UCLA Sustainability

Good Food Institute - Plant based meat
2018-01-29 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Bunche Hall 3157, http://maps.ucla.edu/campus/?locid=130
***Come join us and try the highly-acclaimed ahimi–a raw “tuna” made completely from plants!***
Are you interested in learning about new developments in cheap, ethical ways to feed our growing population? It’s time to talk about food.
Veg Bruins and E3 are very excited to host Aylon Steinhart of The Good Food Institute to discuss current problems posed by industrialized animal agriculture, and how clean and plant-based meat companies and entrepreneurs are solving these issues while experiencing tremendous business success.
These companies are making clean and plant-based alternatives to meat that look, cook, and taste like the real thing, and you will have a chance to taste for yourself.
We’ll also have samples from Soylent, Imperfect Produce, and Bobo’s Oat Bars!

The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity - Luskin Center for Innovation Event
2018-01-25 18:00 - 20:00 | Luskin School of Public Affairs, room 2355, UCLA
Reception, Presentation, Panel Discussion, Author Q&A, and Book Signing.
Author and main speaker: Sandra Postel
Moderator: Mark Gold, UCLA
Panelists: Rita Kampalath, Los Angeles County Chief Sustainability Office; Omar Moghaddam, GeoEnvironment Technologies, Advantek International
About the book:
We have disrupted the natural water cycle for centuries in an effort to control water for our own prosperity. Yet every year, recovery from droughts and floods costs billions of dollars, and we spend billions more on dams, diversions, levees, and other feats of engineering. These massive projects not only are risky financially and environmentally, they often threaten social and political stability. What if the answer was not further control of the water cycle, but repair and replenishment?
Sandra Postel takes readers around the world to explore water projects that work with, rather than against, nature’s rhythms. In New Mexico, forest rehabilitation is safeguarding drinking water; along the Mississippi River, farmers are planting cover crops to reduce polluted runoff; and in China, “sponge cities” are capturing rainwater to curb urban flooding.
Efforts like these will be essential as climate change disrupts both weather patterns and the models on which we base our infrastructure. We will be forced to adapt. The question is whether we will continue to fight the water cycle or recognize our place in it and take advantage of the inherent services nature offers. Water, Postel writes, is a gift, the source of life itself. How will we use this greatest of gifts?
About the author:
Sandra Postel directs the independent Global Water Policy Project and lectures, writes and consults on global water issues. In 2010 she was appointed Freshwater Fellow of the National Geographic Society. Sandra is co-creator of Change the Course, the national water stewardship initiative awarded the 2017 US Water Prize for restoring billions of gallons of water to depleted rivers and wetlands.
During 2000-2008, Sandra was visiting senior lecturer in Environmental Studies at Mount Holyoke College, and late in that term directed the college’s Center for the Environment. From 1988 until 1994, she was vice president for research at the Worldwatch Institute. Sandra is a Pew Scholar in Conservation and the Environment, and has been named one of the Scientific American 50, an award recognizing contributions to science and technology.
A leading authority and prolific author on international water issues, Sandra has been hailed for her “inspiring, innovative and practical approach” to promoting the preservation and sustainable use of freshwater. She is author of Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity (Island Press, 2017), Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last? and of Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity, chosen by Choice magazine as a 1993 Outstanding Academic Book. Last Oasis appears in eight languages and was the basis for a 1997 PBS documentary. Sandra’s article “Troubled Waters,” was selected for inclusion in the 2001 edition of Best American Science and Nature Writing. She is also co-author (with Brian Richter) of Rivers for Life: Managing Water for People and Nature (Island Press 2003). Sandra co-founded and regularly contributes to National Geographic’s freshwater blog, Water Currents.
Sandra has authored more than 100 articles for popular and scholarly publications, including Science, Natural History, Scientific American, Foreign Policy, Ecological Applications, Technology Review, Environmental Science and Technology, International Wildlife, and Water Alternatives. She has written some 20 op-ed features that have appeared in more than 30 newspapers in the United States and abroad, including The New York Times, the L.A. Time, and The Washington Post. A frequent conference speaker and lecturer, she has also served as commentator on CNN’s Futurewatch, addressed the European Parliament on environmental issues, and appeared on CBS Sunday Morning, ABC’s Nightline, and NPR’s Science Friday. She also appears in the BBC’s Planet Earth, Leonardo DiCaprio’s The 11th Hour, and the National Geographic Channel’s Breakthrough series.
Sandra is Water Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute, and has served as advisor to the Division on Earth and Life Studies of the U.S. National Research Council, as well as to American Rivers. She has served on the Board of Directors of the International Water Resources Association, and on the editorial boards of Ecosystems, Water Policy, and Green Futures. She received a B.A. (summa cum laude) in geology and political science at Wittenberg University and an M.E.M. with emphasis on resource economics and policy at Duke University. Sandra has been awarded several honorary Doctor of Science degrees, as well as the Duke University School of Environment’s Distinguished Alumni Award.

