Farmers Market at UCLA
2018-01-17 14:00 - 18:00, 2018-01-31 14:00 - 18:00, 2018-02-14 14:00 - 18:00, 2018-02-28 14:00 - 18:00 UTC | Bruin Plaza

BruinTech Monthly Brown Bag: Search for the Super Battery
2018-01-18 12:00 - 13:00 | Math Sciences Virtualization Portal 5628 Math Sciences, 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Join us for our first Brown Bag of 2018!
Meet Maher El-Kady, Postdoctoral Research Associate from UCLA’s Kaner Lab and Chief Technology Officer of Nanotech Energy. He will discuss a smart city utilizing renewable energy sources such as solar and wind to produce electricity, an energy that is stored in batteries or hydrogen to run eco-friendly cars, consumer electronics, etc.
Imagine a world where you could charge your smart phone in just few minutes. Same goes for laptops, power tools, medical devices, even electric cars. Then imagine that instead of traditional batteries that run out of juice very quickly, you used long-lasting energy storage systems that can last three times longer on a single charge. That is just a snapshot of a world charged by Graphene Super battery. In this talk, I will highlight our activities at Nanotech Energy, Inc., in turning graphene and other nanomaterials research into safer, durable and more powerful batteries. I will also talk about our most recent discovery of a device that can use solar energy to inexpensively and efficiently create and store energy, which could be used to power electronic devices, and to create hydrogen fuel for eco-friendly cars. This 3-in-1 device paves the way for fabricating technologically useful multifunctional devices that need only sun light to operate. The results are very promising and can be considered an important step towards more sustainable development.
About Nanotech Energy
Nanotech Energy, Inc., was formed in 2014 to move cutting-edge research on graphene-based energy storage devices developed at UCLA to the marketplace. Graphene has been hailed as the wonder material of the 21st Century, and Nanotech Energy is harnessing its properties to revolutionize the way we power our world. The technology Nanotech Energy is developing will create real-world benefits, from helping develop more cost-efficient, environmentally-friendly personal electronic devices to creating a more efficient way to harness renewable energy. Nanotech Energy owns more than 27 patent families covering all aspects from graphene production to applications in batteries, supercapacitors, printed electronics, and conductive adhesives. Prototypes have already been created and an operational factory is in development.
This is a Brown Bag, so please feel free to bring your lunch.
And your questions!

Center for Diverse Leadership in Science: Inaugural Social: Panel Discussion with Diverse Scientists
2018-01-18 17:30 - 19:00 | Mathmatical Science Building Room 7124
Hey, Bruins!
Who is a scientist, and how did I become one? Come join the Center for Diverse Leadership in Science (CDLS) for a panel discussion with UCLA scientists from a range of backgrounds on their career paths and the importance of inclusivity. During the event our panelists will field questions from the audience. Please RSVP!
Featuring:
David H. Gonzalez, Moderator, Graduate student in Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences.
Marilyn Raphael, Professor in the Geography Department
Stephanie Pincetl, Director of the California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA.
Jesse Bloom Bateman, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Institute for the Environment and Sustainability.

CDLS is focused on increasing diversity in STEM fields, to tackle the myriad challenges humanity currently faces. If you would like to stay up to date with our activities, visit the CDLS website and sign up for our mailing list.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email: cdls.ucla@gmail.com.
See you on the 18th!
CDLS Leadership Team
P.S. – Don’t forget to RSVP!

E3- Ecology, Economy, Equity- Student Organization Fair at UCLA
2018-01-24 11:00 - 14:00 | Dickson Court North
Come out to the first ever E3 Fair! Learn about our 9 campaigns and how E3 is making a difference on the UCLA campus. This is a great opportunity to get more involved in UCLA’s sustainability efforts.
These campaigns include:
– Sustainable Clothing
– Fair Trade
– Garden Mentorship
– Zero Waste
– Earth Month
– Farmers Market
– Water Conservation
– DIG: Campus Garden Coalition
– Coastalong (formerly Ecochella)
There will be free giveaways and a chance to win some awesome prizes!

