UCLA Sustainability

Houselessness Day of Service: Care Package/Hygiene Kit Making & Distribution
2023-04-07 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Los Angeles Tennis Center Straus Clubhouse, 420 Charles E Young Drive West, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Volunteers will have the opportunity to construct care packages and baggies containing hygiene products, daily essentials, & clothes. After construction of the packages, volunteers will go out into Westwood and/or the surrounding LA community to distribute the resources and provide support for individuals experiencing homelessness.
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UCLA Transportation's Bike Recycling Day
2023-04-08 10:00 - 12:30 | Top of Parking Structure 8, 555 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
One person’s trash is another’s sweet ride! Transportation’s popular Bike Recycling Day returns on Saturday, April 8, to the northwest corner of the Parking Structure 8 rooftop from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Members of the UCLA community with a valid BruinCard will have an opportunity to receive a used bike or bike parts for free.
Available bikes have been repurposed from being abandoned or impounded on campus. Recycling abandoned bikes supports UCLA Transportation’s commitment to sustainability and making bicycling more accessible to the campus community.
Those wishing to participate in Bike Recycling Day must register by Sunday, April 2 here. Due to the limited number of bikes, participants will be randomly selected and assigned a time slot. Participants need to be present when their time slot begins to claim their bike. Those not selected for a time slot will receive a special bike offer.
Approximately 65 bikes or parts that equal bikes will be available. Some bikes are stripped down to their frame but offer an excellent opportunity for those interested in building their own bike from the ground up.

Eyes in the Sky, Birds in the Heart and Mind
2023-04-10 12:00 - 13:00 | Experimental Digital Arts, UCLA Broad Art Center, 240 Charles E. Young Dr. N, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
Counterforce Lab Salon, ep. 5
Augmented Reality + Interspecies Friendship + Community-Storytelling
Dr. Francesca Albrezzi (UCLA Digital Humanities) and Yogan Müller (UCLA DMA) will explore how digital methodologies can open up immersive experiences for sensory modalities of engagement between the human and the more-than-human.
This newly-to-be-built AR interface will offer a virtual space where viewers can experience the awe of avian life, fostering interspecies friendship without encroaching on their sensitive space. Simultaneously, they will discuss AR to facilitate community storytelling and place-making as a part of a virtual counter-map wherever iterations of the Biophilia Treehouse are welcomed.
Dr. Albrezzi’s background includes extensive work in museums, such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Getty Museum, exploring the greater contextual understanding of art and culture through the use of digital visualization.
Free lunch!
Eyes in the Sky, Birds in the Heart and Mind is Counterforce Lab’s 2023 lecture series exploring interspecies friendships and entering into conversations across disciplines. We ask how technology, in combination with different knowledge systems and design, can provide an avenue to connect with and learn from the more-than-human. Drones, or, “eyes in the sky,” craan enrich our empathetic connection to the natural world, if we think critically about how we use them.
Made possible with the generous support of a UCLA IDRE grant and UCLA, Design Media Arts Department.

Research Seminar: Brake and Tire Wear
2023-04-10 14:00 - 16:00 | Online
Background
With increasing market share of zero emission vehicles in California and reductions of tailpipe emissions, non-combustion sources have become the dominating source of traffic emissions. Non-combustion sources of traffic emissions include brake and tire wear. Emissions studies have been conducted on vehicular non-combustion emissions through various study designs, including ambient measurements, laboratory modeling, and on-road sampling. Studies have been conducted on the metal contents and size distribution of brake and tire wear particles dispersed in the near-road environment. It is important to reassess these emissions as the vehicle fleet changes. However, no study has been conducted to examine health impacts from brake and tire wear PM metals.
This study examined the distribution of PM metals associated with brake and tire wear and their ability to produce oxidative stress in the body and used this information to model PM metals and determine their association with birth outcomes and placental health outcomes in the Los Angeles area using health data funded by other sources. Health effects studies included placental abnormalities and function and birth outcomes in an ongoing NIH-funded study of 161 pregnant women in Los Angeles and pre-term births and low birth weight in 285,614 live births in Los Angeles County from 2017-2019 from publicly available data.
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Biography
Dr. Michael Jerrett, is an internationally recognized expert in Geographic Information Science for Exposure Assessment and Spatial Epidemiology. He is a full professor in the Department of Environmental Health Science, and Director of the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health at UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health. Dr. Jerrett earned his PhD in Geography from the University of Toronto. Over the past 23 years, Dr. Jerrett has researched how to characterize population exposures to air pollution and built environmental variables, the social distribution of these exposures among different groups, and how to assess the health effects from environmental exposures. He has worked for many years on how the built environment affects exposures and health, particularly the role of parks and green spaces on physical activity promotion and obesity prevention. He has published extensively on climate change, including wildfires, vulnerability to heat stress, and public health co-benefits of climate mitigation. He serves as a standing member of the Health Effects Institute Review Committee, as an editorial board member for the Annual Review of Public Health, and he recently completed a 3-year term on the Geographical Sciences Committee of the U.S. National Academy of Science.