HOLDING FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES LIABLE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE HARMS IN CALIFORNIA: LAW, SCIENCE, AND JUSTICE
2018-01-25 17:15 - 20:30 | Fowler Museum
Please join the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Emmett Institute for:
Holding Fossil Fuel Companies Liable for Climate Change Harms in California: Law, Science, and Justice
Reception and Panel Discussion – Please Register

Thursday, January 25, 2018
Opening reception: 5:15 P.M. PST
Panel begins: 6:00 P.M. PST
The Union of Concerned Scientists and the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law invite you to a stimulating conversation exploring whether and how the fossil fuel industry can be held liable for the harms climate change is inflicting on communities.
The event is free, but registration is required. Please register today to attend in person or to receive more information on joining the live webcast.
Speakers:
* Peter Frumhoff, director of science and policy, Union of Concerned Scientists
* Ann Carlson, Shirley Shapiro professor of environmental law, and inaugural faculty director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, UCLA School of Law
* Honorable Serge Dedina, mayor of Imperial Beach, California, and executive director of the nonprofit organization Wildcoast
* Alex Hall, professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and director of the Center for Climate Change Solutions at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Collective Impact 2018: Share Your Truth, Series #1
2018-01-24 18:00 - 20:00 | Buro Happold Engineering, 800 Wilshire Blvd, 16th Floor, Los Angeles, CA
Join us as we continue our Collective Impact speaker series in 2018.
We’re tackling subjects from the climate crisis, resilience, health and wellness, diversity and inclusion, to equity, economy and environment and much more.
We’ve assembled forward-thinking thought leaders for a discussion on our collective impact on Los Angeles and beyond.
Panelists:
Hilary Firestone, NRDC
Neelam Sharma, Veggie Bus/Community Services Unlimited
Stanford Barnes, Global Green
Sissy Trinh, Southeast Asian Community Alliance
Oscar Monge, Trust South LA
Jessica McBride, Open Silo
Jessica Meaney, Investing In Place
Maya Henderson, Kilroy Realty
Anthony Brower, Gensler
David Herd, BuroHappold
Mandi Roberts, Koning Eizenberg
Adam Friedberg, BuroHappold
Richard Ludt, Interior Removal Specialist Inc
Alma Wagner, Bernards
Holly Hill, Southern California Edison
Please note parking is not validated in the building

E3- Ecology, Economy, Equity- Student Organization Fair at UCLA
2018-01-24 11:00 - 14:00 | Dickson Court North
Come out to the first ever E3 Fair! Learn about our 9 campaigns and how E3 is making a difference on the UCLA campus. This is a great opportunity to get more involved in UCLA’s sustainability efforts.
These campaigns include:
– Sustainable Clothing
– Fair Trade
– Garden Mentorship
– Zero Waste
– Earth Month
– Farmers Market
– Water Conservation
– DIG: Campus Garden Coalition
– Coastalong (formerly Ecochella)
There will be free giveaways and a chance to win some awesome prizes!