Collective Impact 2018: Share Your Truth, Series #1
2018-01-24 18:00 - 20:00 | Buro Happold Engineering, 800 Wilshire Blvd, 16th Floor, Los Angeles, CA
Join us as we continue our Collective Impact speaker series in 2018.
We’re tackling subjects from the climate crisis, resilience, health and wellness, diversity and inclusion, to equity, economy and environment and much more.
We’ve assembled forward-thinking thought leaders for a discussion on our collective impact on Los Angeles and beyond.
Panelists:
Hilary Firestone, NRDC
Neelam Sharma, Veggie Bus/Community Services Unlimited
Stanford Barnes, Global Green
Sissy Trinh, Southeast Asian Community Alliance
Oscar Monge, Trust South LA
Jessica McBride, Open Silo
Jessica Meaney, Investing In Place
Maya Henderson, Kilroy Realty
Anthony Brower, Gensler
David Herd, BuroHappold
Mandi Roberts, Koning Eizenberg
Adam Friedberg, BuroHappold
Richard Ludt, Interior Removal Specialist Inc
Alma Wagner, Bernards
Holly Hill, Southern California Edison
Please note parking is not validated in the building

HOLDING FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES LIABLE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE HARMS IN CALIFORNIA: LAW, SCIENCE, AND JUSTICE
2018-01-25 17:15 - 20:30 | Fowler Museum
Please join the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Emmett Institute for:
Holding Fossil Fuel Companies Liable for Climate Change Harms in California: Law, Science, and Justice
Reception and Panel Discussion – Please Register

Thursday, January 25, 2018
Opening reception: 5:15 P.M. PST
Panel begins: 6:00 P.M. PST
The Union of Concerned Scientists and the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law invite you to a stimulating conversation exploring whether and how the fossil fuel industry can be held liable for the harms climate change is inflicting on communities.
The event is free, but registration is required. Please register today to attend in person or to receive more information on joining the live webcast.
Speakers:
* Peter Frumhoff, director of science and policy, Union of Concerned Scientists
* Ann Carlson, Shirley Shapiro professor of environmental law, and inaugural faculty director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, UCLA School of Law
* Honorable Serge Dedina, mayor of Imperial Beach, California, and executive director of the nonprofit organization Wildcoast
* Alex Hall, professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and director of the Center for Climate Change Solutions at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity - Luskin Center for Innovation Event
2018-01-25 18:00 - 20:00 | Luskin School of Public Affairs, room 2355, UCLA
Reception, Presentation, Panel Discussion, Author Q&A, and Book Signing.
Author and main speaker: Sandra Postel
Moderator: Mark Gold, UCLA
Panelists: Rita Kampalath, Los Angeles County Chief Sustainability Office; Omar Moghaddam, GeoEnvironment Technologies, Advantek International
About the book:
We have disrupted the natural water cycle for centuries in an effort to control water for our own prosperity. Yet every year, recovery from droughts and floods costs billions of dollars, and we spend billions more on dams, diversions, levees, and other feats of engineering. These massive projects not only are risky financially and environmentally, they often threaten social and political stability. What if the answer was not further control of the water cycle, but repair and replenishment?
Sandra Postel takes readers around the world to explore water projects that work with, rather than against, nature’s rhythms. In New Mexico, forest rehabilitation is safeguarding drinking water; along the Mississippi River, farmers are planting cover crops to reduce polluted runoff; and in China, “sponge cities” are capturing rainwater to curb urban flooding.
Efforts like these will be essential as climate change disrupts both weather patterns and the models on which we base our infrastructure. We will be forced to adapt. The question is whether we will continue to fight the water cycle or recognize our place in it and take advantage of the inherent services nature offers. Water, Postel writes, is a gift, the source of life itself. How will we use this greatest of gifts?
About the author:
Sandra Postel directs the independent Global Water Policy Project and lectures, writes and consults on global water issues. In 2010 she was appointed Freshwater Fellow of the National Geographic Society. Sandra is co-creator of Change the Course, the national water stewardship initiative awarded the 2017 US Water Prize for restoring billions of gallons of water to depleted rivers and wetlands.
During 2000-2008, Sandra was visiting senior lecturer in Environmental Studies at Mount Holyoke College, and late in that term directed the college’s Center for the Environment. From 1988 until 1994, she was vice president for research at the Worldwatch Institute. Sandra is a Pew Scholar in Conservation and the Environment, and has been named one of the Scientific American 50, an award recognizing contributions to science and technology.
A leading authority and prolific author on international water issues, Sandra has been hailed for her “inspiring, innovative and practical approach” to promoting the preservation and sustainable use of freshwater. She is author of Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity (Island Press, 2017), Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last? and of Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity, chosen by Choice magazine as a 1993 Outstanding Academic Book. Last Oasis appears in eight languages and was the basis for a 1997 PBS documentary. Sandra’s article “Troubled Waters,” was selected for inclusion in the 2001 edition of Best American Science and Nature Writing. She is also co-author (with Brian Richter) of Rivers for Life: Managing Water for People and Nature (Island Press 2003). Sandra co-founded and regularly contributes to National Geographic’s freshwater blog, Water Currents.
Sandra has authored more than 100 articles for popular and scholarly publications, including Science, Natural History, Scientific American, Foreign Policy, Ecological Applications, Technology Review, Environmental Science and Technology, International Wildlife, and Water Alternatives. She has written some 20 op-ed features that have appeared in more than 30 newspapers in the United States and abroad, including The New York Times, the L.A. Time, and The Washington Post. A frequent conference speaker and lecturer, she has also served as commentator on CNN’s Futurewatch, addressed the European Parliament on environmental issues, and appeared on CBS Sunday Morning, ABC’s Nightline, and NPR’s Science Friday. She also appears in the BBC’s Planet Earth, Leonardo DiCaprio’s The 11th Hour, and the National Geographic Channel’s Breakthrough series.
Sandra is Water Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute, and has served as advisor to the Division on Earth and Life Studies of the U.S. National Research Council, as well as to American Rivers. She has served on the Board of Directors of the International Water Resources Association, and on the editorial boards of Ecosystems, Water Policy, and Green Futures. She received a B.A. (summa cum laude) in geology and political science at Wittenberg University and an M.E.M. with emphasis on resource economics and policy at Duke University. Sandra has been awarded several honorary Doctor of Science degrees, as well as the Duke University School of Environment’s Distinguished Alumni Award.

