GRID Talks | Raise the Roof: Women in Construction

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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 […]

Black Holes, White Gold: A Floristic Inventory of the Silver Peak Range, Esmeralda County, NV.

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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. These desert mountains are arid yet full of incredible biodiversity, and range from valleys of alkali wetlands, cactus flats to red rock canyons, and peaks […]

2nd Annual Climate Equity LA Series Launch

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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 for climate resilience, and the collaborative role of the Climate Emergency Mobilization Office (CEMO) in the co-creation of the City of LA's first Heat Action […]

Climate Solutions, Justice, and the Rise of a Trillion-Dollar Industry

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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 climate solution. As attention on soil carbon is increasing in rapidly expanding carbon markets, questions of application and scalability must be approached from a framework […]

Climate Change, Disruption, and Health Equity

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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 across the population. A panel of experts will discuss how climate change and climate disasters impact health outcomes for different populations and exacerbates health inequities, […]

2023 BizFed Institute Water Forum

Metropolitan Water District 700 Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA, United States

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 and long-term solutions. They'll convene change agents from business and government for a frank conversation about challenges, projects, policies, and urgently needed investments. REGISTER HERE

Bet the Farm: The Dollars and Sense of Growing Food in America

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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 in America. Speaker: Beth Hoffman began her writing career focused on culture and food, producing a radio food series documenting the stories of immigrant women […]

Urban biodiversity: the importance of scale

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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 […]

Life after Concrete: Imagining the Future of the LA River

Doheny Memorial Library (DML) 240 3550 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA, United States

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 […]