The Wildfire-Stormwater Nexus
2023-04-10 16:00 - 17:30 | Online
UCLA Water is hosting an online seminar on the Climate-Wildfire-Stormwater Nexus: featuring the research insights of Sanjay Mohanty and Onja Raoelison, with framing remarks and panel discussion from Faith Kearns and Ken Susilo.
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An Overview of Building Electrification (Webinar)
2023-04-11 10:30 - 12:00 | Online
Have Energy Efficiency (EE), Building Electrification (BE), Transportation Electrification (TE), and Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) got you feeling like you’re in over your head? If so, join this Overview of Building Electrification! This class, the second in a BE series, being offered by the Energy Education Centers (EECs) will expand upon topics introduced in ‘Building Electrification and Me’.
Taught by Kavita Rodrigues from the EECs, this class will provide attendees with an expanded understanding of what BE is and how it will help California to achieve its ambitious climate goals. Participants will learn about the common misconceptions that are frequently held about electrification technologies, their applications, and how they can realize the overall benefits of electrification.
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Landscapes of Political Memory - Reading Group Session
2023-04-11 13:00 - 14:00 | Kaplan Hall 193, 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Mihaela Mihai, Senior Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Edinburgh, will give a lecture on “Representing Environmental Grief” on Wednesday, April 19th at 4:00pm. In addition, Dr. Mihai will participate in several other events, including a Reading Group session.

Arts & Climate Collective Festival: Imagining a Fossil-Free LA
2023-04-11 13:00 - 16:00 | Founders Park, Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA, 90007, United States
Join USC’s Arts and Climate Collective for an Earth Month celebration and festival that uplifts and empowers the community to imagine a fossil-free L.A.! The event, which is free and open to everyone, will feature conversations with experts and activists, food giveaways, live music, and a resource fair that allows attendees to connect with organizations working towards building sustainable communities in South L.A. and the Eastside. In addition, the Arts and Climate Collective will showcase student artwork, films, and projects that connect the arts, culture, and storytelling with environmental justice.
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Shifting Focus: Organizing for an EcoSocialist Future - A UC Regents’ Lecture by Kali Akuno
2023-04-11 18:00 - 19:50 | Kerckhoff Grand Salon, 308 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
At this University of California Regents’ Lecture, Kali Akuno — organizer, educator, writer, and advocate for human rights and social justice — will lay out a path for protecting our precious planet by discarding capitalism in favor of an eco-socialist approach that employs the democratic tools of the solidarity economy. Leading climate scientists warn that we have less than 10 years to make a serious course correction to avert a catastrophic threat to the Earth’s life systems, including that of the human race. Working within the logic of the capitalist system, which depends on the need for constant growth, won’t work, Akuno says. Instead, he calls for a bottom-up transformation centered on the principles of decolonization, anti-imperialism, anti-capitalism, anti-racism, anti-heterosexism and degrowth.
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Admission is free, but registration is required for each attendee.
Kali Akuno is a co-founder and director of Cooperation Jackson, which is an emerging network of worker cooperatives and supporting institutions. Cooperation Jackson is fighting to create economic democracy by creating a vibrant solidarity economy in Jackson, MS that will help transform Mississippi and the South. You can find more information about Cooperation Jackson at www.CooperationJackson.org.
Kali is also the co-editor of “Jackson Rising: the Struggle for Economic Democracy and Black Self-Determination in Jackson, MS”, and the author of numerous articles and pamphlets including the Jackson-Kush Plan: the Struggle for Black Self-Determination and Economic Democracy”, “Until We Win: Black Labor and Liberation in the Disposable Era”, “Operation Ghetto Storm: Every 28 Hours report” and “Let Your Motto Be Resistance: A Handbook on Organizing New Afrikan and Oppressed Communities for Self-Defense”.