Good Food Institute - Plant based meat
2018-01-29 18:00 - 19:00 | Bunche Hall 3157, http://maps.ucla.edu/campus/?locid=130
***Come join us and try the highly-acclaimed ahimi–a raw “tuna” made completely from plants!***
Are you interested in learning about new developments in cheap, ethical ways to feed our growing population? It’s time to talk about food.
Veg Bruins and E3 are very excited to host Aylon Steinhart of The Good Food Institute to discuss current problems posed by industrialized animal agriculture, and how clean and plant-based meat companies and entrepreneurs are solving these issues while experiencing tremendous business success.
These companies are making clean and plant-based alternatives to meat that look, cook, and taste like the real thing, and you will have a chance to taste for yourself.
We’ll also have samples from Soylent, Imperfect Produce, and Bobo’s Oat Bars!

Food Studies Graduate Certificate Program 2018 Open House
2018-01-30 12:00 - 13:30 | Public Affairs 3333
Applications for the Food Studies Graduate Certificate Program are now open! Completed applications are due Friday, February 16th. If you would like to learn more about the program or ask questions about the application process please join us for an Open House on Tuesday, January 30th.

Tuesday, January 30th
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
3333 Public Affairs
LUNCH PROVIDED! Stop by, chat, ask questions, and enjoy some food. Your RSVP is not required but highly recommended so we are sure to have enough for everyone!
For more information about the certificate program visit our website, http://luskin.ucla.edu/food-studies-certificate-program, or email us at food@luskin.ucla.edu

Careers in Food Studies
2018-01-31 17:00 - 19:00 | Luskin School of Public Affairs, room 2355, UCLA
Love Food Studies, but are unsure of how it translates into a profession? Join us for an upcoming event, “Careers in Food Studies”, where you may explore the world of food studies as a profession and have the opportunity to engage with key experts in diverse food related fields. In attendance will be a dynamic group of working professionals whose scope of expertise and practice lie within food science, nutrition, non-profit, academia, policy, and sustainability.
When: Wednesday, January 31st – 5:00pm-7:00pm
Where: Public Affairs, Room 2355
If you wish to attend, please complete the form below!