Center for Diverse Leadership in Science: Inaugural Social: Panel Discussion with Diverse Scientists
2018-01-18 17:30 - 19:00 | Mathmatical Science Building Room 7124
Hey, Bruins!
Who is a scientist, and how did I become one? Come join the Center for Diverse Leadership in Science (CDLS) for a panel discussion with UCLA scientists from a range of backgrounds on their career paths and the importance of inclusivity. During the event our panelists will field questions from the audience. Please RSVP!
Featuring:
David H. Gonzalez, Moderator, Graduate student in Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences.
Marilyn Raphael, Professor in the Geography Department
Stephanie Pincetl, Director of the California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA.
Jesse Bloom Bateman, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Institute for the Environment and Sustainability.

CDLS is focused on increasing diversity in STEM fields, to tackle the myriad challenges humanity currently faces. If you would like to stay up to date with our activities, visit the CDLS website and sign up for our mailing list.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email: cdls.ucla@gmail.com.
See you on the 18th!
CDLS Leadership Team
P.S. – Don’t forget to RSVP!

BruinTech Monthly Brown Bag: Search for the Super Battery
2018-01-18 12:00 - 13:00 | Math Sciences Virtualization Portal 5628 Math Sciences, 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Join us for our first Brown Bag of 2018!
Meet Maher El-Kady, Postdoctoral Research Associate from UCLA’s Kaner Lab and Chief Technology Officer of Nanotech Energy. He will discuss a smart city utilizing renewable energy sources such as solar and wind to produce electricity, an energy that is stored in batteries or hydrogen to run eco-friendly cars, consumer electronics, etc.
Imagine a world where you could charge your smart phone in just few minutes. Same goes for laptops, power tools, medical devices, even electric cars. Then imagine that instead of traditional batteries that run out of juice very quickly, you used long-lasting energy storage systems that can last three times longer on a single charge. That is just a snapshot of a world charged by Graphene Super battery. In this talk, I will highlight our activities at Nanotech Energy, Inc., in turning graphene and other nanomaterials research into safer, durable and more powerful batteries. I will also talk about our most recent discovery of a device that can use solar energy to inexpensively and efficiently create and store energy, which could be used to power electronic devices, and to create hydrogen fuel for eco-friendly cars. This 3-in-1 device paves the way for fabricating technologically useful multifunctional devices that need only sun light to operate. The results are very promising and can be considered an important step towards more sustainable development.
About Nanotech Energy
Nanotech Energy, Inc., was formed in 2014 to move cutting-edge research on graphene-based energy storage devices developed at UCLA to the marketplace. Graphene has been hailed as the wonder material of the 21st Century, and Nanotech Energy is harnessing its properties to revolutionize the way we power our world. The technology Nanotech Energy is developing will create real-world benefits, from helping develop more cost-efficient, environmentally-friendly personal electronic devices to creating a more efficient way to harness renewable energy. Nanotech Energy owns more than 27 patent families covering all aspects from graphene production to applications in batteries, supercapacitors, printed electronics, and conductive adhesives. Prototypes have already been created and an operational factory is in development.
This is a Brown Bag, so please feel free to bring your lunch.
And your questions!

Farmers Market at UCLA
2018-01-17 14:00 - 18:00, 2017-11-29 14:00 - 18:00, 2017-11-08 14:00 - 18:00 | Bruin Plaza

Hammer Museum Screening: An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, and Q&A with Al Gore
2018-01-07 19:30 - 21:30 | Hammer Museum
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, and Q&A with Al Gore

SUNDAY JAN 7, 2018 7:30PM

A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change to the fore of pop culture, Vice President Al Gore continues his fight to build a global network of advocates and influence international policy. Capturing moments both private and public, funny and poignant, this documentary follows Gore’s pursuit to overcome the perils of climate change through collective ingenuity and passion. (2017, dir. Jon Shenk & Bonni Cohen, 100 min.)
A Q&A with Al Gore follows the screening. Moderated by Tina Johnson, Policy Director, US Climate Action Network.