Make or Break: Transforming U.S. Infrastructure to Meet Climate Goals
2023-04-12 08:20 - 15:45 | UCLA School of Law, Room 1357, 385 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, 90095, United States
Buckle up. The transition to cleaner energy is speeding up and a pair of recent climate laws promises to really put America’s foot on the accelerator. But how these laws are implemented at the local, state, and national level will determine whether the U.S. can meet increasingly urgent climate goals as well as benefit communities that historically have been left behind.
Join the UCLA Emmett Institute’s annual symposium on Wednesday, April 12, to explore the new laws that are driving the clean energy transition – the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).
Leading lawyers, energy experts, environmental advocates and architects of climate legislation will share their visions for an ideal infrastructure and how to build it. What’s the role of new legal mandates and economic incentives? How can local communities play a role in this development? How can lawyers and policymakers reduce the negative effects of such unprecedented growth? Big changes are coming to every state, city and household as a result of the IRA and IIJA. This event will provide policymakers with ideas for implementation and give students and climate-minded professionals insight into the process.
This day-long symposium at the UCLA School of Law is free and open to the public. It kicks off with a keynote address by David Hayes, former Special Assistant to the President for Climate Policy in the Biden administration, followed by the three panel discussions detailed below.
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Schedule:
8:20-8:50 AM: Breakfast and Check-In
9:00-9:40 AM: Opening Remarks
9:40-9:50 AM: Morning Break
9:50-11:00 AM: Panel 1: Dreaming Big: How IRA and IIJA Can Help Build an Infrastructure for the Future
11:00-11:15 AM: Morning Break
11:15- 12:25 PM: Panel 2: Transmission Case Study: Remaking our Power Grid for Renewable Energy
12:25-1:25 PM: Lunch
1:25-2:35 PM: Panel 3: Transportation Case Study: Decarbonizing Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
2:35-2:45 PM: Afternoon Break
2:45-3:00 PM: Closing Remarks
3:00-3:45 PM: Reception
Keynote Speaker:
David J. Hayes is Lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School and a Senior Fellow at NRDC. Hayes is the former Deputy Secretary of the Interior, and recently served in the Biden Administration as Special Assistant to the President for Climate Policy. He assisted in developing and implementing climate-related provisions of the IRA and IIJA. He’s an expert in the consideration and permitting of energy projects on public lands and waters.
Panel 1: Dreaming Big: How IRA and IIJA Can Help Build an Infrastructure for the Future
The Biden administration’s Build Back Better agenda was a broad framework for remaking the nation’s social, economic, and environmental policies. The end result is legislation that’s smaller in scope, and yet the IRA and IIJA create unprecedented new incentives for remaking our energy and transportation infrastructure to address climate change. Our first panel of the day will think big about the main energy and transportation goals behind these two laws and the key provisions in each to achieving those benchmarks. What are the most important implementation decisions that must be made to meet the moment? What are the biggest obstacles? This panel will put the IRA and IIJA into the context of existing environmental laws and ask how to facilitate implementation.
Panelists:
Sylvia Chi, Senior Policy Analyst at Just Solutions Collective
Kimberly Clausing, Eric M. Zolt Chair in Tax Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law
Dustin Maghamfar, Federal Program Director at Energy Foundation
Jim Salzman, Donald Bren Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law at the UCLA School of Law and UC Santa Barbara
Moderated by: Cara Horowitz, Andrew Sabin Family Foundation Executive Director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
Panel 2: Transmission Case Study: Remaking our Power Grid for Renewable Energy
As the nation transitions from fossil fuels to clean energy, the transmission infrastructure that forms the backbone of our power system must expand to meet growing electricity needs. This panel will explore what a grid that is fully equipped to support our transition to clean energy looks like, and how to achieve it. The IRA and IIJA provide loans and funding for the improvement of transmission, grid flexibility, and resilience. How can we implement these laws to best meet our transmission goals? Are there regulatory and other impediments to the construction of critically important energy transmission infrastructure and, if so, how can we overcome them? In rapidly expanding our transmission grid, how should we incorporate community input and respond to local concerns?
Panelists:
Jennifer Chen, Senior Manager, Clean Energy at the World Resources Institute
Karen Douglas, Commissioner at the California Public Utilities Commission
Jeremy Hargreaves, Principal at Evolved Energy Research
Moderated by: William Boyd, Michael J. Klein Chair in Law at the UCLA School of Law; Faculty Co-Director of the Emmett Institute; Professor at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Panel 3: Transportation Case Study: Decarbonizing Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Transportation is the top contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in California, so it’s important to electrify the transportation sector quickly. The IRA and IIJA will invest almost $700 billion in programs relating to transportation, but it remains to be seen how that money will be spent—and toward what aims. This panel will ask what changes we should be seeking to achieve with these investments and how to achieve those goals. Which transportation programs could or should see the most funding? How much should we redesign American infrastructure away from the automobile, versus prioritizing a transition to electric vehicles? How much leeway will cities, states and local communities have to shape their transportation infrastructure improvements? And how do we ensure transportation development serves communities that have historically been left behind? This panel will drill down on the intersection of electrification and urban planning.
Panelists:
Hilary Norton, Chair of the California Transportation Commission and founding Executive Director of FAST
Beth Osborne, Director of Transportation for America
Regan Patterson, Assistant Professor of civil and environmental engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering
Moderated by: Jonathan Zasloff, Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law