Energy Policy Panel
2018-01-31 18:30 - 20:00 | Boelter Hall – Penthouse, UCLA
Renewable Energy Association and Environment California are partnering for a Renewable Energy Policy Panel on campus at Boelter Penthouse on the evening of January 31st.
The panel will be moderated by UCLA’s Chief Sustainability Officer, who is modernizing the university’s energy infrastructure to be more environmentally sustainable, and will feature experts in California state policy and renewable energy technologies. Students from all years and majors are welcome to come learn about how developments in renewable energy technologies are affecting public policy in California, and vice versa.
With climate change already affecting us in the form of droughts, superstorms, wildfires and more, a frank discussion about the path away from fossil fuels toward renewable energy sources like wind, solar, and geothermal is extremely pertinent. Bruins will be among those shaping policy, building renewable energy infrastructure, and discovering new technologies that can stop the worst effects of climate change, and ensuring our society is not reliant on dangerous fuel sources.
California has already been a leader in creating policies to fight climate change, such as pioneering the Million Solar Roofs Initiative, requiring power companies to increase their use of renewables, and much more. We will talk about past laws and initiatives, current proposals, and challenges that lie ahead of us in the transition to a renewable energy economy.
Come join us for education, career inspiration, and honest discussion. Details below.
Moderator: Nurit Katz, Chief Sustainability Officer at UCLA
Panelists:
– La Ronda Bowen, Ombudsman for CARB
– Ryan Snyder, Principal of Active Transportation at Transpo Group
– Kelly Trumbull, Researcher at Luskin Center for Innovation

Edible Feminisms: Gender, Waste, and Metabolism - Center for Study of Women Event
2018-02-01 16:00 - 18:00 | UCLA Luskin Conference Center, 425 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Activists and scholars will offer live reflections on how the past lurks in our shared food future, and what to do about it.
FEATURED PANELISTS
Food justice and food waste activists:
Tanya Fields (Founder and Executive Director, The BLK Project)
Lisa “Tiny” Gray-Garcia (Co-Editor, Poor Magazine; author of Criminal of Poverty: Growing Up Homeless in America)
Rick Nahmias (Founder and Executive Director, Food Forward LA)
Award-winning scholars:
Heather Paxson (Professor of Anthropology, MIT; author of The Life of Cheese: Crafting Food and Value in America)
Kyla Wazana Tompkins (Associate Professor of English and Gender and Women’s Studies, Pomona College; author of Racial Indigestion: Eating Bodies in the 19th Century)

DATE: Thursday, February 1, 2018
TIME: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM. Reception to follow.
LOCATION: Luskin Conference Center, UCLA
Free and open to the public.
Register: https://uclacsw.submittable.com/submit/102504/free-registration-edible-feminisms-panel

This panel is part of Edible Feminisms: On Discard, Waste and Metabolism, a project organized by CSW Adjunct Assistant Professors Sarah Tracy and Rachel Vaughn.
Edible Feminisms will culminate in a special issue of the journal Food, Culture, and Society. Contributors to the special issue will gather for a private writing workshop following the public panel.
This project was inspired by Dr. Kyla Wazana Tompkins‘ framing of “critical eating studies” in her award-winning Racial Indigestion (New York University Press, 2012) and reflects on the ways in which American Studies, Food Studies, Sensory Studies, Science & Technology Studies, and Postcolonial Studies are speaking to one another. Through the promptings of food science popularization, culinary tourism, food waste, sustainability, and access debates, questions of race, identity, and pleasure are currently as germane as the science of obesity/diabetes, allergy, and chemical exposure. Rather than separate such strands, we wish to forward the proposition of “critical eating studies” through explorations of the theme of Re(Value). How do individuals, companies, and policy-makers deploy science (e.g., evolutionary, genetic, molecular) to do the work of differentiation—where differentiation is an expression of value, whether ethnic, cultural, distinction, or brand? How do such actors center science in their route to positive futures? In other words, how is latent capacity transformed into new sources of value and to what benefit, and through which kinds of violence? How does making explicit the materiality, politics, and symbolism of eating (a mutual, subjective, and intractable affair), as feminist and queer critical practice, help illuminate such questions and to what ends?

Panel Details

NEAREST AVAILABLE PARKING: Parking Structure 8 (enter via Westwood Plaza)
REGISTER: https://uclacsw.submittable.com/submit/102504/free-registration-edible-feminisms-panel

THIS IS A FRAGRANCE-FREE EVENT. For the health and safety of all attendees, please avoid wearing products that contain fragrances when attending CSW events. Such products include: perfumes, hair products, deodorants, detergents, etc. For more information, visit our Events Accessibility Page: https://csw.ucla.edu/event-accessibility.
If you require accommodations in order for this event to be accessible to you (e.g., sign language interpretation, large print materials, etc.), please contact CSW at csw@csw.ucla.edu at least two weeks prior to the event.

