Bike Week Pit Stop
2023-05-16 07:30 - 09:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Westwood and Le Conte, 900 Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
Bike Week Pit Stops (with bike swag and complimentary refreshments)

Building State Capacity to Unlock Federal Climate Dollars: A Discussion with the State Funding Readiness Project
2023-05-16 11:00 - 12:00 | Online
As states across the country get into the full swing of implementing federal climate dollars in their communities, we recognize that sharing lessons learned across state lines is more important now than ever. Building capacity and providing technical assistance is essential to ensure state governments and their partners can effectively and equitably utilize their federal funds to advance meaningful climate action.
One such technical assistance provider is the State Funding Readiness Project (SFRP), an initiative led by Hua Nani Partners and the US Climate Alliance that provides free technical assistance and capacity support to help states unlock the full potential of federal climate investments. We’ve invited a panel of their experts to share what they learned from the early stages of this program, including insights into the role of equity and Justice40, best practices for federal grant applications, and a case study from one of their state partners. Expert speakers include:

Chris Bast, Principal at Hua Nani Partners
Jasmine McAdams, SFRP Equity and Environmental Justice Lead
Melissa Hampe, SFRP Federal Grant Writing Expert

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Free Food from the Dining Halls
2023-05-16 22:00, 2023-05-18 22:00 | Conference Room 1 in the Student Activities Center Basement, 220 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Bruin Dine is a student-run organization founded in 2018 that works to bridge the gap between food waste and food insecurity by recovering food from the UCLA dining halls that would have otherwise been thrown away and redistributing it. Open to everyone, bring your own container and utensils.

Webinar on Climate Change and Trauma
2023-05-17 08:00 - 09:30 | Online
Our physical and mental health are often directly tied to the environment in which we live. Climate change, if left unaddressed, could have catastrophic consequences on the mental health of entire populations. Join Drs. Dana Rose Garfin (Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA), Betty Lai (Boston College), and Sarah Lowe (Yale School of Public Health) as they discuss the impact of climate change on mental health and how we can treat those affected.
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Bike Week Pit Stop
2023-05-17 08:30 - 10:30 | Lu Valle Commons, 398 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States

Impacts of Offshore Wind on Marine Mammals and Seabirds: The Knows & Unknowns
2023-05-17 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
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Water Efficiency in Multifamily: Leak Detection Strategies & Tech
2023-05-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
Leak detection in multifamily properties can be the largest and quickest opportunity for utility savings. Simple and discrete leak detection technologies can effectively lower overall water use and substantially improve a building’s performance.
Join LABBC’s Maureen Erbeznik in conversation with Cora Snyder of Pacific Institute, Gary Tilkian of Metropolitan Water District and Terrence McCarthy of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power for a roundtable discussion on:

California’s current water supply
Pending state legislation and available water incentives
New leak detection and management technologies
Leak detection case studies
Water efficiency opportunities for multifamily housing

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UCLA on-campus Farmers Market
2023-05-17 13:00 - 19:00 | Bruin Plaza, 308 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Every few weeks, the Farmers’ Market at UCLA descends on Bruin Plaza with a smorgasbord of fresh produce to provide healthy, sustainable nourishment.

Annual Edward W. Said Lecture - Amitav Ghosh: A Lecture and Conversation
2023-05-17 16:00 - 18:00 | UCLA Broad 2160E Art Center, 240 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
The Edward W. Said Series presents
Amitav Ghosh
A Lecture and Conversation with Anjali Prabhu, Professor and Edward W. Said Chair of Comparative Literature
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Co-sponsored by the UCLA Division of Humanities with generous support from European Languages and Transcultural Studies, the Kahn Chair, The UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies, the Goetz Chair, and the Center for India and South Asia
Special thanks to Dean Alex Stern and Profs. David Myers and Michael Rothberg

Free Food from the Dining Halls
2023-05-17 22:00 | Student Activities Center ROTC Room 120P, 220 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States