Keep Cool x Terra.do Climate Job Fair
2023-04-12 09:00 - 11:30 | Online
Join this job fair in collaboration with Keep Cool where we all agree the most important thing in this world is “our planet!”
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About Terra.do job fairs
Terra.do hosts action-packed job fairs each month, giving candidates upfront access to hear from companies about their climate solutions and why you should join them.

Hear about dozens of open roles, in a single event
Engage directly with CXOs and hiring managers
Free for candidates to attend

After the final hiring manager presents, stay for networking where you can spend time visiting breakout rooms to chat further with the companies and organizations you have heard from today.

Regional Park Open Space District’s Virtual Brown Bag Lunch
2023-04-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
Come learn about Park Planning! RPOSD’s Technical Assistance program (TAP) will be hosting a Virtual Brown Bag Lunch with featured guest Chester Kano, the Chief of Development at the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation.
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Careers for a Changing Climate
2023-04-12 19:00 - 20:00 | Online
Twenty years ago, it would be hard to imagine the types of careers that are so prevalent now. What effect is a changing climate having on research and innovation? What other jobs will be needed to address health, safety, and infrastructure, and how will we effectively coordinate and communicate with each other? STAY COOL is proud to host a multigenerational event that will explore what is on the horizon for future jobseekers. Be a cool “elder” and share this information with younger generations! Cleantech San Diego, the Climate Science and Policy program at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Climate People will provide highlights from their organizations.
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A Special Theatrical Screening of the new AppleTV+ Series "EXTRAPOLATIONS - Episode 104: Face of God"
2023-04-12 19:00 - 21:00 | The Ray Stark Family Theatre, 900 W. 34th Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90007, United States
Followed by a Q&A with Series Creator Scott Z. Burns
and Executive Producer Dorothy Fortenberry
Moderated by Joe Arvai, Director of The Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences
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Extrapolations is a bracing drama from writer, director and executive producer Scott Z. Burns that introduces a near future where the chaotic effects of climate change have become embedded into our everyday lives. Eight interwoven stories about love, work, faith and family from across the globe will explore the intimate, life-altering choices that must be made when the planet is changing faster than the population. Every story is different, but the fight for our future is universal. And when the fate of humanity is up against a ticking clock, the battle between courage and complacency has never been more urgent. Are we brave enough to become the solution to our own undoing before it’s too late?
The series stars Meryl Streep, Sienna Miller, Kit Harington, Daveed Diggs, Edward Norton, Diane Lane, Tahar Rahim, Yara Shahidi, Matthew Rhys, Gemma Chan, David Schwimmer, Adarsh Gourav, Keri Russell, Marion Cotillard, Forest Whitaker, Eiza González, Murray Bartlett, Indira Varma, Tobey Maguire, MaameYaa Boafo, Hari Nef, Heather Graham, Michael Gandolfini, Cherry Jones, Gaz Choudhry, Ben Harper, Judd Hirsch and Neska Rose.
Extrapolations is executive produced by Burns, Gregory Jacobs, Dorothy Fortenberry and Media Res’ Michael Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer.
About Outside the Box [Office]
Outside the Box [Office] is a weekly showcase for upcoming releases highlighting world cinema, documentary and independent film titles. The series draws from around the globe to present movies that may challenge, inspire or simply entertain.

