UCLA Sustainability

EARTH MONTH: Green Screens: The E-Waste Tragedy
2015-04-22 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Melnitz Hall
Exploring environmental issues through film, UCLA’s Green Screens Festival will showcase poignant films on diverse environment and sustainability topics. The week long event will also include expert panels featuring prominent researchers and filmmakers. Come join us at the James Bridges Theater on the UCLA campus, April 21st to April 24th, 2015 for a week’s worth of environmental films, events, giveaways, and food!
Green Screens Film Festival: Tuesday (April 21st) through Friday (April 24th), James Bridges Theater. Doors open at 7pm.

Tuesday 4/21- “Plastic Paradise”
Wednesday 4/22 – “The E-Waste Tragedy”
Thursday 4/23 – “Mexico Pelagico”
Friday 4/24 – “Growing Cities”

This event is hosted by the GSA Sustainable Resource Center, GSA Melnitz Movies, and E3.
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Eventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/green-screens-an-environmental-film-festival-at-ucla-tickets-16419057844

EARTH MONTH: Fourth Annual SBC Industry Achievement Awards
2015-04-22 18:30 - 21:00 | Lexus Santa Monica
Celebrate Earth Day with a fun and festive reception and award’s celebration at the Lexus Santa Monica located at 1501 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90404.
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The event features special remarks from:
SBC’s Pioneer in Sustainability Recipients
The Honest Company Founders

Local fare from top restaurateurs for voting on during the SBC’s People’s Choice Award: Sustainable Restaurant competition.
Networking with sustainable business leaders and investors.
Inspirational and insightful remarks by sustainable luminaries!

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 Fourth Annual SBC Industry Achievement Awards the following awards will be presented.
SBC’s Sustainable Seedling Small Business Award (Revenue under $100,000)
Examples of 2014 Judges:

Judge: Andy Funk, Impact Investor, Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist-confirmed 2015

Judge: Robert Arbour, President, Triple Net Equities, Inc.-confirmed 2015

Judge: James Brandt, Angel Investor
Judge: Kwiri Yang , Chief Sustainability Officer Company, Eco520 Inc–confirmed 2015

SBC’s Sustainable Small Business Award (Revenue between $100,000-$1 Million Dollars)
Examples of 2014 Judges

Judge: Jan Perry, General Manager, City of Los Angeles Economic and Workforce Development Department
Judge: Zhena Muzyka, Publisher-Enliven Books, the Newest Imprint of Atria/Simon & Schuster;
Host-CBS Radio Podcast/Change Maker; Founder of Zhena’s Gypsy Tea-confrmed 2015
Judge: Ronen Olshansky, Co-Founder and CEO,Cross Campus

SBC’s Sustainable Business Award (Revenue over $1 Million Dollars)
Examples of 2014 Judges

Judge: Anil Tammineedi, Principal, Angeleno Group-confirmed 2015
Judge: Fred H. Walti II, Executive Director,LACLEANTECH Incubator
Judge: John Onderdonk, Director, Sustainability Programs, California Institute of Technology

Judge: Dean Kubani, Director, City of Santa Monica’s Office of Sustainability and the Environment

SBC’s B Corp Award
Examples of 2014 Judges:

Judge: Jeff Mendelsohn, Founder and Chair, New Leaf Paper
Judge: Rhiannon Bailard, Associate Vice President, Center for Sustainability, Governmental & Regulatory Affairs and Founding Director of the Center of Sustainability, Pepperdine University

Judge: Andy Fyfe, Community Development, B Lab–confirmed 2015

SBC’s Best Public Advocate for Sustainability Award
Examples of 2014 Judges:

Judge: Susan Frank, Executive VP & COO, The Better World Group-confirmed 2015
Judge: Carl Bressler, Strategic Advisor, Actor, Investor,TransplantConnect.com-a B Corp–confirmed 2015
Judge: Matt Kiene, President, Homemade harvey
Judge: Ruben Aronin, Vice President, Outreach & Communications, Better World Group

SBC’s People’s Choice Award: Sustainable Restaurant
Examples of 2014 Judges

Judge: Evan Kleiman, Host, Good Food, KCRW
Judge: Jared Koch, Founder and CEO, Clean Plates
Judge: Moe Fakih, Director of Sustainability, VCA-Green
Judge: Robin Shank, Sustainability Circle Coach,True Market Solutions-confirmed 2015

SBC’s Lifetime Achievement in Sustainability Award (Individual)
SBC’s Lifetime Business Achievement Award (Business)
SBC’s Pioneer in Sustainability Award

These are the 2015 Guidelines for the Fourth Annual SBC Industry Achievement Awards.
The SBC Industry Achievement Awards’ recipients will receive:
Los Angeles Business Journal Tribute Advertisement!
The Third Annual SBC Industry Achievement Awards recipients will be mentioned in a “Los Angeles Business Journal” Tribute Advertisement presented by Marcum LLP-distribution: 25,000 subscribers.

