy + Water + Waste, is the nation’s largest event dedicated to net zero building design. Attendee registration has nearly doubled in each of its first three years, thereby showing the building industry’s increasing interest in a net zero future. Verdical Group, the conference organizer, is projecting the host venue to be at capacity again with 600 attendees for the fourth annual event in August 2017.
The conference will include a full program of net zero case study presentations from nationally leading AEC firms, two panels, an exhibitor table expo, and high quality networking opportunities. The conference draws a wide array of high level decision makers and will also provide five Continuing Education Units for AIA, USGBC, and LFA professional credential holders.
The conference will be held at IBEW’s Net Zero Plus facility in Commerce, CA. This is a living laboratory complete with a massive solar array and microgrid. The facility produces more energy than it uses annually – making it one of the few net positive energy structures in California. Tours of the facility will also be given at the conference – more information will be announced closer to event day.
Continuing Education Units
5 AIA Units
5 GBCI Units
5 LFA Units
Schedule
7:00 AM — 8:00 AM (1 hr): Registration, Breakfast, Networking, and Exhibitor Tables
8:00 AM — 10:30 AM (2 hr 30 mins): Welcome and Speaker Sessions
10:30 AM — 11:00 AM (30 mins): Coffee Break, Networking, and Exhibitor Tables
11:00 AM — 12:00 PM (1 hr): Panel 1
12:00 PM — 1:00 PM (1 hr): Lunch
1:00 PM — 3:00 PM (2 hrs): Speaker Sessions / Panel 2
3:00 PM — 5:00 PM (2 hrs): Facility Tours / Happy Hour
Premier Sponsor

Please visit the Conference website for more information:
www.verdicalgroup.com/net-zero-2017
FREE on-site parking provided by IBEW. Carpooling is highly encouraged.

BioBlitz 2017 at UCLA
2017-04-14 09:00 - 12:00 | The Nest @ Mildred Mathias Botanical Garde, 777 Tiverton Ave , Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
Which city has the most nature and the most nature lovers?

In partnership with UCLA’s Sustainable L.A. Grand Challenge, the City Nature Challenge 2017 (April 14-18) will help us find out! Just in time for National Citizen Science Day (April 15) and Earth Day (April 22), 16 U.S. cities are asking residents of these urban areas to explore nature all around them and document the species they find. You’ll be amazed at the biodiversity of plants, animals, fungi, and other organisms living in our midst!
Using the iNaturalist app, groups of participants and experts will conduct a campus BioBlitz – an intense period of biological surveying to record all the living species within an area. We will explore Sage Hill, the Mildred B. Mathias Botanical Garden, and the central area of campus. Just bring your smart phone or camera and your curiosity. No previous experience necessarry.
In addtion to making UCLA and Los Angeles look good in this competition, you’ll learn how your organization can use the iNaturalist platform to conduct or contribute to future research projects. Such work will improve the resilience of our local ecosystems in this era of climate change and the need for public support of the sciences. For environmental educators or green space professionals, learn an easy way to engage the community in connecting with nature!
For fun, please consider wearing plant or animal prints to the event.

Energy Innovation Conference
2017-04-14 08:00 - 17:00 | CA
Save the date for UCLA Anderson Energy Innovation Conference
Last year’s conference: http://www.energyinnovationconference.com/

Steering Connected and Automated Mobility in the Right Direction: The 10th Annual UCLA Downtown Los Angeles Forum on Transportation, Land Use and the Environment
2017-04-13 08:00 - 15:00 | California Endowment, 1000 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
Steering Connected and Automated Mobility in the Right Direction
The 10th Annual UCLA Downtown Los Angeles Forum on Transportation, Land Use and the Environment
Thursday, April 13
8:00 am – 3:00 pm
California Endowment Center for Healthy Communities
Click here to register
This 10th Annual Downtown Los Angeles Forum will focus on practical limitations and concerns of connected and automated vehicle technology. How can policymakers and stakeholders prepare the network and our current transportation system for this next technology wave? New technologies have and will continue to shape the future of transportation. Communities are seeing technology enabled mobility on the ground with on-demand ridesharing and bikesharing. People also understand how technology enhancements can improve the system for policy makers and travelers with real-time transit arrival information, dynamically-priced parking spaces and managed highway lanes. These changes did bring real improvements to people, but are these improvements accessible to everyone? Or may they further exacerbate current inequities in our transportation system?
The conference speakers will tackle important questions including what will the likely decades-long period look like when conventional, connected and automated vehicles all need to interact? What investments should cities be prepared to make to maximize the benefits of vehicle connectivity? How can and should public policy makers interact with largely private industry to steer the transformation in the direction of current policy while ensuring the benefits are fairly distributed?
We need to prepare now for this next revolution no matter when connected and automated vehicles reach widespread adoption. These technologies hold promise to positively contribute to concerns about traveler safety, greenhouse gas emissions and continued increasing demands on the transportation system. But, these promises are not likely to be kept if policymakers cannot proactively address how to steer their adoption in the right direction. The speakers represent a mix of practice and research and the audience can expect a thought-provoking event.
8:00 – 8:30 Breakfast
8:30 – 9:00 Setting the stage: How Connected and Automated Technologies May Shape our Future