Blue + Green: Aquaculture to Restore!
2023-04-13 15:00 - 16:00 | Online
The Blue + Green 2023 series is a 4 part series taking place in person and virtually in celebrating of Earth Day beginning Thursday April 13, 2023 and concluding on Saturday April 29, 2023.
You are registering to attend: S﻿ession 1: Aquaculture to Restore! (Virtual)
The goal of the project is to shine a spotlight on emerging aquaculture sector in our economy. Aquaculture and the supporting technologies bring together all the key ingredients – future growth opportunities that support our coastal ecosystems, the economy, jobs, and our communities. This webinar hybrid series reimagines partnerships between business, government, universities, and communities through regenerative ocean research, exploration, and equity-based economic development.
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Speaker panel on Conservation and Environmental Justice
2023-04-13 18:00 - 19:30 | Rieber Hall – LLC, 310 De Neve Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
Join this Earth Month speaker panel in-person at the UCLA campus! The panel features environmental activist Leah Thomas (@greengirlleah), Indigenous ecologist Ary Sanchez-Amaya, and UCLA Chief Sustainability Officer Nurit Katz.
They will discuss environmentalism through the lenses of research, the work of Indigenous communities, community engagement, and more.
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Open to everyone, not just UCLA students / faculty

Climate Justice Conversations: Repair, Reuse, Resilience
2023-04-13 19:00 - 21:00 | UCLA Makerspace, Olympic Hall, 267 De Neve Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
Remember that sweater with a hole in it, jacket missing a button, and shirt that is so boring it never leaves your closet? Learn how to mend and spruce up your clothing with provided materials while chatting about what fashion means to you and environmental justice issues within the fashion industry.

Waste Awareness Week (WAW): Thrift Shop Pop-Up
2023-04-14 16:00 - 18:00 | Sunset Village, 330 De Neve Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
WAW is a collaborative event amongst UCLA student-orgs and faculty that works to inform students about waste consciousness, sustainable practices, and environmental health.

Santa Monica Earth Month Celebration
2023-04-15 09:00 - 11:00 | Ishihara Park Learning Garden, 2909 Exposition Blvd., Santa Monica, CA, 90404, United States
Join to celebrate EARTH MONTH at the Ishihara Park Learning Garden. Start some of your own seeds, dissect an Owl Pellet, talk hot composting, make your own smudge stick, investigate the worm bin and help decorate the sidewalk all around our garden to celebrate Mother Earth.
Bring your own reusable cups/plates/utensils and be entered to win your own worm bin.

COMPOSTABLE FARM DAY - hosted by Compostable LA & Opus Events Co
2023-04-15 12:00 - 14:00 | Moonwater Farm, 544 West Raymond Street, Compton, CA, 90220, United States
Compostable Farm Day exists to strengthen our relationship with local ecosystems. By encouraging people to engage with all five senses—to see an orchard, touch a compost pile, hear ducks chattering, taste freshly picked produce, and speak with growers of all levels—we aim to create an experience for the community that is not only fun, family-friendly, and educational but also promotes a sense of belonging and interconnectedness in our natural world. While on the farm, attendees have the opportunity to experience the entire food system, from how humans interact with it to how it returns to the earth and transforms into something new.
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Pando Days Season Finale and Presentation of The Pando Sustainability Awards
2023-04-16 14:00 - 17:00 | Caltech Dabney Hall Lounge and Gardens, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91125, United States
Pando Days brings colleges and universities together from across the California Southland to help implement the most ambitious sustainability plan in the country. The Pando Awards celebrate and reward the courage and success of the Pando Days ’22 projects.
Join LA County Supervisor Kathryn Barger (District 5), LA County Supervisor Lindsay Horvath (District 3), Paul Krekorian, President of the Los Angeles City Council, and other distinguished guests. You’ll see:

A showcase of projects from 15 participating Pando Days ’22 colleges and universities.
The world premiere of the We Are Pando documentary film featuring students from the Pando Days ’22 teams by two-time Emmy Award winner, Peabody, and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Lyn Goldfarb.
The release of the sustainability Roadmap book by nationally renowned regional sustainability planner Mark VanderSchaaf. The book is the first to identify and summarize all of the most important sustainability plans affecting Metropolitan Los Angeles and place them in global context.
Awards, grants, and honors galore.
Live, open enrollment for the Pando Days 2023 season.