Hammer Museum Screening: Human Flow, and Q&A with Ai Weiwei
2018-01-04 18:30 - 21:00 | Hammer Museum
SCREENINGS

Human Flow, and Q&A with Ai Weiwei

THURSDAY JAN 4, 2018 6:30PM

This epic film by renowned artist Ai Weiwei is a detailed and heartbreaking exploration of the global refugee crisis. Captured over the course of a year in 23 countries, the film follows a chain of urgent stories that stretches through Afghanistan, Greece, Iraq, Kenya, Mexico, Turkey, and beyond. From teeming refugee camps to perilous ocean crossings to barbed-wire borders, Human Flow witnesses its subjects’ desperate search for safety, shelter, and justice. (2017, dir. Ai Weiwei, 140 min.)
A Q&A with Ai Weiwei follows the screening

Career Up Now: Environment and Sustainability
2017-11-30 18:30 - 21:30 | Hillel at UCLA, 574 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90024
Title: Career Up Now: Environment and Sustainability
Time: Thursday, November 30 6:30-9pm
Place: Hillel at UCLA – 574 Hilgard Ave.
Website: https://www.careerupnow.org/ladec2017
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/123432418324905/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%2223%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D

Off the Table Series: What's on the plate? The Sustainability of Social Enterprises
2017-11-30 18:00 - 21:00 | LA Kitchen, 230 W Ave 26, Los Angeles, CA, CA, 90031, United States

Energy Jobs Fair
2017-11-20 17:30 - 20:00 | James West Alumni Center, 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, California, 90024
Energy Jobs Fair
Monday Nov. 20
5:30-8:00PM
James West Alumni Center (Founder’s Room)
Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1339726742821115/
Description: Renewable Energy Association at UCLA (REA)’s annual Energy Jobs Fair is here! Each year, we bring energy companies to UCLA in the university’s only sustainability-focused career fair. Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to network with professionals and land one of many diverse job/internship positions in the renewable energy industry in Southern California

IOES Climate Series: Imagined Futures for a Hotter Planet
2017-11-16 18:00 - 20:00 | La Brea Tar Pits, 5801 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90036, United States
Climate change is the existential crisis of the 21st century. How it plays out, how we can curb it, and how we adjust to the changes already underway will define our generation.

This fall, the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, in collaboration with UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, has designed a new kind of climate series: a four-night conversation between the L.A. community and some of the world’s experts on all things climate.
DATES:
October 5 – Climate Change Cliff Notes
October 19 – Earth and Human Climate
November 2 – A Tale of Two Cities in a Hotter World: Los Angeles and Beijing
November 16 – Imagined Futures for a Hotter Planet
Thursday, November 16 Imagining Futures for a Hotter Planet
Artists, writers and media organizations are playing vital roles in conveying the science and ethics of global warming. This conversation will explore how experiments in environmental storytelling and media imagine possible futures for different communities and ecosystems in the context of planetary climate change.
Conversation with
Rita Wong, Poet, educator and activist
Marina Zurkow, Media artist and NYU Professor
Juan Devis, KCET Chief Creative Officer
Natale Zappia, professor of American History at Whittier College
Moderated by
Allison Carruth, UCLA Associate Professor of English and Director of Laboratory for Environmental Strategies (LENS)

Off the Table Series: Film Screening of 'Dolores'
2017-11-13 18:00 - 21:00 | James Bridges Theater, 235 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
DESCRIPTION

Join us as we watch a documentary about Dolores Huerta, a leader alongside Cesar Chavez during the fight for racial and labor justice for farm workers and notable feminist of the twentieth century. The film reveals the raw, personal stakes involved in committing one’s life to activism.
Parking will be available in Lot 3 for $12
Nearest bus stops are: Hilgard / Charing Cross (734, 234, 2/302) and Hilgard / Wyton (2/302)

RSVP LINK

Chasing Coral
2017-11-08 19:30 - 21:30 | Hammer Museum
Chasing Coral

WEDNESDAY NOV 8, 2017 7:30PM

Copresented by the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Marine Center and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
As the world’s coral reefs vanish at an unprecedented rate, a team of divers, photographers, and scientists race against time to preserve a sophisticated and vital part of our underwater ecosystem. This 2017 Sundance Audience Award winner captures on camera the vibrant life and tragic death of corals, presenting in epic scale our changing oceans and the urgent need to save them. (2017, dir. Jeff Orlowski, 93 min.)
A Q&A with director Jeff Orlowski and UCLA ecology professor Paul Barber follows.