Platinum SBC Membership!-value $5400
Details Here: http://bit.ly/1aoyCCa
SBC Giving Tree Award Trophy!
The SBC Giving Tree Award Trophy which is a Ming Aralia in a solid Bamboo planter.

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SBC Giving Tree on Display at
Inaugural recipient Miyako Hybrid Hotel

Extensive Marketing Campaign
Each award recipient will be highly publicized in an extensive marketing campaign.
Tickets are on sale now for the SBC Industry Achievement Awards Reception and Ceremony for $45 to coincide with the 45th Anniversary of Earth Day!
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For those attending with a group of people and want to help support the SBC please consider
Buying Cocktail Table Packages!
Salute and celebrate the award participants with a Tribute Ad that will be featured in the Tribute Book distributed at the SBC Industry Achievement Awards!
Buy a Tribute Book Ad!
To contact the SBC: info@sustainablebc.org.
Tickets are available at the below RSVP link.

IMPORTANT: Please be sure to RSVP by clicking HERE.

WHEN
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
6:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. SBC Industry Achievement Awards Celebration
LOCATION
Lexus Santa Monica
1501 Santa Monica Blvd.,
Santa Monica, CA 90404
PARKING
Complimentary valet parking at entrance located behind the building off of 15th Street.
COST
$45 ticket price to coincide with the 45th Anniversary of Earth Day.
$35 ticket price for SBC Members. If you are not yet a member please consider joining.
Visit: Why SBC Membership

SBC Board Members

Steve Glenn-(Chair,) Laura Berland-Shane, Rob Kramer,
Lee Wallach, Becki Ueno, Carrie Norton, Juli Schulz, Nurit Katz
Steering Committee
Nadereh Afsharmanesh, Vivian Panou, Alisha Auringer, Nicole Landers,
Jaime Nack, Elana Pianko, Even Birenbaum

EARTH MONTH: E3's third annual Sustainable Art Competition
2015-04-22 12:00 - 17:00 | Bruin Plaza
E3’s third annual Sustainable Art Competition is an opportunity for students to showcase innovative artwork that conveys a sustainable message and utilizes recycled and reused materials. UCLA students, alumni, faculty and staff, as individuals or as groups, are eligible to participate. If you are interested in participating complete the participation form here and be sure to drop off your submissions to the Sustainable Resource Center (Kerckhoff 160) by April 17th between 6:30 and 7:30 pm (if this time does not work you can email us to figure another option). There will be prizes of ASUCLA gift cards provided for the top three entries according to votes by the public on Earth Day. If you just want to vote on the pieces of art, be sure to come by Bruin Plaza on Earth Day and choose your favorite one! If you have any questions or comments feel free to email: satyanb@ucla.edu

EARTH MONTH: UCLA Anderson Social Innovation Week
2015-04-22 11:30 - 12:30, 2015-04-21 11:00 - 12:30, 2015-04-20 11:30 - 12:30 | UCLA Anderson School of Management, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
MONDAY, APRIL 20

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Social Entrepreneurship: Strategies for an Accelerated Path
C315

Confirmed speakers:Alexa Binns (’14) – Cheeky
Ian Gardner (’99) – LA Cleantech Incubator
Craig Jones (’14) – Formative
Elizabeth Stewart – Hub LAModerator:
John Rhoads (’15)

TUESDAY, APRIL 21

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Creating Social Impact through the Media and Entertainment Industries
C315

Confirmed speakersChris McGuigan – Participant Media Company, Tag Cause Marketing Agency
Stosh Mintek – Ghetto Film School)
Elliot Kotek – Not Impossible Labs
Darnell Strom – Creative Artists AgencyModerator:
Cristian Yancey – Center for Management of Enterprise in Media, Entertainment & Sports

