UCLA Sustainability

IMPACT @Anderson: Spotlight on Poverty and Inequality
2018-02-20 16:30 - 18:00 UTC
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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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LACI Event: Uber and Sustainability
2018-02-15 16:00 - 18:00 | La Kretz Innovation Campus, 525 South Hewitt Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90013
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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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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.

Farmers Market at UCLA
2018-02-14 14:00 - 18:00, 2018-01-31 14:00 - 18:00, 2018-01-17 14:00 - 18:00, 2017-11-29 14:00 - 18:00, 2017-11-08 14:00 - 18:00 | Bruin Plaza

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!

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.

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

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

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!

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

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!

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.

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

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

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!

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!

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!

Hammer Museum Screening: An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, and Q&A with Al Gore
2018-01-07 19:30 - 21:30 | Hammer Museum
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, and Q&A with Al Gore

SUNDAY JAN 7, 2018 7:30PM

A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change to the fore of pop culture, Vice President Al Gore continues his fight to build a global network of advocates and influence international policy. Capturing moments both private and public, funny and poignant, this documentary follows Gore’s pursuit to overcome the perils of climate change through collective ingenuity and passion. (2017, dir. Jon Shenk & Bonni Cohen, 100 min.)
A Q&A with Al Gore follows the screening. Moderated by Tina Johnson, Policy Director, US Climate Action Network.

Hammer Museum Screening: Human Flow, and Q&A with Ai Weiwei
2018-01-04 18:30 - 21:00 | Hammer Museum
SCREENINGS

Human Flow, and Q&A with Ai Weiwei

THURSDAY JAN 4, 2018 6:30PM

This epic film by renowned artist Ai Weiwei is a detailed and heartbreaking exploration of the global refugee crisis. Captured over the course of a year in 23 countries, the film follows a chain of urgent stories that stretches through Afghanistan, Greece, Iraq, Kenya, Mexico, Turkey, and beyond. From teeming refugee camps to perilous ocean crossings to barbed-wire borders, Human Flow witnesses its subjects’ desperate search for safety, shelter, and justice. (2017, dir. Ai Weiwei, 140 min.)
A Q&A with Ai Weiwei follows the screening

Career Up Now: Environment and Sustainability
2017-11-30 18:30 - 21:30 | Hillel at UCLA, 574 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90024
Title: Career Up Now: Environment and Sustainability
Time: Thursday, November 30 6:30-9pm
Place: Hillel at UCLA – 574 Hilgard Ave.
Website: https://www.careerupnow.org/ladec2017
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/123432418324905/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%2223%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D

Off the Table Series: What's on the plate? The Sustainability of Social Enterprises
2017-11-30 18:00 - 21:00 | LA Kitchen, 230 W Ave 26, Los Angeles, CA, CA, 90031, United States

Energy Jobs Fair
2017-11-20 17:30 - 20:00 | James West Alumni Center, 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, California, 90024
Energy Jobs Fair
Monday Nov. 20
5:30-8:00PM
James West Alumni Center (Founder’s Room)
Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1339726742821115/
Description: Renewable Energy Association at UCLA (REA)’s annual Energy Jobs Fair is here! Each year, we bring energy companies to UCLA in the university’s only sustainability-focused career fair. Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to network with professionals and land one of many diverse job/internship positions in the renewable energy industry in Southern California

IOES Climate Series: Imagined Futures for a Hotter Planet
2017-11-16 18:00 - 20:00 | La Brea Tar Pits, 5801 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90036, United States
Climate change is the existential crisis of the 21st century. How it plays out, how we can curb it, and how we adjust to the changes already underway will define our generation.

This fall, the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, in collaboration with UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, has designed a new kind of climate series: a four-night conversation between the L.A. community and some of the world’s experts on all things climate.
DATES:
October 5 – Climate Change Cliff Notes
October 19 – Earth and Human Climate
November 2 – A Tale of Two Cities in a Hotter World: Los Angeles and Beijing
November 16 – Imagined Futures for a Hotter Planet
Thursday, November 16 Imagining Futures for a Hotter Planet
Artists, writers and media organizations are playing vital roles in conveying the science and ethics of global warming. This conversation will explore how experiments in environmental storytelling and media imagine possible futures for different communities and ecosystems in the context of planetary climate change.
Conversation with
Rita Wong, Poet, educator and activist
Marina Zurkow, Media artist and NYU Professor
Juan Devis, KCET Chief Creative Officer
Natale Zappia, professor of American History at Whittier College
Moderated by
Allison Carruth, UCLA Associate Professor of English and Director of Laboratory for Environmental Strategies (LENS)

Off the Table Series: Film Screening of 'Dolores'
2017-11-13 18:00 - 21:00 | James Bridges Theater, 235 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
DESCRIPTION

Join us as we watch a documentary about Dolores Huerta, a leader alongside Cesar Chavez during the fight for racial and labor justice for farm workers and notable feminist of the twentieth century. The film reveals the raw, personal stakes involved in committing one’s life to activism.
Parking will be available in Lot 3 for $12
Nearest bus stops are: Hilgard / Charing Cross (734, 234, 2/302) and Hilgard / Wyton (2/302)

RSVP LINK

Chasing Coral
2017-11-08 19:30 - 21:30 | Hammer Museum
Chasing Coral

WEDNESDAY NOV 8, 2017 7:30PM

Copresented by the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Marine Center and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
As the world’s coral reefs vanish at an unprecedented rate, a team of divers, photographers, and scientists race against time to preserve a sophisticated and vital part of our underwater ecosystem. This 2017 Sundance Audience Award winner captures on camera the vibrant life and tragic death of corals, presenting in epic scale our changing oceans and the urgent need to save them. (2017, dir. Jeff Orlowski, 93 min.)
A Q&A with director Jeff Orlowski and UCLA ecology professor Paul Barber follows.

ALL HAMMER PROGRAMS ARE FREE
Location: Billy Wilder Theater; seats 285.
Ticketing: Free tickets will be issued at the Box Office beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are available one per person on a first come, first served basis. Early arrival is recommended.
Member Benefit: Members receive priority ticketing until 15 minutes before the program 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, an anonymous donor, The Samuel Goldwyn Foundation, and all Hammer members.
The Hammer’s digital presentation of its public programs is made possible by the Billy and Audrey L. Wilder Foundation.

Luskin Off the Table Series: Breaking Bread: Community Building with Veterans and Farming
2017-11-07 18:00 - 20:00 | La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Tuesday, November 7. 2017
6:00 – 8:00 pm
La Kretz Garden Pavilion, UCLAPanel discussion on the community and health benefits of urban farming for the veteran population. Participants will have the opportunity to learn more about the 14 acre veteran garden, right here in Westwood.
Moderator: Kris Skinner
Panelists:
Peter Capone-Newton
Michael Deluca
Jeremy Samson
Julie Sardonia
RSVP by Monday, November 6th

Food Law Society-Eliminating Food Waste in LA: A Discussion of Food Waste under LA’s new Waste Hauling System
2017-11-07 17:30 - 18:30
Food Law Society- Eliminating Food Waste in LA: A Discussion of Food Waste under LA’s new Waste Hauling System
Tuesday November 7th, 5:30-6:30 @ UCLA Law School Room 1347, RSVP to email FLS@lawnet.ucla.edu