ALL HAMMER PROGRAMS ARE FREE
Location: Billy Wilder Theater; seats 285.
Ticketing: Free tickets will be issued at the Box Office beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are available one per person on a first come, first served basis. Early arrival is recommended.
Member Benefit: Members receive priority ticketing until 15 minutes before the program and can choose their seats, subject to availability.
Parking: Under the museum, $6 flat rate after 6 p.m. Cash only.
Food and drink may not be carried into the Billy Wilder Theater. Read our food, bag check, and photo policies.

All Hammer public programs are free and made possible by a major gift from an anonymous donor.
Generous support is also provided by Susan Bay Nimoy and Leonard Nimoy, Good Works Foundation and Laura Donnelley, an anonymous donor, The Samuel Goldwyn Foundation, and all Hammer members.
The Hammer’s digital presentation of its public programs is made possible by the Billy and Audrey L. Wilder Foundation.

Luskin Off the Table Series: Breaking Bread: Community Building with Veterans and Farming
2017-11-07 18:00 - 20:00 | La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Tuesday, November 7. 2017
6:00 – 8:00 pm
La Kretz Garden Pavilion, UCLAPanel discussion on the community and health benefits of urban farming for the veteran population. Participants will have the opportunity to learn more about the 14 acre veteran garden, right here in Westwood.
Moderator: Kris Skinner
Panelists:
Peter Capone-Newton
Michael Deluca
Jeremy Samson
Julie Sardonia
RSVP by Monday, November 6th

Food Law Society-Eliminating Food Waste in LA: A Discussion of Food Waste under LA’s new Waste Hauling System
2017-11-07 17:30 - 18:30 | CA
Food Law Society- Eliminating Food Waste in LA: A Discussion of Food Waste under LA’s new Waste Hauling System
Tuesday November 7th, 5:30-6:30 @ UCLA Law School Room 1347, RSVP to email FLS@lawnet.ucla.edu

LABC Mayoral Housing, Transportation, and Jobs Summit: Smart Growth and Equity in and Expanding Economy
2017-11-03 07:00 - 14:00 | UCLA Luskin Conference Center, 425 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Confirmed Speakers
The Honorable Scott Weiner, California State Senator
John Adams, Managing Director, Principal, Gensler
Phil Ansell, Director, LA County Homeless Initiative
Dan Baer, Senior Vice President, National Planning Lead, WSP USA
Margareth Bonds, Senior Vice President, Parsons
Alice Carr, National Head of Community Development Banking, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Brad Cox, Senior Managing Director, Trammell Crow Company, Chair, LABC Institute
Andrew Gross, President, Thomas Safran & Associates
Doug Guthrie, President and CEO, Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles
Clyde Holland, CEO & Chairman, Holland Partner Group
Lew Horne, President, Southern California & Hawai, CBRE
Hasan Ikhrata, President, SCAG
Richard Katz, Los Angeles Planning Commissioner
George Minter, Vice President, External Affairs and Environmental Strategy, SoCalGas
Judy D. Olian, Dean and John E. Anderson Chair in Management, UCLA Anderson School of Management
Ann Sewill, Senior Vice President, Housing & Economic Opportunity, California Community Foundation
Nancy Sutley, Chief Sustainability & Economic Development Officer, LADWP
Phillip Washington, CEO, Metro
Kate White, Deputy Secretary of Environmental Policy and Housing Coordination, California State Transportation Agency
Richard Ziman, Chairman, Rexford Industrial, Founding Chair, Los Angeles Business Council Institute

IOES Climate Series: A Tale of Two Cities: Los Angeles and Beijing
2017-11-02 18:00 - 20:30 | La Brea Tar Pits, 5801 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90036, United States
Climate change is the existential crisis of the 21st century. How it plays out, how we can curb it, and how we adjust to the changes already underway will define our generation.