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Corporate Impact: Driving Change from the Private Sector
C315

Confirmed speakers:Brooke Hanson – DirecTV
Shelley Ong – Enso Collaborative
David Porges – Deloitte
Michael Rouse – ToyotaModerator:
Jessica Mowry (’16)

THURSDAY, APRIL 23

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
The Birth of the One for One Business Model: A Keynote Discussion with TOMS Chief of Staff
Korn Hall

Confirmed speakersPriya Bery (TOMS Chief of Staff), interviewed by Professor Gayle Northrop(’96)

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Anderson Fireside Global Impact Edition
D313

Confirmed speakers:Amy Barth (’16)
Elizabeth Pratt (’16)
Lily Abagyan (’15)

4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Anderson Afternoons featuring a Social Enterprise Marketplace

Confirmed social enterprises:Healthade, Le Dessein, Cheeky, Cause Date, H.E.A.L., Bowwowkapow, Zatik Natural, Downtown Women’s Center, Manifesto Cafe, Amella Caramels, Slow Money, Body Fuel, Golden Coast Mead, Piece by Piece, Groceryships

EARTH MONTH: E3's Annual Earth Day Fair
2015-04-22 10:00 - 14:00 | Dickson Court North
Various student organizations and sustainable companies will have tables and activities set up in Dickson Court. Students will peruse the tables with a provided passport, collecting stickers from each table they interact with. After collecting a sufficient number of stickers, students will be able to pick up free food! There will also be a raffle during the day. Join us as we celebrate Earth Day with friends, food, raffles, and learning! Questions? Email kaela.nye@gmail.com

EARTH MONTH: Green Screens- Plastic Paradise
2015-04-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Melnitz Hall

EARTH MONTH: 6th Annual UCLA La Kretz Center Public Lecture
2015-04-18 16:00 - 18:00 | Pepperdine University, 24255 Pacific Coast Hwy , Malibu, CA, 90263
Join us for our 6th Annual Public Lecture, presented by Professor Stan Gehrt of Ohio State University. Stan’s talk, “Ghost Dogs: Coyotes as Top Predators of the City”, will be followed by a Q&A session with local urban carnivore experts, and promises to be both stimulating and informative. The discussion continues with a VIP Dinner for La Kretz League Members at our Field Station in the mountains.
Saturday, April 18th, 2015
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Pepperdine University
24255 Pacific Coast Hwy
Malibu, CA 90263

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Ghost Dogs: Coyotes as Top Predators of the City
Presented by Stan Gehrt, Professor and Wildlife Specialist, The Ohio State University

EARTH MONTH: Sawyer Seminar on the Environmental Humanities, Environmentalism of the Poor
2015-04-15 16:00 - 18:00 | 193 Humanities
Seminars involve discussion of essays by our featured participants. You must RSVP and read the essays in advance to attend. To RSVP or to join our mailing list, please email Michelle. For more information, visit our website.
Akhil Gupta (Anthropology, UCLA)
Barbara Rose Johnston (Anthropology, Center for Political Ecology), “Why Environmental Justice Challenges, and Occasionally Transforms, Local and Global Architectures of Power: Lessons Emerging from Guatemala”
Jorge Marcone (Comparative Literature, Rutgers), “Popular Environmentalisms, Literature, and Visual Arts in the Andes and Amazonia”
Jennifer Wenzel (English and Comparative Literature, Columbia), “Turning Over a New Leaf: Fanonian Humanism and the Environmental Humanities”
Maite Zubiaurre (Spanish and Comparative Literature, UCLA)

EARTH MONTH: Net Impact- Authentic Connections by Good Corps
2015-04-08 19:00 - 21:00 | GOOD Corps Headquarters, 6380 Wilshire Blvd Floor 15 , Los Angeles, CA, 90048
Looking to feel more connected to other professionals with a passion for sustainability and social impact? Join us at GOOD’s headquarters for a Net Impact Los Angeles mixer!
GOODcorps, a social impact consultancy that’s part of GOOD Worldwide, will take us through a series of creative games to build spontaneous connections based on shared interests and explore with us what a community of purpose-driven professionals looks like.
You will have a chance to meet others and learn about their careers, see the inside of GOOD, and better understand how the Net Impact Los Angeles community can benefit your growth.
Tacos + Wine included in ticket price!
We will also feature Casey Unterman in our “Member Spotlight”, the first in a series of spotlights to give our members the opportunity to share their impact work with the group. If you would like to be featured for the next event, let us know!
Casey Unterman is Head of Production at Black Powder Works, a company that produces creative storytelling solutions for emerging media and television. The impact division partners with organizations to create dynamic and meaningful content that engages the audience around social and environmental issues. By understanding the urgency of the message, Casey and his team implement solutions quickly while maintaining a high standard of excellence.
Links to Net Impact and GOODcorps:
https://netimpact.org/
http://www.goodcorps.com/
$22.09 total includes Food and Wine
Buy ticket at this link:
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/authentic-connections-brought-to-you-by-goodcorps-tickets-16264572775

