UCLA Sustainability

Ecochella 2016
2016-05-07 16:00 - 21:00 UTC | Sunset Canyon Recreation Center, 111 Easton Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1370, United States

Association of Environmental Professionals Mentoring Roundtable
2016-05-04 18:00 - 20:30 | Luskin School of Public Affairs, room 2355, UCLA
AEP – the Association of Environmental Professionals – is a non-profit organization of professionals working to improve their skills as environmental and resource managers. It is the preeminent professional organization focused on the California environmental review process. In a round-table format, the following professionals will meet with students.
٠ Joel Cesare, City of Santa Monica
٠ Hilary Firestone, Los Angeles Mayor’s Office of Sustainability
٠ Marie Campbell, Sapphos Environmental
٠ Bonnie Hulkower, US Department of Housing and Urban Development
٠ Jenny Low, Occidental College
RSVP to careers@luskin.ucla.edu

Town Hall with the Conscious College Road Tour
2016-05-04 18:00 - 20:00 | De Neve Commons, UCLA
The Conscious College Road Tour will sponsor a campus town hall and dinner.

Details TBA.

Conscious Living Fair with the Conscious College Road Tour
2016-05-04 11:00 - 15:00 | CA
The Conscious College Road Tour will be at UCLA on Wednesday, May 4th. From 11am-3pm, they will be hosting a Conscious Living Fair with information, product samples, demos, activities, etc (Location TBD) .

EARTH MONTH: 10th Annual LA Business Council Sustainability Summit
2016-04-29 07:00 - 14:00 | Getty Center

EARTH MONTH: Rethinking the Value of Nature from Education to Health
2016-04-23 15:00 - 17:00 | George Elkins Auditorium, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, United States
Join us for our 7th Annual Public Lecture, presented by Dr. Heather Tallis of The Nature Conservancy. Heather’s talk, “Rethinking the Value of Nature from Education to Health”, will be followed by a Q&A session with local experts, and promises to be both stimulating and informative.

EARTH MONTH: OneWaterLA Earth Day Celebration
2016-04-23 09:00 - 14:00 | Hansen Dam Park, 11770 Foothill Blvd., Lake View Terrace, United States
2016 Earth Day LA flyer – FINAL
LA Sanitation’s First Annual City-wide Earth Day Celebration: Earth Day LA – Zero Waste, One Water
Food – Fun – Giveaways
Family Friendly!

EARTH MONTH: 54th Annual Convention CESASC: Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern California
2016-04-23 | Carnesale Commons, 350 De Neve Dr, Los Angeles , CA, 90024, United States
“Better Environment, Better Life”
Presented by The Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists of Southern California and the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge
Saturday, April 23 2016
11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Carnesale Commons – Palisades Room
251 Charles E. Young Drive
Event Details
The Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists of Southern California (CESASC) and the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge are cohosting the 54th Annual Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern California Convention. In recognition of Earth Day, this year’s event theme is “Better Environment, Better Life” and will include a luncheon and technical symposium followed by an evening gala and award reception, in association with the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge at UCLA!
Conference registration: 2sale.us

EARTH MONTH: Luskin Innovators Speaker Series - James Salzman
2016-04-22 12:00 - 14:00 | Luskin School of Public Affairs, room 2355, UCLA
Registration Required.
You are invited to join the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation and The Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment in welcoming James Salzman, as he discusses his new book, Drinking Water: A History, over lunch and refreshments.
Panel:
James Salzman, Donald Bren Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law, UCLA Law
J.R. DeShazo, Director and Professor, UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Stephanie Pincetl, Director and Professor-in-Residence, California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA
Noah Garrison, Environmental Science Practicum Director, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Chris Solek, Programs Director and Senior Scientist, Council for Watershed Health

ABOUT THE BOOK
When you turn on the tap or twist the cap, you might not give a second thought to where your drinking water comes from. But how it gets from the ground to your glass is far more complex than you might think. Is it safe to drink tap water? Should you feel guilty buying bottled water? Is your water vulnerable to terrorist attacks? Considering the water contamination disaster in Flint and with springs running dry and reservoirs emptying, where is your water going to come from in the future?
In Drinking Water: A History, professor James Salzman provides answers to these questions. Bloody conflicts over control of water sources stretch as far back as the Bible yet are featured in front page headlines even today. Only fifty years ago, selling bottled water sounded as ludicrous as selling bottled air. Salzman weaves all of these issues together to show just how complex a simple glass of water can be. Read more here.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jim Salzman is the Donald Bren Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law with joint appointments at the environment school at UCSB and the law school at UCLA. In more than eight books and eighty articles, his broad-ranging scholarship has addressed topics spanning drinking water, trade and environment conflicts, policy instrument design, and the legal and institutional issues in creating markets for ecosystem services. A dedicated classroom teacher, Salzman was twice selected as Professor of the Year by students at Duke. Read more here.