Co-sponsored by:
Luskin Endowment for Thought Leadership
Food Studies Graduate Certificate Program
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
Institute of American Cultures
Iris Cantor – UCLA Women’s Health Center
Department of History
Institute for Society and Genetics
Backed by Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Division of Social Sciences

Hammer Museum: Los Angeles and 100% Renewable Energy
2018-02-07 19:30 - 21:00 | Hammer Museum
Part of the series Future L.A.: Engineering a Sustainable Supercity

Los Angeles and 100% Renewable Energy

WEDNESDAY FEB 7, 2018 7:30PM

In 2016, the Los Angeles City Council tasked the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power with determining how the city can achieve a clean energy future.
Part of an ongoing nationwide conversation, this panel examines L.A.’s bold efforts to shift the megacity from fossil fuels to a renewable energy future. Featuring Angelina Galiteva, founder and board president of the Renewables 100 Policy Institute; Richard Wirz, professor at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science; Nancy Sutley, Chief Sustainability and Economic Development Officer at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power; and David Hochschild, Commissioner at the California Energy Commission.

ATTENDING THIS PROGRAM?
ALL HAMMER PROGRAMS ARE FREE
Location: Billy Wilder Theater
Ticketing: Tickets are required and available at the Box Office one hour before the program. General admission tickets are available one per person on a first come, first served basis following member ticketing. Early arrival is recommended.
Member Benefit: Members receive priority ticketing (until 15 minutes before the program) by skipping the general admission line and can choose their seats, subject to availability.
Parking: Under the museum, $6 flat rate after 6 p.m. Cash only.
Food and drink may not be carried into the Billy Wilder Theater. Read our food, bag check, and photo policies.

All Hammer public programs are free and made possible by a major gift from an anonymous donor.
Generous support is also provided by Susan Bay Nimoy and Leonard Nimoy, Good Works Foundation and Laura Donnelley, The Samuel Goldwyn Foundation, an anonymous donor, and all Hammer members.
Public programs advancing social justice are presented by the Ford Foundation.
Digital presentation of Hammer public programs is made possible by the Billy and Audrey L. Wilder Foundation.

Free Citrus Market
2018-02-13 11:00 - 16:00 | Bruin Plaza
We will be giving out FREE seedless oranges kindly provided by Food Forward, a non-profit organization in Socal that fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people in need. So come down pick up an orange or two and learn more about how you can join us in the battle against food insecurity both in the campus and community at large!

LACI Event: Uber and Sustainability
2018-02-15 16:00 - 18:00 | La Kretz Innovation Campus, 525 South Hewitt Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90013
DESCRIPTION

Adam Gromis is Uber’s global lead on sustainability and environmental impact. Adam will give a brief presentation on Uber’s current sustainability efforts and future plans, followed by an open discussion with the audience.
4PM – 5PM Presentation and Q&A
5PM – 6PM Cocktail Reception
Use code LACIUber for $20 off two trips (two trips must occure on 2/15/2018 or from LACI).

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DATE AND TIME

Thu, February 15, 2018
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM PST
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LOCATION

La Kretz Innovation Campus
525 South Hewitt Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
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Organizer:Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator
Organizer of Uber + Sustainability

The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) is a private nonprofit founded by the City of Los Angeles to accelerate the commercialization of clean technologies in the region. Located in the center of the City’s Cleantech Corridor, LACI offers flexible office space, CEO coaching and mentoring, and access to a robust network of experts and capital. Incubated companies operate in a range of sectors including Smart Grid infrastructure, energy efficiency, energy storage, electric transportation, and materials science. LACI works closely with the region’s universities, business community, government institutions, capital markets and utilities to foster innovation and to grow the region’s green economy.

