Providing basic services to informal urban settlements has been a historical challenge for cities of the global south. One of the defining features of ‘informality’ in settlements has been their lack of access to basic services. This seminar complicates that discussion by asking how to marry the concerns of sustainability and steady electricity provision in...
Meet the women who are building a more inclusive solar industry! with Marie Kills Warror, Anna Bautista, Freida Galindo Join GRID Alternatives for a one hour discussion and Q&A on women in the solar industry, women in construction, and a just transition to a clean energy future through solar energy. FREE ONLINE WEBINAR - REGISTER...
With Peri Lee Pipkin, Masters student, Claremont University & 2022 WMRC Mini Grant Recipient Peri Lee is conducting a floristic inventory of the Silver Peak mountains in Esmeralda County, Nevada....
The 2nd Annual Climate Equity LA (CELA) Series Launch will provide an overview of Year 2 of the CELA series, including its emphasis on extreme heat and equitable, community-centered solutions...
This is a keynote event of The Penn Regenerative Ag Alliance Workshop. The workshop’s morning keynote speaker, Dr. Jane Zelikova, will discuss the possibility of regenerative agriculture as a just...
As climate-related disasters, such as floods, droughts, and extreme temperatures become more common, humans are being exposed to unique combinations of health hazards and stressors, which are often inequitably distributed...
Join us the L.A. County Business Federation (BizFed) Institute for its in-person Water Resiliency Forum on Friday, March 24th, at the Metropolitan Water District's Los Angeles headquarters to talk short-term...
This is a keynote event of the Penn Regenerative Ag Alliance Workshop. REGISTER HERE Bet the Farm: A conversation with Beth Hoffman on the dollars and sense of growing food...
REGISTER HERE While much is known about the scaling of biodiversity, less is known about specifically how biodiversity scales in urban areas. This is an important question because over two-thirds of humans live in urban areas. Understanding how, precisely, biodiversity scales in urban areas will inform management. Linear relationships would imply that similar interventions should...
This is the fifth event of the 2022-23 Mellon Sawyer Seminar Precarious Ecologies: Science and Social Justice in the Production of Environmental Knowledge. Nearly a century after it was encased in concrete for flood control, the LA River has in recent years become a source of hope for a renewed urban ecology, as well as...
