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The Story of Plastic: Film Screening & Expert Panel

Bruin Viewpoint Room Ackerman Union at UCLA, 308 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Please join ASUCLA, Science Policy Group @ UCLA and California State Senator Ben Allen for a special screening of the award-winning documentary The Story of Plastic, followed by an expert panel discussion on the future of plastic pollution in California and beyond! Panelists will include: Senator Ben Allen, author of SB 54, the strongest anti-plastic...

Realizing Park Equity: Improving How Federal Funds Reach Communities That Can Most Benefit

To expand access to parks nationwide, the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) Program funds green spaces in low-income, urban communities. While the program has supported important projects throughout the country, program benefits could be more fully realized. For instance, millions of grant dollars have been left on the table in recent years. Since funding for...

Counting Carbons in our Effort for Cleaner Air in LA

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Every year, the global economy produces 40 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions, pushing our planet toward irreversible climate tipping points. Learn how LA Sanitation & Environment (LASAN) is leading the City to evaluate the biggest levers to reduce carbon and other climate-warming emissions through converting our fleets toward electrification and other necessary measures. REGISTER...

Elemental Cartographies in an Era of Climate Change

Charles E. Young Research Library, Presentation Room 11348 280 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA, United States

In this talk, Candace Fujikane begins with arguments from her recent book, Mapping Abundance for a Planetary Future: Kanaka Maoli and Critical Settler Cartographies in Hawaiʻi, contending that global climate change events are not apocalyptic but rather are bringing about the demise of capitalist economies of scarcity, making way for Indigenous economies of abundance. She...

“Imagining and Reflecting on Partnerships” — A Pritzker Genius Award gathering

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REGISTRATIONS FOR IN-PERSON GUESTS ARE CLOSED BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN VIRTUALLY, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO SO VIA THIS ZOOM LINK. JUST LOG ON DURING THE SESSION(S) YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN, ACCORDING TO THE SCHEDULE BELOW. To celebrate the first five years of the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius...

E3 General Meeting

Bruin Viewpoint Room Ackerman Union at UCLA, 308 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Come join us this week, Thursday November 10th from 5-6pm in the Ackerman Viewpoint Ballroom for our general meeting. This meeting will be hosted by our amazing Fair Trade Campaign...

UC GIS Week 2022

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The University of California (UC) GIS Week is an opportunity for you to learn and engage with experts and mapping projects across the UC system and beyond! Ask questions during...

Re-envisioning Plastics in Combating Climate Change

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The world economy has huge impacts to how waste is managed. Learn how Environment Engineers respond to rethink how we can continue to reduce and reuse plastics throughout LA’s Departments...

Paya: The Water Story of the Paiute

HYBRID: UCLA School of Law and Zoom

This film tells the story of America's long-lived and ongoing water war between the Owens Valley Paiute people and the City of Los Angeles. Paya documents the history of the...

Housing As a Climate Strategy – A Virtual Roundtable Event

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In the face of converging climate and housing crises, we have the opportunity to pursue strategies that achieve housing and climate goals simultaneously. Building housing-rich, walkable neighborhoods in transportation-efficient areas...