IMPACT @Anderson: Spotlight on Poverty and Inequality
2018-02-20 16:30 - 18:00
DESCRIPTION

Hear from Anuradha and Dhimant Parekh, founders of The Better India.
In conversation with Max Schorr, Co-Founder and CEO, GOOD Inc.
The Better India
Anuradha & Dhimant Parekh are founders of Asia’s largest solutions-based media platform, The Better India (www.thebetterindia.com), which reaches out to over 30 million unique people very month. The Better India was started to fill the gap that exists in the media spectrum of India where all the focus is on the negative and sensational news. They believe that while it is important to highlight what is broken in the country, it is equally critical to show people what is working. As a result of this endeavour, today millions of Indians are inspired to actively participate in change rather than just passively complain.
With their constructive and problem-solving approach to journalism, they have been able to drive massive impact on the ground. From bringing light to a remote village in India to bringing water in one of the most drought-prone regions of the country, they have focused on sustainable change by using the power of storytelling and the large community they have organically built. You can read a few of their impact stories here.
GOOD
Max Schorr is co-founder and chairman of GOOD, a Los Angeles-based media company focused on creative solutions for living well and doing good. He helped develop the editorial vision for GOOD Magazine and the Choose GOOD campaign and co-founded GOODcorps. Schorr researches the intersection of social action and mindfulness in the digital age. He has worked on innovative campaigns such as Earth to Paris with UN Foundation and the Global Citizenship Project, and has appeared on CNN, MSNBC and NPR.
DATE AND TIME

Tue, February 20, 2018
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM PST
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LOCATION

UCLA Anderson School of Management
110 Westwood Plaza
Room A 201
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Changing the World Through Food Systems: A Call For Radical Food Activism
2018-02-20 17:00 - 18:30
DESCRIPTION
Changing the World Through Food Systems: A Call For Radical Food Activism
Date: February 20, 2018
Time: 5:00 p m
Venue: Glorya Kaufman Hall, Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater (Room 208)
Ticket Price: Free
Seed the Commons director Nassim Nobari offers a critique of the food movement’s celebration of to livestock grazing as the centerpiece of sustainable agriculture as representing a colonial worldview, suggesting in its place a view of indigenous food systems as vibrant, dynamic, and wholly sufficient. Sponsored by World Arts and Cultures/Dance, Food Studies, Mexican Studies, Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Gardens, and Food and Social Justice Working Group.
Light reception immediately following lecture.

DATE AND TIME

Tue, February 20, 2018
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM PST
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LOCATION

Kaufman Hall
120 Westwood Plaza
Room 208
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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A Conversation on Politics, Ethics and Well-Being in the Anthropocene
2018-02-22 17:00 - 19:00 | Fowler Museum
A Conversation on Politics, Ethics and Well-Being in the Anthropocene
In collaboration with UCLA IoES, UCLA School of Law and the UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters in the Fielding School of Public Health.

For civil society to face the threat of climate change and thrive, we need bold, creative ideas from people of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.

Please join our expert panel as we explore the ways democratic politics, law and ethics can serve our collective well-being and public health in a world where climate change and corrosive politics affect our daily lives and visions of our future.
Speakers:

Dale Jamieson
NYU College of Arts and Science
Emma Marris
Author of Rambunctious
Jedediah Purdy
Duke University School of Law

Dale Jamieson, Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy, NYU College of Arts and Sciences. His areas of interest and research include ethics, environmental philosophy. He writes about the need for cooperativeness, mindfulness, simplicity, temperance and respect for nature. In his view, while these virtues will not solve climate change, they will help us to live with meaning and grace in the world that we are creating. His most recent book is Reason in a Dark Time.
Emma Marris, a writer based in Klamath Falls, Oregon. She writes about nature, people, food, language, books and film. Her goal is to find and tell stories that help us understand the past; take meaningful action in the present; and move towards a greener, wilder, happier and more equal future. Her recent book is Rambunctious Garden and her TED Talk is Nature is everywhere – we just need to learn to see it.
Jedediah Purdy, Robinson O. Everett Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law. He writes on issues at the intersection of law and social and political thought, including challenges in environmental, property, and constitutional law and related social policy and politics. He is the author of five books, including a trilogy on American political identity, which concluded with A Tolerable Anarchy (2009). In addition to his academic publications, he has published many essays on political, policy, and social issues for a broader audience. His most recent book is After Nature: A Politics for Anthropocene.
Contact admin@ioes.ucla.edu for further information.
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WHEN
2.22.2018
5pm
WHERE
UCLA Fowler Museum, Room A169
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Bringing Sustainable Plant Based Eating to the Planet
2018-03-06 12:15 - 13:15 | Law 2357