My Green Building Conference + Expo: MyGBCE 2023
2023-05-18 08:00 - 17:00 | The Beehive by SoLa Impact, 961 E. 61st Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90001, United States
The largest and longest-running gathering for green building and sustainability advocates in Southern California is brought to you by the U.S. Green Building Council – Los Angeles this May 18th, 2023.⁠
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UCLA Bike Week 2023 Luncheon
2023-05-18 11:00 - 13:00 | Wilson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Receive a Bike Week T-shirt and/or participate in the Bike Week Luncheon. T-shirts must be picked up at a pit stop on Tuesday or Wednesday, May 16-17, or at the luncheon on Thursday, May 18.
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Book Talk - "Ghostly Invasions: Political Theologies of Fire in Post-Coup Bolivia"
2023-05-18 12:15 - 13:45 | Haines Hall Room 352, 375 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Part of Culture Power and Social Change, Dept of Anthropology
Massive wildfires erupted across Bolivia only months before the violent ousting of the country’s first Indigenous president, Evo Morales Ayma, in 2019. Media critics depicted his mainly Indigenous followers as ghostly “invaders” who, having received property through his government, were using fires to clear land for agriculture. This talk approaches these events as points of insight into the racialization of climate politics, including the authoritarian tendencies of environmentalisms that preserve nature’s purity and reproduce narratives of racialized guilt and responsibility.
If fire frequently arises as a symptom of the end-times (waning democracy, global environmental crisis, and self-devouring capitalism) for Chiquitos activists it acts also as a redemptive force by which to contest settler fantasies of empty environments and of a future built upon the necessary erasure—and expelling—of living ghosts.

Pack Up Plastics Fair
2023-05-18 15:30 - 17:30 | Bruin Plaza, 308 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
CALPIRG is calling on Amazon to reduce their excessive use of plastic package and switch over to more sustainable alternatives. This Thursday, they are holding a Pack Up Plastics Fair by the Bruin Bear in Bruin Plaza to educate students about plastic pollution and Amazon’s large use of plastic packaging.
There will be tote bag painting/decorating, bracelet making, postcards to send to Amazon, a super cool photobooth, and trivia where you can win super cool and sustainable prizes.

Career and Networking Panel: UCLA Environmental Science Alumni
2023-05-18 18:30 - 20:30 | Online
A﻿re you interested in sustainability careers in entertainment, tech, renewable energy, or wildlife? Our four speakers will offer you a look into these exciting areas! We will also be joined by KERAMIDA Inc., a global sustainability and EHS services firm looking to hire students inclined towards environmental engineering, so prepare your resumes if you’re interested!
Audrey Vinant-Tang, Director of Sustainability Strategy at NBC Universal
Liz Schneider, Senior Program Manager of Carbon Data and Analytics at Google
Taylor Briglio, Manager of Clean Mobility at Willdan
Kirstie Ruppert, Social Scientist at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
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Playground Earth: Activating Climate Emotions
2023-05-18 18:30 - 22:00 | Loyola Marymount University Roski Dining Hall, 7268 Loyola Marymount University Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90045, United States
Playground Earth: Activating Climate Emotions is a Mental Health Action Day Event on Thursday May 18th, 2023 from 6:30pm-10:00pm at LMU Roski Hall. This community-focused and youth-led event centers the discussion of the mental health impacts of the climate crisis on young adults worldwide, bringing together youth activists, leaders in the climate justice movement, and professionals in the mental health field.
D﻿oors at 6:30pm | Programming begins at 7:00pm
*F﻿ree admission – first come, first serve!*
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Renew Wave
2023-05-19 11:00 - 15:00 | Wilson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
This campus fair day, Renew Wave, will have some spectacular guest speakers (including KC Fockler from Surfrider Foundation OC), guided yoga and meditation, and a raffle with some epic prizes— gift cards, backpacks, skate/surfboards, and a Go Pro from amazing sponsors. Come hang out with sustainable student clubs & businesses! This event is open to the public.

