Decarbonizing the Built Environment, 3-Part Series
As the urgency to address climate change and halt greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) continues to grow, designers have a responsibility to make smart design decisions to minimize their buildings’ GHG...
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Events
Envisioning Affordable Housing and Climate Architectures Across the Pacific
Kelema Lee Moses, Assistant Professor, Urban Studies and Planning, University of California, San Diego Discussant: Ginger Nolan, Assistant Professor of Architecture, USC Second only to California, Hawai‘i has the most...
Free Food from the Dining Halls – *FREE JIN RAMEN @ BRUIN DINE / Much with Ottogi*
Get a plate of free hot dining hall food in the SAC basement. Please bring your own containers and utensils. We are operating Tuesdays, Wednesdays, AND Thursdays this quarter. Bruin Dine will be giving away 300 portions of ramen and rice dishes at food recovery; microwave + kettle will be provided . Line-up starts at...
Third annual “Climate Solutions Now” Conference
Learn about climate solutions being implemented in real time and the near future to get inspired, become educated, and find opportunities to get involved in this all-virtual 3-day event. Talks run from 8-5 pm PT each day. There will be 6 plenary sessions from 8-9 and 1-2 pm PT each day, and the rest of...
How Medicine Becomes Trash: Healthcare Waste as Environmental Crisis
Jeremy Greene, MD, PhD, William H. Welch Professor of Medicine and History of Medicine; Director, Institute of the History of Medicine; Director, Center for Medical Humanities & Social Medicine, John Hopkins University The modern medical enterprise is distinctively wasteful. This may seem to result inevitably from the hazardous nature of medical substances, whose infection risk,...
HBCU Lunch & Learn Series – Biomimicry
Join Laura McAlister from LA Sanitation and Environment for an enlightening presentation on "Thinking Biomimicry." Explore the fascinating world of biomimicry, discover how nature's solutions can shape a sustainable future, and learn practical tips for incorporating biomimicry into everyday life. Don't miss this opportunity to reconnect with nature and unlock its potential for a greener,...
Free Food from the Dining Halls
Get a plate of free hot dining hall food in the SAC basement. Please bring your own containers and utensils. We are operating Tuesdays, Wednesdays, AND Thursdays this quarter.
Charting Progress: Regulator Actions on Climate Financial Risks
Climate change poses a significant and growing threat to the stability of financial institutions and markets of all sizes. Ceres’ annual Climate Risk Scorecard assesses the actions that U.S. federal financial regulators have taken within their existing authority to address the systemic impacts of climate-related financial risk. How have these 10 agencies already integrated climate...
Lunch with the Pritzker Award Finalists
Find out why the Pritzker award community thinks the world should know these emerging change-makers. All under the age of 40, the finalists are building strong relationships between human communities and the natural world on three continents. Food will be provided. REGISTER HERE Agenda: -11:30am PT: guests arrive and grab lunch -12:00pm PT: panel discussion...
GRID Talks | Charging Latinx Communities
In this month’s GRID Talk, we close out Latinx Heritage Month by discussing what people-first solutions are needed to ensure a clean energy future that is equitable and sustainable for Latinx families and individuals. With last year’s passing of the Inflation Reduction Act, $500 billion in new spending and tax breaks aim to boost clean...