These are fascinating times - tech-based innovation offers the promise of disruptive technologies which can lower cost and improve outcomes in critical areas of societal focus. The innovations and the businesses that drive them, however, are often subject to a rapidly emerging "techlash" with a growing set of concerns about potential monopolistic behavior of large tech companies, concerns...
Dr. Ritter will describe his 20 years working to understand patterns and change in California’s diverse urban forests. He will describe research involving the California Urban Forest Inventory project and SelecTree. Climate change has and will continue to affect the state’s urban areas. Can we predict how urban tree species will respond to increasing temperature and variable precipitation?...
The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) welcomes UCLA staff and faculty to join us for an overview of our programs. LACI is creating an inclusive green economy by: unlocking innovation by working with startups to accelerate the commercialization of clean technologies; transforming markets through partnerships with policymakers, innovators, and market leaders in transportation, energy and...
REGISTRATION CLOSES AT 3PM ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4. PLEASE REMEMBER TO USE YOUR SCHOOL-ISSUED EMAIL ADDRESS. ZOOM LINK WILL BE SENT 1-2 HOURS PRIOR TO THE START OF THE EVENT. REGISTER HERE We’re inviting environmental, chemical, and civil engineering students to learn about future career opportunities at LA Sanitation & Environment. Hear from recent hires...
Join the Centers@Anderson and Professor Chris Tang, in conversation with Cheryl Gregory (’10), senior manager, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Edwin Keh, CEO, Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) and former chief operating officer, global procurement, Walmart; and Shailendra Tyagi, former head, supply chain and logistics, ITC Limited where he led the...
Register Here: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUpcemppj0sGdCVttEhc4SBijpEPAfjMQ80 Please join us for a panel on "Efforts to Phase Out Oil and Gas Extraction in California," hosted by the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Environmental Law Society. The panel will feature advocates working to address the impacts of oil and gas extraction. Topics will include recent...
Join Eatwell Pod for our annual food day event at UCLA Farmers’ Market. More details coming soon! The Farmers’ Market is held biweekly at Bruin Plaza for UCLA students, staff, faculty, and community to enjoy. Our team further champions sustainability, community, and education through our events and workshops. Come join us and support your local...
Sana Rahim is a Senior HR Business Partner and People Programs Lead at brightwheel. Sana designs work environments where employees are happy and able to do their best work. She has deep expertise in diversity & inclusion, talent management and employee engagement. Sana believes work should be engaging, joyous and inclusive for ALL employees. She...
Please RSVP below to join us at the La Kretz Garden Pavilion UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden. Maximum capacity for this event is 60 and we encourage participant to arrive by 12pm to have a seat. Latecomers are welcome if space is available. Email eatwell@ucla.edu if you have any questions or accessibility needs for...
Join USGBC-LA for a special America Recycles Day Training opportunity! REGISTER HERE TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency) is a comprehensive certification program recognizing facilities for minimizing resource consumption, preventing waste, and redesigning material life cycles so that all residual materials are reused in a closed loop. TRUE was developed as a leadership standard to...