A Gendered Planning Mismatch
2018-03-07 18:00 - 19:30
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How do discussions and plans for the future of transportation and new innovative mobility services account for women’s travel patterns? Women tend to commute shorter distances and conduct more household serving trips than their male counterparts. This gender gap exists even in dual-income households and widens further for child-serving trips, even among households with no children.
What potential do new mobility options, bikesharing, ridesourcing, microtransit hold for closing this gap? Or will they rather reinforce these divergent travel patterns? Join us for a conversation about women’s travel patterns, current and future transportation planning and policy. Our experts will share their previous research, and discuss future plans from the City and County of Los Angeles to better serve women’s travel needs and patterns.
Reception will follow after the event.
Speakers:

Evelyn Blumenberg MA UP ’90 PhD ’95, UCLA Luskin Department of Urban Planning
Seleta Reynolds, Los Angeles Department of Transportation
Stephanie Wiggins, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

LOCATION

Japanese American Cultural & Community Center
244 South San Pedro Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
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Leaders in Sustainability Certificate: Sustainability Professionals Panel
2018-03-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Luskin School of Public Affairs, room 2355, UCLA
What: Sustainability Professionals Panel. This event will feature alumni of the UCLA Leaders in Sustainability Graduate Certificate Program and the Luskin School of Public Affairs.
When: Tuesday, March 13th from 6 – 8 PM. Registration and dinner will begin at 6 PM. The panel discussion and audience A and Q will be from 6:30 to 7:30, followed by a dessert reception.
Where: UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, room 2355.

Gathering of the Green Teams
2018-03-15 09:00 - 15:00 | SoCal Gas Energy Resource Center, 9240 Firestone Blvd, Downey, CA, United States
The Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas), Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP) and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) would like to invite you to the 6th Annual Gathering of the Green Teams conference in Los Angeles. The event will be held at the SoCalGas Energy Resource Center in Downey on Thursday, March 15th, 2017 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.. There is NO COST to attend! Environmental professionals, green teams, students, and any organizations are welcome to attend.

The theme for this year is Triple Bottom Line. The event will include panels and presentations on zero net energy, emerging technologies and electrification, clean transportation, such as EV’s and renewable gas vehicles, and more! There will also be opportunities for “Green Teams” to share what they are doing within their organizations to promote how environmental, social, and economic goals tie together in their decision-making processes. Networking and utilizing ideas and resources will enable our sustainable efforts to succeed within our organizations and on a larger scale, in the communities where we live and work.

Please see the link below to view the event invitation and details, and to register for the event:
https://seminars.socalgas.com/iebms/coe/coe_p2_details.aspx?eventid=45815&oc=01&cc=coe

Hammer Museum Conversations: Cohabitation: Cities, Nature, and the Evolving Ecosystem
2018-03-21 19:30 - 21:30 | Hammer Museum
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Part of the series Future L.A.: Engineering a Sustainable Supercity

Cohabitation: Cities, Nature, and the Evolving Ecosystem

WEDNESDAY MAR 21, 2018 7:30PM

The mountain lions P-22 and P-55 have become unlikely stars of Los Angeles nightlife—and symbols of the complicated relationship between nature and cities. This panel examines the intersection of the built environment and Los Angeles’s natural habitat as the region prepares for a hotter and more populous future that can challenge the dynamics between urban environments, wildlife and nature. Lori Bettison-Varga, president of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Mia Lehrer, landscape designer of Mia Lehrer + Associates, and Ryan Harrigan, assistant professor for the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, join moderator Mark Gold, associate vice chancellor for environment and sustainability at UCLA.

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ALL HAMMER PROGRAMS ARE FREE
Location: Billy Wilder Theater
Ticketing: Tickets are required and available at the Box Office one hour before the program. General admission tickets are available one per person on a first come, first served basis following member ticketing. Early arrival is recommended.
Member Benefit: Members receive priority ticketing (until 15 minutes before the program) by skipping the general admission line and can choose their seats, subject to availability.
Parking: Under the museum, $6 flat rate after 6 p.m. Cash only.
Food and drink may not be carried into the Billy Wilder Theater. Read our food, bag check, and photo policies.