Book Club - Heather McGhee's The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
2023-05-19 12:00 - 13:00 | HYBRID: Terasaki Life Sciences Building 1100 and Zoom, 610 Charles E Young Dr S, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
The Center for Education Innovation and Learning in the Sciences (CEILS) is hosting a book club to discuss The Sum of Us. We will read and discuss the book in four sections. Please feel free to drop in as your schedule allows.
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Elemental Readings: Air - Day 1
2023-05-19 13:20 - 17:30 | UCLA Luskin Conference Center, 425 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
A Luskin Endowment for Thought Leadership Conference, co-sponsored by the Departments of Classics and English, UCLA. May 19th – 20th, 2023.
Recent work across a range of fields in the humanities and arts, as well as in environmental, media and digital studies, has paid increasing attention to the role of the elements in shaping our experience and understanding of the world. This conference brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines who are seeking to redefine the role of air, atmosphere, and the weather in traditionally non-scientific media (predominantly poetry, writing, music, photography, and film). The topic invites discussion of the mutability of weather as an invisible ontology (and marker of climate change) as well as discussions of atmosphere (whose porous and unfinished nature embraces a broad range of entities, from modes of knowing and feeling, to the stuff we breathe, to outer space). In each of these cases, air’s mediating possibilities across fields, materials, and periods are especially rich for collaboration and the exchange of ideas.
Our conference seeks fruitful points of contact between two colleagues in English and Classics at UCLA, who both work on air and the elements, joining with scholars from media studies, art history and environmental humanities, for a multifaceted discussion of a common object.
The conference will be on site only. Please send any enquiries to purves@g.ucla.edu
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2023 Environmental Justice Symposium: Keynote and Panel
2023-05-19 14:00 - 16:00 | Online
The 5th Annual Environmental Justice Symposium, presented by the Bren School Environmental Justice Club, is a hybrid event that will explore topics ranging from the roots of environmental harm to advice for environmental justice careers. This event brings together interdisciplinary scholars, activists, and thought leaders to envision the future of environmental justice. The symposium will be held Thursday, May 18 (online streaming sessions) and Friday, May 19 (in Bren Hall 1414 with online viewing available).
No registration is required to attend either session. All times listed are in Pacific Time.
Event Co-Sponsors: Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, UCSB Graduate Students for Diversity in Science, UCSB Graduate Student Association, UCSB Environmental Affairs Board
2:00pm: Keynote Speaker – Mia Lopez
Bren Hall 1414. Or view online using this link and passcode justice
Former Tribal Chair, Former Vice Chair, member and Tribal Representative of the Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation, one of several bands of Chumash people. She is also the Former Administrative Assistant at Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation, a Native Lead Non-profit that advocates, litigates and educates on behalf of the local Indigenous people, their territories, and natural cultural resources.
3:00pm: Decolonizing Environmentalism Panel
Bren Hall 1414. Or view online using this link and passcode justice
This panel will discuss the question of how environmentalists define and think about decolonization within the environmental space. Panelists include: McKalee Steen, PhD Candidate, UC Berkeley; other panelists to be announced.

Elemental Readings: Air - Day 2
2023-05-20 08:00 - 17:00 | UCLA Luskin Conference Center, 425 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States

Blue Wave AltaSea Volunteer Orientation
2023-05-20 10:00 - 12:00 | AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles, 2451 Signal St, Los Angeles, CA, 90731, United States
AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles is dedicated to accelerating scientific collaboration, advancing an emerging blue economy through business innovation and job creation, and inspiring the next generation, all for a more sustainable, just and equitable world.
EVENT OVERVIEW
AGENDA
Welcome to AltaSea
Check In – Introductions
Overview of AltaSea’s Mission + Vision
Volunteer Opportunities and Role Descriptions
Upcoming AltaSea Events
AltaSea Campus Site Tour
Submit Volunteer Application
Receive your Volunteer T-Shirt and Volunteer Badge
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UNICEF Walk for Water Walkathon
2023-05-20 11:00 - 15:00 | Drake Stadium, 340 Charles E. Young Drive North, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Learn more about water insecurity and walk to raise funds for UNICEF’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Mission.
This event aims to raise money for UNICEF, with volunteers asking their close friends and family to pledge just 75 cents for each mile they walk at the event towards projects that work to provide clean water access to communities in LA, California, and the United States!
This is a great opportunity for your members to get involved with the local community and a splendid way to earn important community service hours. (We would be happy to officiate service documents!) More importantly, they are able to join hands to effect real change in a global setting.
Throughout the event, they will be encouraged to learn about water insecurity in LA, California, and the world through booths and water stations being set up across the track, as well as request songs they would like to hear played as they walk! We are also open to having you set up booths at the event, should you be interested.
We will be serving water, fruit, and fruit snacks throughout the event so bagged lunches are encouraged if needed.
We sincerely hope that you can join us for this volunteering opportunity. If you would like to participate, please fill out this form with your RSVP and the number of students who would like to attend. We would also be able to send you some materials to advertise this event and for volunteers to collect pledges from their peers and parents.