Expect networking and job opportunities everywhere.
You’ll meet Pando teams, honored guests from public agencies, businesses, and NGOs, philanthropists, CSO Taskforce members, media representatives, and educators from the colleges, universities, and trade schools that have participated in Pando Days in the past – as well as those interested in adopting and supporting new Pando Days programs.
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Sustainable Filmmaking Panel
2023-04-17 16:00 - 18:30 | The Ray Stark Family Theatre, 900 W. 34th Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90007, United States
The panelists work at a variety of companies in the sustainable filmmaking space—major studios, sustainability coordinators on specific shows, documentarians, and climate
activists. They include:
– Juli Shultz, Senior Manager, Sustainability & Climate Action at the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences
– Heidi Kindberg, VP Sustainability at HBO & HBO Max
– Lena Welch, Sustainability Advisor at Next Earth
– Allison Begalman, CEO of YEA! Impact

Cooking Up Resilience
2023-04-17 17:00 - 19:00 | The Teaching Kitchen at UCLA, 420 Charles E Young Drive West, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Climate Justice Conversations invites you to Cooking Up Resilience, a private cooking class for 10 special guests led by UCLA Teaching Kitchen’s Chef Julia Rhoton. Learn how to cook a plant-based, affordable meal and end the night eating together with a dinner full of conversation about the joys of cooking and the importance of food access.
Chef Julia Rhoton has served as the Culinary Arts Coordinator for UCLA Recreation and the UCLA Teaching Kitchen since its opening in October 2019. She has her Bachelor’s degree in elementary school education and a culinary degree from Le Cordon Bleu School of Culinary Arts. After more than 18 years working in kitchens in Los Angeles, she is happy to be helping others learn about cooking and nutrition at UCLA.
To learn more about our other Climate Justice Conversations events, visit the Environmentalists of Color Collective (ECC) at UCLA website.
Chef Julia will be teaching a plant-based, affordable cooking class for 10 people. The night ends with a private dinner and fun conversations. The cooking class will be live streamed, and those joining virtually will be entered in a Westwood Food Co-op produce box giveaway with ten winners! Free ticket required to attend in-person.
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For those who cannot make it in person or couldn’t score a ticket, the cooking class will be live streamed and available via zoom. Those joining virtually will be entered to win one of ten Westwood Food Co-op produce boxes!

The Power of TV: Representing Climate Change Onscreen
2023-04-18 08:00 - 10:15 | Saban Media Center, 5210 Lankershim Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 91601, United States
Presented By: Television Academy Foundation
Special Thanks: Los Angeles Times and The Walt Disney Company
A recent USC-Good Energy study on Climate Silence reported that only 0.6% of all scripted film and television released between 2016 and 2020 mention the term “climate change” and only 2.8% of all scripts included any climate-related terms. The massive reach of film and television offers storytellers an incredible opportunity to break the silence.
Join this conversation exploring ways in which content creators can shed light on the topic and promote positive social change by incorporating more storylines on these issues in their programs, with:
S﻿cott Z. Burns, Award-winning screenwriter, director, producer, playwright and creator of the Apple TV+ series EXTRAPOLATIONS
Anna Jane Joyner, Founder & CEO, Good Energy
Meredith Milton, Creative Director, NRDC’s Rewrite the Future
Peter Saji, Writer/Director
Moderated by:
Rosanna Xia, Environmental Reporter for the Los Angeles Times
Continental breakfast will be provided from 8:00am-8:45am PT.
Complimentary self-parking will be available in the structure adjacent to the Saban Media Center.
You may also take the Metro to the North Hollywood Metro Red Line stop two blocks north of the Television Academy on Lankershim Blvd.
This is a public event and Television Academy members as well as the public are invited to attend; each individual may reserve up to two tickets.
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About the Television Academy Foundation
The Television Academy Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We rely on support from philanthropists and sponsors who share our mission of educating and inspiring those who are shaping television’s future. While free tickets are available, we ask you to consider a $5 donation to support the Foundation’s public programs.