EARTH MONTH: Fracking and Our Water
2015-04-01 19:30 - 21:00 | Hammer Museum
Co-presented with the Hammer Museum at UCLA
Fracking is both demonized and praised almost daily in the media, leaving most Americans confused. We strive to bring some clarity to this divisive issue by bringing together scientists and policy makers to tease out the facts about the effects of hydraulic fracturing on the quality and quantity of the nation’s water. Panelists: Jonathan Bishop, California State Water Resources Control Board; water treatment engineer Subir Bhattacharjee; Stanford environmental scientist Robert Jackson; and Damon Nagami, director of the Southern California Ecosystems Project at the NRDC. Moderated by Mark Gold, acting director, UCLA Institute of Environment and Sustainability
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THE NEXT WAVE: QUALITY, QUANTITY, AND ACCESSIBILITYOF WATER IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Throughout 2015 the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and Hammer explore the most pressing issues surrounding the current and future state of water.
ALL HAMMER PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE FREE. Tickets for assigned seating in the Billy Wilder Theater are required and available at the Box Office one hour before each program. Early arrival is recommended. Tickets are available one per person on a first come, first served basis. As a benefit for their support, members enjoy priority ticketing and seat selection, subject to availability.
Parking is available under the museum for a flat fee of $3 after 6PM.
All Hammer public programs are free and made possible by a major gift from the Dream Fund atUCLA.
Generous support is also provided by Susan Bay Nimoy and Leonard Nimoy, Good Works Foundation and Laura Donnelley, an anonymous donor, and all Hammer members.

EARTH MONTH: Public Utility and the Low-Carbon Future
2015-04-01 12:00 - 13:00 | La Kretz Hall Conf Room 300
Presented by William Boyd, Visiting Professor, University of Colorado Boulder School of Law
Substantial reductions in global power sector emissions will be needed by midcentury to avoid significant disruption of the climate system. Achieving these reductions will require greatly increased levels of financing, technological innovation, and policy reform. In the United States, the scale and complexity of the overall challenge have raised important questions regarding prevailing regulatory and business models, with much scrutiny directed at the traditional practice of public utility regulation. Recognizing the many valid criticisms leveled against public utility regulation and the important questions raised about the viability of traditional utility business models, particularly in the face of substantial growth in distributed energy resources, this talk argues that a revitalized and expanded notion of public utility has a critical role to play in efforts to decarbonize the power sector in the United States. The talk will trace the history of public utility (in concept and practice) over the last century, the problems embedded in current regulatory and business models, and the prospects for reforming such models in the face of rapid technological change and growing decarbonization imperatives. The central claim is that the overall scale, complexity, and sequencing of investments needed to decarbonize the power sector over the coming decades (however it comes to be organized) calls for a broad notion of public utility that draws from earlier understandings of the concept and provides an important foundation for efforts to govern a power system that is increasingly complex, participatory, and intelligent, and for managing the sustained, collective effort to channel investment and behavior in ways necessary to realize a low-carbon future.
The talk will draw from a recent paper and some ongoing work. The paper is here if people are interested: Public Utility and the Low Carbon Future, 61 UCLA L. Rev.1614 (2014).

Environmental Student Network 3rd Annual Alumni Night
2015-02-26 18:00 - 20:00 | 2320 Life Sciences Building
Come join the Environmental Student Network for our third annual alumni night! Bring your resume or business cards to network with alumni who are representing private/public sectors and graduate schools. Food will be provided.