Southwest Swap & Style
2023-05-21 14:00 - 17:00 | Tipuana Apartments, Warren Hall, 900 Weyburn Pl, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
Need to clear out unwanted clothing before moving out? Interested in revamping your closet for the summer? GCGP is collaborating with the Southwest Apartments and FAST to hold a clothing swap at Tipuana’s MPR. Come drop off clothes you no longer want, and get a new fit styled just for you by FAST stylists! There will be giveaways and free catering as well!
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The Center for Diverse Leadership in Science Presents: A Meet & Greet with Brandon Hunter, PhD
2023-05-22 14:00 - 18:00 | HYBRID: Geology 3814 and Zoom, 595 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
The Center for Diverse Leadership in Science is pleased to welcome back Dr. Brandon Hunter as our guest speaker. We invite you, virtually or in person, to have a candid discussion with Dr. Hunter about Community Science: Navigating Environmental Justice in Academia, Community Orgs, & Non-Profits from 2-4pm PDT. There will also be an opportunity to mingle from 4pm-6pm PDT with light refreshments. Masking is optional although strongly recommended indoors.
Please RSVP to join us! The Zoom information will only be shared with those who sign up.
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Dr. Brandon Hunter is an environmental scientist, a scholastic researcher, a state-certified infrastructure design engineer, a community-based technical service provider, and a professional technical consultant. Dr. Hunter has developed a career by leveraging his technical skillsets to support and advance self-determined community-centered advocacy towards environmental equity. He currently works full-time as a Community Scientist for the Natural Resources Defense Council and has appointments as an Environmental Justice Fellow at the Center for Rural Enterprise & Environmental Justice and as an Early Career Fellow at UCLA’s Center for Diverse Leadership in Science.
Brandon looks forward to meeting students, faculty, and staff and having a candid discussion about community-based science in academia and beyond.

Environmental Health Sciences Seminar - "California Climate Policies," with former CA State Senator Fran Pavley
2023-05-22 15:00 - 16:00 | Center for the Health Sciences (CHS) Floor 2, Corridor 3 – Room 105, 10833 Le Conte Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
RSVP by 3:00pm on Tuesday, May 16th, to help plan refreshments accordingly. There is no zoom option for this event.
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A Book Talk with Dr. Martin Rizzo-Martinez, "We Are Not Animals: Indigenous Politics of Survival, Rebellion, and Reconstitution in Nineteenth-Century California"
2023-05-22 16:00 - 17:30 | Bunche Hall Room 6265, 11282 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Dr. Martin Rizzo-Martinez, a California State Parks historian & Tribal Liaison will deliver a talk titled “We Are Not Animals: Indigenous Politics of Survival, Rebellion, and Reconstitution in Nineteenth-Century California.” This presentation will be based upon his book: We Are Not Animals: Indigenous Politics of Survival, Rebellion, and Reconstitution in Nineteenth-Century California (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2022). This is a deeply-researched study of the Indigenous peoples of Santa Cruz and surrounding areas that improves our understanding of Native American experiences in California as a whole.

Leading the Clean Energy Transformation
2023-05-23 11:00 - 12:00 | Online
Edison International’s President and CEO Pedro Pizarro will be featured in a moderated livestream event to discuss the company’s ongoing efforts in electrification, equity, climate adaptation and investing in the grid. Pizarro will highlight the importance of these initiatives and how they relate to leading the clean energy transformation. The event will provide valuable insights into the company’s ongoing work to address the challenges facing the energy industry and continue providing clean and reliable energy and energy services.
The conversation will be moderated by Dan Schnur, politics professor at USC, UC Berkeley, and Pepperdine.
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Episode screening of EXTRAPOLATIONS, followed by a talk-back with Showrunner Scott Z. Burns
2023-05-23 18:30 - 21:00 | Ray Kurtzman Theater, 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA, 90067, United States
Co-hosted with Creative Artists Agency (CAA) Foundation and Good Energy, join Hollywood Climate Summit (HCS) for an episode screening of EXTRAPOLATIONS, followed by a talk-back with Showrunner Scott Z. Burns.
This screening is a pre-climate summit celebration. Come watch one of the first scripted climate TV shows with industry friends who are ready to activate.
RSVP: molly.shriver@caa.com