Blue + Green: Building a Sustainable Workforce in an Emerging Blue Economy
2023-04-18 15:00 - 16:00 | South Bay Center for Counseling Heart of the Harbor Community Farm, 550 East L St, Los Angeles, CA, 90744, United States
EVENT OVERVIEW
The Blue + Green 2023 series is a 4 part series taking place in person and virtually in celebrating of Earth Day beginning Thursday April 13, 2023 and concluding on Saturday April 29, 2023.
You are registering to attend Session 2: Building a Sustainable Workforce in an Emerging Blue Economy (In-Person) To be held at SBCC’s Heart of the Harbor Community Farm
The goal of the project is to shine a spotlight on emerging aquaculture sector in our economy. Aquaculture and the supporting technologies bring together all the key ingredients – future growth opportunities that support our coastal ecosystems, the economy, jobs, and our communities. This webinar hybrid series reimagines partnerships between business, government, universities, and communities through regenerative ocean research, exploration, and equity-based economic development.
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Luskin Summit 2023: Our Research in Action
2023-04-19 07:30 - 13:00 | UCLA Faculty Club, 480 Charles E. Young Drive E, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
The fifth annual Luskin Summit will feature a keynote address, the unveiling of our annual poll about life in Los Angeles and a closing session, plus breakout discussions in three tracks:
Housing;
Equitable Policy;
Water and Climate Policy
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SCHEDULE
(subject to change as speakers are confirmed)
Check-In and Breakfast: 7:30-8:30 a.m.
Keynote Address: 8:30 a.m.
Results of the Annual Quality of Life Index: 9 a.m.
Breakout Discussions: 9:30-11:45 a.m.
Closing Plenary Session: noon
FEATURED PRESENTERS

Government officials and civic leaders
Decision-makers in politics and business
UCLA scholars
Difference-makers in the nonprofit and ​philanthropic spheres

Is Solar Geoengineering a Viable Tool in the Climate Policy Arsenal?
2023-04-19 09:00 - 10:00 | HYBRID: UPenn Kleinman Energy Forum and Zoom, Fisher Fine Arts Library, 220 S 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
This is a hybrid event. For those attending virtually, a Zoom link will be sent out the day of the event.
As the planet nears the critical warming threshold of 1.5C (3F), a class of controversial climate interventions, often described under the umbrella term of “Geoengineering”—the intentional manipulation of Earth’s planetary environment to offset the warming effects of carbon pollution–are coming increasingly into focus on the national and international policy stage. Such manipulations potentially include what’s called “solar geoengineering” or “Solar Radiation Management” , which refer to efforts to reduce the surface warming by the Sun (e.g. through the periodic injection of reflective particles into the stratosphere to mimic the cooling by an explosive volcanic eruption). They also include approaches to capture carbon from the atmosphere, followed by subsequent storage beneath Earth’s surface or in the deep ocean, known as carbon dioxide removal.
A panel with diverse views and backgrounds on the topic will explore questions surrounding solar geoengineering.
The Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media is excited to host and sponsor this event with Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and Perry World House. This event will be both in-person and streamed live and recorded for later viewing.
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California Energy Commission Virtual Career Fair
2023-04-19 11:30 - 13:00 | Online
Join this virtual career fair to learn more about job opportunities at the California Energy Commission (CEC).
The CEC is recruiting for a wide range of positions — not all of them require an energy background!
The Energy Commission, which is the state’s primary energy policy and planning agency, is leading the state to a 100% clean energy future for all.
During the fair, you’ll find out about the work that the CEC is doing, the work culture and benefits, and how to navigate the state hiring process. There will be an opportunity to ask questions of current staff and get tips and best practices from our recruiters. Candidates across the state are encouraged to apply.
This event is limited to 500 and the first 500 people that login will be able to join.
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Learn how to apply for jobs at: www.energy.ca.gov/careers.
Check out the great work that we’re doing at: www.energy.ca.gov.
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Park Bench Chat: Heroism Starts at Home
2023-04-19 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
Trust for Public Land Director of Community Strategies Cary Simmons will be joined in conversation with three inspiring individuals who have answered the call to make their communities happier, healthier, and more resilient by leveraging parks and green space to improve their neighborhoods and encourage deep local engagement and activism.
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California Natural Resources Secretary Speaker Series: Generation NOW - California’s Young Environmental Leader Drive Change
2023-04-19 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
Celebrate Earth Week in conversation with young environmental leaders who are combating climate change, confronting environmental justice, and building equitable access to nature. Each of us has a why: the reason we pursue our work and passions. We’ll learn how these leaders became engaged, what motivates them, and their vision for the future.
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About
Secretary Crowfoot hosts monthly discussions with leaders and big thinkers from across California to discuss emerging natural resources issues. This open forum allows for new and different perspectives about how we best steward California’s resources.
These events are public, live-streamed on YouTube, and recorded for later viewing.