UCLA Unicamp Info Session
2015-02-18 19:00 - 20:00 | Ackerman Union Viewpoint Conference (A201B)
UCLA UniCamp Recruitment | Outdoor Science Opportunities Session
UCLA UniCamp is the official, student-run nonprofit organization of the students of UCLA (est. 1934). For 80 years, we have taken kids from underserved communities of Los Angeles up to camp during summer for a week of fun and mentorship. This year UCLA UniCamp is hosting a session dedicated to educating youth about environmental science and sustainability. If you’re interested in the environment and working with kids, we are currently recruiting volunteers for our Outdoor Science Opportunities session (OSO).
There is one upcoming info session.
Week 7: Wednesday, Feb 18, 7-8 pm Ackerman Union Viewpoint Conference (A201B)
We will be accepting applications during 6th and 7th week. Apps are due Feb 20th at 11:59PM! If you’d like more information about UCLA UniCamp: Outdoor Science Opportunities, feel free to shoot us an email at session7@unicamp.org.
Otherwise, check out our website unicamp.org/apply and our Facebook page (UCLA UniCamp) for more information about OSO and other initiative-based sessions, including mental health, college readiness, and more!

Oppenheim Lecture Series: Design for the Circular Economy
2015-02-18 18:00 - 21:00 | Fowler Museum
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
6:00 pm Light Reception
7:00 pm Lecture
Lenart Auditorium, Fowler Museum at UCLA

Co-Hosted by:

UCLA Grand Challenges

William McDonough
Chief Executive, McDonough Innovation
Architect, designer and author William McDonough is a pioneer of sustainable design and development at all scales–products and packaging to cities and regions. He is a founder/co-founder of MBDC, William McDonough + Partners, and McDonough Innovation, as well as the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute. He co-created the Cradle to Cradle® framework for design, which allows products of human creation to embody endless resourcefulness. McDonough will share his vision for a world of abundance, where the very concept of waste has been eliminated, where we are all waging peace through commerce, and where Endless is More™. He will address how these ideas apply to Los Angeles and Southern California.See his latest activity by following @billmcdonough on Twitter.
Find all of William McDonough’s written works on Amazon.

California Center for
Sustainable Communities at UCLA

The Los Angeles

Regional Collaborative

for Climate Action and Sustainability (LARC)

RSVP by Wednesday, February 11, 2015
RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED

Learn more about the Oppenheim Lecture Series…

Metered parking available in Lot 4.
Public transportation stops at UCLA.
Inquiries: CollegeEvents@support.ucla.edu or (310) 825-4038
This event follows the UCLA Green Event Guidelines.

Speaker Series: EarthJustice
2015-02-17 18:00 - 20:00 | MS 5117
Come learn about environmental law and speak with representatives from Earthjustice! Free Native Foods! Brought to you by the USAC Facilities Commission.
Earthjustice is the nation’s premier environmental law firm, defending our fundamental right to a healthy environment.
Earthjustice is headquartered in San Francisco and has nine regional law offices, an international program, a communications team, and a policy team in Washington, D.C. With this combination of expertise and reach, we mount smart, effective campaigns that draw from our excellent legal work but are also supported by savvy lobbying and hard-hitting communications.

Global Divestment Day
2015-02-13 12:00 - 14:00 | Royce Hall
The day before Valentine’s Day, student group Fossil Free UCLA will stage a rally on campus–complete with political theater, some bears, and lots of oiled up money! The LA indigenous activism group Idle No More will join us, along with many campus student organizations to demand the UC divest from Fossil Fuels.
Speaker Elouise Brown will be joining us as well! Elouise Brown is a Diné (Navajo) elder, an iraqi war veteran and the president of the Doodá Desert Rock committee. In 2007, she successfully organized grassroots direct action to prevent the construction of 2.5 billion dollar Desert Rock coal plant that would have otherwise destroyed her ancestral land, poisoned her community, and perpetuated reliance on fossil fuels. She has previously spoken at the UN and in Washington D.C. on indigenous land and resource rights.