Lauren Issac, 2015 William Barclay Parsons Fellow, EasyMile

9:00 – 10:30 Practical Limitations and Concerns with Connected and Automated Technology
Practical concerns and questions abound with the onslaught of this new technology. When will we know if this technology is safe? Who is liable if the technology fails? How will the technology be designed to prevent cyber security attacks? What may be the behavioral response from travelers? This panel presents three speakers discussing how the roll-out of this technology may play out among these real and practical concerns.
Moderator: Madeline Brozen, UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies

“Vehicle miles traveled and greenhouse gas emissions” Chris Ganson, California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
“Getting the policies in place to support the triple revolution” Susie Pike, UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies
“Tort law and vehicle automation” Maya Buenaventura, RAND Corporation

10:45 – 12:15 Preparing our expectations for travelers and the network
Previous technological improvements required little investment from the public sector to operate. This transformation is different as it will require upgrades to traffic signals and other roadside equipment. What are the costs associated with these upgrades? Can current projects be delivered differently now to achieve economies of scale with future improvements? How should long-range transportation plans and other policy documents prepare for these changes?
Moderator: Juan Matute, UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies

“Assessing network and policy readiness” Veronica Siranosian, AECOM
“Planning now for future change” Eric Shaw, Washington D.C Office of Planning
“Costing out connected infrastructure” Sam Morrissey, Iteris

12:15 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 2:45 What is a city to do? Discussing future on-the-ground direction
We will close the event with a discussion with leaders in the field to discuss how connected and automated vehicle technology can be interwoven into the future vision for Los Angeles and cities across the United States.
Moderated by: Jessica Meaney, Investing in Place

Ashley Hand, CityFi
Corinne Kisner, NACTO
Lauren Issac, EasyMile

2:45 Closing remarks

Brian Taylor, UCLA

3:00 – 4:00 Networking reception

Location
California Endowment Center for Healthy Communities
1000 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Professionals in Environmental Sustainability Roundtable
2017-04-12 18:00 - 20:30 | Luskin School of Public Affairs, room 2355, UCLA
Professionals in Environmental Sustainability Roundtable

Wednesday, April 12 | 6-8:30pm – RSVP https://envsusrt.eventbrite.com
Each year, the Los Angeles Chapter hosts an annual mentor roundtable held for students and young professionals to interact with professionals in an informal speed-networking format.
Confirmed mentors include (more to be announced):
· Jerilyn Lopez-Mendoza, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Deputy Director of Public Participation
· Jon Davidson, Aspen Environmental Group, Vice President
· Victoria Hsu MPP ’14, Sapphos Environmental, Air Quality Specialist
· Marie Campbell, Sapphos Environmental, President
· Jessica Bremner MA UP ’10, Kounkuey Design Initiative, Program Director
Light meal will be provided.
RSVP to https://envsusrt.eventbrite.com

M. Kravčík: Restoring Watersheds for Severe Climate Protection
2017-04-11 19:00 - 21:30 | TreePeople
An Evening with Michal Kravčík: (Slovakian Hydrologist, Engineer, Goldman Prize Winner and Ashoka Fellow)
Watershed Restoration Can Protect Us from Severe Climate Impacts
We’ll explore together, employing Michal’s deep global expertise, the development of major new local initiatives and innovations of TreePeople, Kiss the Ground, the Council for Watershed Health, and the County and City of Los Angeles to protect our communities from the extreme climate impacts of drought, long term water shortages, increasing fatal heat events, flooding, and wildfires.
Michal Kravčík, Dipl Ing. PhD. is a founding member and Chairman of the NGO People And Water in his native Slovakia. Dr. Kravčík is a noted practical activist, promoting awareness and urging the restoration of vital natural water cycles needed to address global climate change effectively. In his work throughout the globe he has illustrated how disruptions to small land-based water cycles in particular, relate to many increasingly observed effects of climate change, including droughts, floods, erosion, wildfires, extreme weather events, and sea level rise. Most importantly, Dr. Kravčík has a track record of fostering action that demonstrates his theories; from creating and managing complete programs to assisting with conceptual integration, ongoing directional guidance and/or specific technical consulting for ongoing projects. Dr. Kravčík is accomplished in many areas, including as water management engineer (graduated at the Civil Engineering Faculty of Slovak Technical University, Slovakia), hydrologist, consultant, teacher, sustainable program developer, author and speaker/lecturer. He began his professional career working for eight years at the Slovak Academy of Sciences before spending several years consulting on urban storm water management practices and projects primarily in Košice (Slovakia’s second largest city).