All Hammer public programs are free and made possible by a major gift from an anonymous donor.
Generous support is also provided by Susan Bay Nimoy and Leonard Nimoy, Good Works Foundation and Laura Donnelley, The Samuel Goldwyn Foundation, an anonymous donor, and all Hammer members.
Public programs advancing social justice are presented by the Ford Foundation.
Digital presentation of Hammer public programs is made possible by the Billy and Audrey L. Wilder Foundation.

Rising Tide Summit
2018-03-28 - 2018-03-29
RISING TIDE SUMMIT

MARCH 28TH AND 29TH
AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles
Innovations for Solutions

RISING TIDE SUMMIT PRESENTED BY

#RisingTideSummit

With support from XPRIZE Ocean Initiative and AltaSea, the two day Rising Tide Summit will be held on March 28 and 29 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles, an advanced science and innovation campus in San Pedro, California. The inaugural conference will raise awareness about the state of our ocean and help the ocean conservation community to unite on issues and solutions by bringing together leaders, thinkers and innovators for rapid solutions.
Join innovators and speakers from
5 Gyres Institute, Algalita, AltaSea, Blue Robotics, Earth Technologies, Lonely Whale, Ocean Champions, reCUP, Save the Waves, Sea Status, Surfrider Foundation, Sustainable Surf, XPRIZE Ocean Initiative, And many more

LA Food Policy Council: Good Food Entrepreneur Mixer: From Farm to Fork and Beyond
2018-03-29 18:00 - 21:00
DESCRIPTION

Calling all food entrepreneurs! Looking for resources to help start or grow your business? Hoping to connect with other local businesses to meet your sourcing or retail needs?
Join us for the “Good Food Entrepreneur Mixer: From Farm to Fork and Beyond” where we bring together entrepreneurs from across the food chain to connect, learn, and grow through speed learning, networking, and an entrepreneur open mic.

Space is limited. Please RSVP to secure a space.
More details coming soon.

LA County Stormwater, Health & Equity Regional Workshop
2018-04-04 08:30 - 13:00
DESCRIPTION
Please join Prevention Institute, community leaders, agency staff, residents and other stakeholders from communities across Los Angeles County for an engaging conversation on the connections between stormwater, health and equity. Participants at this half-day event will have the opportunity to network with issues experts and decision-makers to learn more about the Safe, Clean Water program and funding measure. One of the purposes of this event is to obtain input from the participants with regard to the Safe, Clean Water Program.
Speakers and topics include:
Keynote Speaker

Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl

Safe, Clean Water Program and Funding Measure

Mark Pestrella, Director, LA County Department of Public Works

Setting the Stage: Stormwater, Health and Equity

Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director, LA County Department of Public Health
Elva Yañez, Prevention Institute

Green Stormwater Infrastructure

Norma Garcia, Chief Deputy Director, LA County Department of Parks & Recreation
Roxana Tynan, Executive Director, Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
Rita Kampalath, Sustainability Program Director, LA County Chief Sustainability Office

Registration is required and space is limited. Light breakfast and coffee will be served. Spanish translation available.
Please forward this notice to friends, neighbors and colleagues who might be interested in attending. For questions about the event, please contact Taylor Andelman at taylor@preventioninstitute.org
DATE AND TIME

Wed, April 4, 2018
8:30 AM – 1:00 PM PDT
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LOCATION

Casa Italiana
1051 North Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90012
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Urban Planning: 2018 Careers, Capstones & Conversations (CCC): A Networking Event
2018-04-05 18:30 - 20:30 | Covel Commons
Join us at this dynamic and interactive event that brings together Urban Planning students, alumni, faculty, and planners from around Southern California. Urban Planning students will showcase posters summarizing their master’s capstone projects, and all in attendance can stroll among the posters meeting the students and learning about their capstone work. A light dinner will be provided.

Details

Date:
Apr 5
Time:

6:30 pm-8:30 pm

Event Categories:
Alumni, For Faculty, For Students, Urban Planning
Website:
https://luskin.ucla.edu/ccc/

Organizer

UCLA Department of Urban Planning
Phone:
310-825-4025
Email:
upinfo@luskin.ucla.edu
Website:
luskin.ucla.edu/urban-planning

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RSVP
http://www.tinyurl.com/CCC2018RSVP

Venue

UCLA Covel Commons, Grand Horizon Room

De Neve Drive
Los Angeles,CA
90095
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