ESN Speaker Session: LAX Environmental Planner
2015-02-10 17:00 - 18:00 | Student Activities Center Room 3
Come join us for a speaker session with an environmental planner from Los Angeles World Airport (LAX)!
Mariana Valdivia, who obtained her Masters in Urban Planning at UCLA, is a City Planner who is working on exciting new renovations to LAX, the 6th busiest airport in the US. She focuses on improving bike routes, advocating for sustainable development, and engaging the surrounding the community just to name a few.
Date: February 10, 2015
Time: 5-6pm
Location: Student Activities Center (SAC) Room 3

The Graduate/Undergraduate Environmental Mixer!
2015-01-27 17:00 - 19:00 | LATC Clubhouse (LA Tennis Center Clubhouse) – on campus, west of Pauley Pavilion
During this event, current UCLA graduate students from a variety of fields will share their academic, career, and personal experiences related to environment and sustainability during our panel. Following the panel, graduates and undergraduates can enjoy a mixer with fun networking activities and prizes! Food will be provided! We are also proud to announce this event has received the Green Event Seal from UCLA Events!
Date: Tuesday, January 27
Time: 5 – 7 PM
Location: LATC Clubhouse (LA Tennis Center Clubhouse) – on campus, west of Pauley Pavilion
Who: Any graduate and undergraduate students are welcome! No RSVP required!

Questions? Email the Graduate Student Association, Sustainability Resource Center at src@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu

A Gut Reaction to Obesity: The Impact of Diet, the Microbiome, and the Environment
2015-01-24 08:30 - 13:00 | UCLA Sunset Village Covel Commons, 200 De Neve Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
More than one third of adults in the United States are considered obese, creating one of the most pressing medical, public health, financial, and societal crises of our time. Please join us for the 2015 UCLA Healthcare Symposium, an annual event organized by students at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, to explore the obesity epidemic, its wide-reaching consequences, and possible solutions for the future. The symposium will feature lectures by Michael Moss, author of Pulitzer Prize-winning book Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us and NY Times reporter, Dr. Sarkis Mazmanian, Dr. Emeran Mayer, and Dr. Paul Simon with Dr. Wendy Slusser as emcee and panel moderator.
What: 19th Annual UCLA Healthcare Symposium: “A Gut Reaction to Obesity: The Impact of Diet, the Microbiome, and the Environment”
When: Saturday, January 24, 2015, Check-in starts at 8:30am
Where: UCLA Covel Commons, 200 De Neve Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095 Breakfast and Lunch will be served.
Please register here: www.hcs2015.eventbrite.com/

Watermark: Film co-presented by Hammer and UCLA Institute of Environment and Sustainability
2015-01-22 19:30 - 21:30
Co-presented with the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

In this documentary, Edward Burtynsky and Jennifer Baichwal journey around the globe—from the man-made All-American Canal on the Colorado River to the sacred waters of the Allahabad in India to the immense Xiluodu Dam in China—exploring the massive impact that human intervention has had on the world’s water supply. A discussion with the filmmakers and Mark Gold, acting director, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability follows the screening. (2013, Dirs. J. Baichwal & E. Burtynsky, 92 min).

THE NEXT WAVE: QUALITY, QUANTITY, AND ACCESSIBILITY OF WATER IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Throughout 2015, the Hammer and the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability explore the most pressing issues surrounding the current and future state of water. Topics explored in this monthly series include California’s water supply, rising sea levels, hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”), ocean acidification, plastic pollution, international water supplies, and water rights.

ALL HAMMER PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE FREE. Tickets for assigned seating in the Billy Wilder Theater are required and available at the Box Office one hour before each program. Early arrival is recommended. Tickets are available one per person on a first come, first served basis.

As a benefit for their support, members enjoy priority ticketing and seat selection, subject to availability.

Parking is available under the museum for a flat fee of $3 after 6PM.

All Hammer public programs are free and made possible by a major gift from the Dream Fund at UCLA.

Generous support is also provided by Susan Bay Nimoy and Leonard Nimoy, Good Works Foundation and Laura Donnelley, an anonymous donor, and all Hammer members.

FACTS Los Angeles: Climate Ready Cities - Taking actions to mitigate climate change and adapt in urban areas
2014-11-14 10:00 - 14:30 | UCLA – Carnesale Commons – Palisades Room
Register Here
FACTS (French Ameri-Can Climate TalkS)
Building up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference to be hosted by France in December 2015 (COP 21-Paris Climate 2015), the Embassies of France in both Canada and the United States are organizing FACTS (French Ameri-Can Climate TalkS), a public conference series across seven cities in the US and in Canada involving renowned scientists, civil society representatives, NGOs, political figures, journalists and entrepreneurs.
Key speakers from both the US and France will be discussing the role of urban centers in regard to climate change policies: from the changing risks they have to face to the new opportunities they can benefit from.
Climate Ready Cities
Taking actions to mitigate climate change and adapt in urban areas
In partnership with the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and the Los Angeles Regional Collaborative (LARC) for Climate Action and Sustainability, the Embassy of France in the United States and the Consulate General of France in Los Angeles will organize a conference to discuss the challenges climate change represents for cities around the world.
With more than half of humanity living in cities, urban centers are key actors for climate change. Climate change represents a major threat for many cities that will have to face a range of impacts from the consequences of the changing climate (sea level rise, increased frequency of extreme weather events, heat waves, etc.). However, the threats brought by climate change can also represent an opportunity and many cities are already taking action to become climate resilient by both decreasing their emissions and by preparing to mitigate the future impacts of climate change.