This fall, the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, in collaboration with UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, has designed a new kind of climate series: a four-night conversation between the L.A. community and some of the world’s experts on all things climate.
DATES:
October 5 – Climate Change Cliff Notes
October 19 – Earth and Human Climate
November 2 – A Tale of Two Cities in a Hotter World: Los Angeles and Beijing
November 16 – Imagined Futures for a Hotter Planet

Thursday, November 2 A Tale of Two Cities: Los Angeles & Beijing
It is tough to feel urgency when climate change seems like something happening to future generations, in faraway lands. The reality is, it is and will affect all of us, in every city on the planet. And it’s not all bad, by the way—some cities and people could benefit from global warming. To make climate change personal, local, and real, let’s talk about how it will affect two of the greatest cities in the world, Los Angeles and Beijing. We’ll compare notes on each city’s infrastructure and governance, actual on-the-ground impacts, and how residents might react.
Conversation with
Alex Hall, UCLA Professor of Atmospheric & Ocean Sciences and Director, IoES Center for Climate Science
Brad Shaffer, UCLA Evolutionary Biologist and Director, UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science
Alex Wang, professor at UCLA School of Law
Moderated by
Stephanie Wear, Senior Scientist and Strategy Advisor at The Nature Conservancy

Conservation for Cities: Luskin Innovators Speaker Series Featuring Robert McDonald
2017-11-02 18:00 - 20:00 | CA
Luskin Innovators Speaker Series Featuring Robert McDonald
Reception, Presentation, Panel Discussion, Author Q&A, and Book Signing. Panelists to be announced.
RSVP HERE
About the Book
It’s time to think differently about cities and nature. Understanding how to better connect our cities with the benefits nature provides will be increasingly important as people migrate to cities and flourish in them. All this urban growth, along with challenges of adapting to climate change, will require a new approach to infrastructure if we’re going to be successful. Yet guidance on how to plan and implement projects to protect or restore natural infrastructure is often hard to come by.
With Conservation for Cities, Robert McDonald offers a comprehensive framework for maintaining and strengthening the supporting bonds between cities and nature through innovative infrastructure projects. After presenting a broad approach to incorporating natural infrastructure priorities into urban planning, he focuses each following chapter on a specific ecosystem service. He describes a wide variety of benefits, and helps practitioners answer fundamental questions: What are the best ecosystem services to enhance in a particular city or neighborhood? How might planners best combine green and grey infrastructure to solve problems facing a city? What are the regulatory and policy tools that can help fund and implement projects? Finally, McDonald explains how to develop a cost-effective mix of grey and green infrastructure and offers targeted advice on quantifying the benefits.
Written by one of The Nature Conservancy’s lead scientists on cities and natural infrastructure, Conservation for Cities is a book that ecologists, planners, and landscape architects will turn to again and again as they plan and implement a wide variety of projects.
About the Author
Dr. Robert McDonald is Senior Scientist for Sustainable Land Use at The Nature Conservancy, where he is lead scientist for the organization’s efforts to figure out how to make cities more sustainable. He holds a Ph.D. in Ecology from Duke University, and has published more than 30 peer-reviewed publications, many of them on the science of how cities impact and depend on the environment. He blogs for The Nature Conservancy’s Cool Green Science blog and has published two recent essays on urban/environment interactions in a collection called Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Global Issues (McGraw-Hill) and in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Webinar: Let's Talk Climate: Expert Communications Strategies for the LA-Regional Health Community and Beyond
2017-11-02 11:15 - 12:00 | CA
“Let’s Talk Climate: Expert Communications Strategies for the LA-Regional Health Community and Beyond” on November 2, 2017, 11:15am – 12pm PT.
Climate Resolve’s Kristina von Hoffmann and ecoAmerica’s Dan Barry will cohost this webinar to address the health impacts of climate change in LA and nationwide. Participants will gain insight on research-based strategy for empowering a diverse audience on climate change and solutions and best practices for communications according to ecoAmerica’s “Let’s Talk Climate” and “15 Steps” guides.
We hope you can join us for this important conversation. Here is the link to register.