More information at: http://facts.france-science.org/program/#losangeles
Sponsored by:

3rd Annual Seedstock Sustainable Agriculture Innovation Conference
2014-11-11 08:00 - 2014-11-12 17:00 | UCLA Anderson School of Management, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, 90095, United States
Please join us at the 3rd Annual Seedstock Sustainable Agriculture Innovation Conference: Reintegrating Ag: Local Food Systems and the Future of Cities (http://conference2014.seedstock.com) in which I will be participating. The conference will explore the economic impact as well as the community and environmental benefits that can result from the development of a robust local food system.
Slated for Tuesday and Wednesday, November 11 – 12, 2014 at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, the first day of the conference will offer an Urban Agriculture Field Trip on which attendees will get a sneak peak at Los Angeles’ first multi-faceted food production business incubator for local entrepreneurs along with a tour of a blossoming 1.5-acre high school campus urban farming operation in Pasadena and a visit to a hydroponic shipping container farm in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District.
The second day of the conference will feature panels and keynotes that will explore, among other topics, the following:
* Reintegrating Agriculture into the City
* The local food production and commercial potential of controlled environment agriculture in cities;
* How city and county policy can encourage investment in and support of local and urban agriculture;
* Business models and technological solutions from irrigation technology to supply chain innovations necessary to augment the growth of local food systems
I would love to see you there. Below are some more details on the conference as well as a link to register along with a promo code that will provide you with a ‘friend’s discount’ of 20% off the ticket price.
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Nurit Katz – Chief Sustainability Officer at UCLA
A.G. Kawamura – Former Secretary of California Dept. of Food and Agriculture
Mud Baron – Muir Ranch
Sasha Kanno – Long Beach Local and Farm Lot 59
Nicola Kerslake – New Bean Capital
Rob Trice – Better Food Ventures and The Mixing Bowl
Erik Cutter – Alegría Fresh
Clare Fox – Los Angeles Food Policy Council
Daniel Allen – Farmscape
Erika Block – Local Orbit
Nicola Kerslake – New Bean Capital
Dwight Detter – Whole Foods Market
Mark Glassock – Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust
Michel Algazi – Freshology and Food Centricity
Kimberly Kessler – Resnick Program for Food Law & Policy
Erik Oberholtzer – Tender Greens
John Mesko – Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota
David Rosenstein – EVO Farm
Rickey Smith – Urban Green
Colin Archipley – Archi’s Acres and VSAT
REGISTRATION & TICKETS: A limited number of discount tickets for those of you in my network are available at 20% off the list price. So register quickly to reserve your spot by going to http://seedstockconference.eventbrite.com and entering the promotional code SEEDSTOCKFRIEND to receive your discount!
Conference Website:
http://conference2014.seedstock.com
http://conference2014.seedstock.com/program
Conference Ticket Purchase Page:
http://seedstockconference.eventbrite.com

Farmers Market at UCLA
2014-10-29 14:30 - 18:30 | Bruin Plaza
E3, USAC SWC and ASUCLA are proud to present the Farmers Market at UCLA! Stop by Bruin Plaza on Wednesday, October 29th (Week 4) to support local and responsible farmers in the most delicious and healthy way possible!
Expect to see some delicious seasonal produce, nut products and dried fruits, as well as some student performers!
E3 will also be collecting e-waste for recycling.
More info may be found at: https://www.facebook.com/events/1531266893753916/?fref=ts
Don’t forget to bring cash!
Want to help out?? Email us at uclafarmersmarket@gmail.com
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FOOD WEEK: Local dinner at Bruin Plate
2014-10-24 18:00 - 19:00 | Bruin Plate Dining Hall
UCLA’s award winning healthy sustainable dining hall, Bruin Plate, will feature a meal with local ingredients. $14.50 for residents, $15.25 for others.