Hammer Museum: Food Evolution
2017-11-01 19:30 - 21:00 | Hammer Museum
Food Evolution

WEDNESDAY NOV 1, 2017 7:30PM

In the GMO (genetically modified organisms) debate, both pro and anti camps claim science is on their side. Who’s right? Narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson, this “scrupulous, optimistic” (Forbes) documentary by Academy Award–nominated director Scott Hamilton Kennedy goes to Hawaiian papaya groves, Ugandan banana farms, and Iowan cornfields to investigate the heated and polarizing debate about our food and where it comes from. (2017, dir. Scott Hamilton Kennedy, 92 min.)
A Q&A with director Scott Hamilton Kennedy follows.

Renewable Energy Research Panel
2017-11-01 18:00 - 19:30 | CA
Renewable Energy Research Panel
11/1/17 at Engineering V, 5101
6-7:30PM

Event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1745209102447436/
Come to REA’s first research panel! You will have the opportunity to learn more about current renewable energy research happening at UCLA, several professors’ personal views on renewable energy, and for a chance to ask questions and talk to professors in a more informal setting. Come out, enjoy free food, and learn about the latest updates in several facets of renewable energy! We will be having Dr. Simonetti (CBE), Dr. Kaner (Chem & Biochem), and Dr. Spokoyny (Chem & Biochem) as our guest panelists.

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power Screening and Livecast Q&A with Al Gore
2017-10-26 19:00 - 22:00 | Northwest Auditorium, 350 De Neve Dr,, Los Angeles,, CA, 90024
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power Screening and Livecast Q&A with Al Gore
10/26/17
7-10PM

Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/122419365073179/
Renewable Energy Association at UCLA is proud to partner with UCLA Housing to take part in a national screening event of the newly released An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power on Thursday, October 26th at 7PM in the Northwest Auditorium!
An Inconvenient Sequel is a documentary about former United States Vice President Al Gore’s continuing mission to battle climate change, and addresses the progress made to tackle the problem and Gore’s global efforts to persuade governmental leaders to invest in renewable energy.
**Even more exciting**, following the film we will be joining a live nationally telecasted Q&A with former Vice President Al Gore himself!
Entry is completely free for students, so we hope to see you there!

Off the Table Series: Harvesting Change: Fostering Partnerships for Food Security
2017-10-26 18:00 - 21:00 | Luskin School of Public Affairs, Third Floor Commons and Patio

A Varied Path: Female Leaders Driving Clean Energy Policy
2017-10-26 18:00 - 20:00 | La Kretz Innovation Campus, 525 South Hewitt Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90013
A Varied Path: Female Leaders Driving Clean Energy PolicyThis unique event will showcase the careers of LA-based women who have impacted clean energy policy on federal, state, and local levels. Our illustrious panelists will discuss the unique and varied approaches they navigated in their career paths, the challenges they faced, and the forces that drove them to achieve the impacts they’ve made in clean energy. The event will provide a discussion platform for energy professionals (of all ages and genders) to learn and ask questions from industry leaders who have led the way.

Panelists:

Fran Pavley, Former California State Senator, and author of our state’s most important climate bills

Christine Harada, Senior Policy Fellow at LACI, Former Federal Chief Sustainability Officer under President Barack Obama, former head of Acquisitions for the GSA, and former rocket scientist

Nancy Sutley, Chief Sustainability and Economic Development Officer at LADWP, formerly led the White House Council on Environmental Quality

Moderator:

Kiran Srivastava, Energy Practice, Booz Allen Hamilton

Agenda:
6:00pm: Registration and Networking
6:30pm: Opening Remarks
6:40pm: Panel
7:30pm: Q&A

Hungry for Change: Food Insecurity, Stress & Obesity
2017-10-25 09:30 - 16:30 | Ackerman Grand Ballroom, UCLA
Hungry for Change: Food Insecurity, Stress & Obesity

Wednesday, October 25th, 2017
9:30am-4:30pm
UCLA Ackerman Ballroom

HUNGRY FOR CHANGE
SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE

Hungry For Change is presented by The UCSF Center for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment (COAST) & the UCLA Resnick Program for Food Policy and Law. This event invites critical exchange between forward-thinking researchers, healthcare providers, and policy advocates who are working to address many of the most urgent public health issues of our time: food insecurity, stress, obesity, and social equity.
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MORNING WELLNESS AND CONFERENCE CHECK-IN

8:00am Conference Check In Attendees welcome to check in throughout the day for one or all of the sessions.
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8:30am-9:15am Optional Morning Guided Meditation Session Led by Meditation Instructor Amanda Gilbert

SESSION I: FOOD INSECURITY AND OBESITY
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9:30am-9:40am Welcome to Hungry for Change from SSEW Directors Drs. Elissa Epel and Laura Schmidt, UCSF
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9:40am-9:50am Opening Remarks from Dr. Neal Baer, UCLA, Professor in the school of public health, pediatrician and award-winning writer and producer of TV shows and documentaries.
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9:50am-10:30 “Strategic Research in Preventing Hunger and Obesity” Dr. Kelly Brownell, Duke University

10:30-10:40 Break & Book Giveaways

SESSION II: MECHANISMS
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10:40am-11:15pm “Food Insecurity and Stress: From the Inside Out” Dr. Cindy Leung, UCSF & University of Michigan

11:15am-12:00pm Panel Discussion: “Food Insecurity, Stress, and Nutrition” Moderated by ​Dr. Elissa Epel, UCSF
Panelists include: Dr. Janet Tomiyama, UCLA, Dr. Deborah Cohen, RAND Corporation, Dr. Barbara Laraia, UC Berkeley, and Dr. Annie Gupta, UCLA.
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12:00pm-12:10pm Mindful Eating Meditation led by Diana Winston, Director of Mindfulness Education at Mindful Awareness Research Center
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12:10pm-1:00pm Lunch Break
Note: Tickets for the LOCOL Luncheon are currently SOLD OUT! Thanks for supporting!

1:00pm-1:45pm “Always Hungry: Through Abundance and Scarcity” Dr. David Ludwig, Harvard

SESSION III: INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
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1:45pm-2:30pm Panel Discussion: “University of California Leading the Way to Address Food Insecurity in Students” Moderated by ​Dr. Laura Schmidt, UCSF
Panelists include: Dr. Lorrene Ritchie, UC Agriculture & Natural Resources, Dr. Suzanna Martinez, UCB Nutrition Policy Institute, Ruben Canedo, UCB, and Antonio Sandoval, UCLA
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2:30pm-2:55pm “Emerging Scholars Present New Findings: Food Insecurity, Sugar Industry, Reward Driven Eating” Panelists Include: Tyler Watson, UCLA, Cristin Kearns, UCSF, Rachel Radin, UCSF, Erika Brown, UCB

2:55pm-3:05pm Break

3:05pm-3:40pm “From Local to National Programs: What works to address Food Insecurity?” Dr. Hilary Seligman, UCSF

3:40pm-4:25pm Panel Discussion: “Interventions in Policy: Innovative Approaches Addressing Food Insecurity” Moderated by ​Dr. Emilie Aguirre, UCLA & Harvard
Panelists include: Dr. Kelly Brownell, Duke University, Dr. Laura Schmidt, UCSF, Allison Korn, JD UCLA, Breanna Hawkins, LA Food Policy Council

4:25pm-4:30pm Closing Remarks