FOOD WEEK: Film Screening: Food Chains -- Is Your Food Fair?
2014-10-24 15:30 - 18:00 | UCLA School of Law, 385 Charles E. Young Drive East , Los Angeles , CA, 90095, United States
UCLA School of Law will be screening Food Chains — Is Your Food Fair?
Following the screening, there will be a discussion with a distinguished panel of experts, including the film’s director.

FOOD WEEK: For student groups: Healthy Campus Initiative Funding Application Workshop
2014-10-24 11:30 - 12:45 | Powell Library Building, CLICC, Classroom B, 10740 Dickson Ct, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Healthy Campus Initiative
Funding Application Workshop
Does your student group have a great idea to promote
health on campus? Are you looking for funding?
Learn how to apply for grants up to $2,500 to make
your idea happen.
WHEN: October 24, 2014, 11:30 am – 12:45 pm
WHERE: Powell Library Building, CLICC, Classroom B
(take any elevator to the third floor in the Powell
Library)
Box lunches will be served. Space is limited. Reserve
today! RSVP to https://ucla-live-well.eventbrite.com.

FOOD WEEK: UCLA-Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Conference: Transparency in the Global Food System: What Information and to What Ends?
2014-10-24 08:00 - 15:00 | UCLA Faculty Center, California Room
UCLA School of Law Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy & Harvard Law School Food Law Lab presents the first inaugural UCLA-Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Conference:
Transparency in the Global Food System: What Information and to What Ends?
Friday, October 24, 2014, 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. | UCLA Faculty Center
Food Chains private screening, 3:30 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. | UCLA School of Law
Registration opens at 8:30 a.m. Program begins promptly at 9:00 a.m.
UCLA School of Law is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider.
This activity qualifies for 4.75 hours of general MCLE credit.
Every day brings increasing news articles, intensified citizen concern, and political focus to the problems of our food system, accompanied by a building consensus to address the known challenges. However, both the factors shaping and the implications of our current food system are often opaque and difficult to analyze, due to both the complexity and lack of transparency in our system. Most Americans are not aware of the consequences of the supply chains that they participate in, and in some cases health information about food products is also obfuscated or unclear. Yet there is debate among policy makers and food producers about the amount and type of information that consumers should be entitled to. This conference will examine the issue of transparency in the food system, with the guiding questions of what do we mean when we say transparency, the role of the consumer in using information, and what more information can achieve and not achieve.
Registration will include entrance into conference, light breakfast, and lunch. See website for more details, program schedule and registration

Tackling Climate Change Nationally and Globally
2014-10-23 19:30 - 21:00 | Hammer Museum
Thursday, October 23rd, 2014
7:30 PM

Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90024

Despite the overwhelming scientific consensus that global warming is a danger to the planet, little progress has been made to reduce CO2 emissions. Climatologists Brenda Ekwurzel and Michael Mann join us to examine the issue. Ekwurzel works with the Union of Concerned Scientists leading education aimed at increasing support for strong climate legislation. Mann shared the Nobel Prize with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and is the author of The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches From The Front Lines and Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming.
Hammer Forum
This ongoing series of timely, thought-provoking events addresses current social and political issues.
Hammer Forum is moderated by Ian Masters, journalist, author, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, and host of the radio programs Background Briefing, Sundays at 11AM, and The Daily Briefing, Monday through Thursday at 5PM, on KPFK 90.7 FM.
ALL HAMMER PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE FREE. Tickets for assigned seating in the Billy Wilder Theater are required and available at the Box Office one hour before each program. Early arrival is recommended. Tickets are available one per person on a first come, first served basis.
As a benefit for their support, members enjoy priority ticketing and seat selection, subject to availability.
Parking is available under the museum for a flat fee of $3 after 6PM.
Hammer Forum is made possible in part by Bronya and Andrew Galef.
All Hammer public programs are free and made possible by a major gift from the Dream Fund atUCLA.
Generous support is also provided by Susan Bay Nimoy and Leonard Nimoy, Good Works Foundation and Laura Donnelley, an anonymous donor, and all Hammer members.
For more information visit: http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2014/10/tackling-climate-change-nationally-and-globally/