EARTH MONTH: E3's Earth Day Fair at UCLA
2016-04-22 10:00 - 15:00 | Wilson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Join us for a beautiful day learning about and getting involved with sustainability at UCLA! Enjoy FREE GOODIES from various on and off-campus organizations and participate in activities to be entered in a raffle to win COOL PRIZES!! Check out our FAIR TRADE BOUTIQUE and stop by THE GREEN FOOD TRUCK!
Vote on sustainable art submissions from fellow Bruins and watch teams of students face off in an annual Green Chef Cooking Competition!
Come celebrate our one and only Earth with us and let’s have a great time!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1165575120133999/

EARTH MONTH: The 2016 Annual Energy Innovation Conference
2016-04-22 08:00 - 17:00 | Carnesale Commons, 350 De Neve Dr, Los Angeles , CA, 90024, United States
Hosted by the UCLA Anderson Energy Management Group and the UCLA Luskin School of Public Policy, with support from and the students at USC Marshall, the 3rd annual Energy Innovation Conference is the premier energy convention that brings together the leading executives, industry experts, and scholars from the southern California energy community in fields including solar, utility, battery storage, oil & gas, and energy policy to answer these questions and more.
This year, we will feature the following panels:

Utility-Scale Renewable Development
Changing Behind the Meter
Energy Policy and Existing Buildings in LA
Sustainable Transportation
Future of Natural Gas
Energy Storage

Join us for a day of exciting panel discussions, an innovation showcase and numerous networking opportunities!

EARTH MONTH: Green Screens 2016
2016-04-21 19:30 - 21:30, 2016-04-20 19:30 - 21:30, 2016-04-19 19:30 - 21:30, 2016-04-18 19:30 - 21:30 | James Bridges Theater, 235 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States

EARTH MONTH: LA Green Drinks
2016-04-21 19:00 - 22:00 | Keetsa, 1221 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, 90291, United States
In celebration of Earth Day, join LA Green Drinks for our annual Earth Night. Connect with environmental-minded people over sips and bites as we host a festive night celebrating the environment.
Our host this years is Keetsa, a store that’s changing the world one mattress at a time with its eco-friendly products. In addition to great people, food, and drinks, you’ll have the chance to look at Keetsa’s line. Please be careful about not spilling your drinks on any of the mattresses.
Admission for the event is $10.

EARTH MONTH: Social Innovation Week
2016-04-21 16:30 - 18:30 | UCLA Anderson School of Management, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, 90095, United States
Registration Required:

4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Anderson Afternoon Showcase: Social Impact through Technology
Location TBA

A showcase of companies and products that are creating social impact through innovative technology.

EARTH MONTH: Solar Engineering: An Overview of Risks and Benefits with David Keith
2016-04-21 12:15 - 13:45 | UCLA School of Law, 385 Charles E. Young Drive East , Los Angeles , CA, 90095, United States
Free and open to the public – RSVPs Required
Lunch served

Join David Keith, author of A Case for Climate Engineering, in conversation with UCLA Law Professor Ted Parson about the costs and risks of solar geoengineering and how geoengineering efforts might fit into a larger program for managing climate change.
Climate engineering—which could slow the pace of global warming by injecting reflective particles into the upper atmosphere—has emerged in recent years as an extremely controversial technology. A leading scientist long concerned about climate change, David Keith argues that the potential benefits to the world’s most vulnerable constitute a moral imperative to put climate engineering on the table and consider it responsibly.
David is a Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he leads a fast-growing team of researchers working at the intersection of climate science and technology with a focus on the science and public policy of solar geoengineering. He has worked near the interface between climate science, energy technology and public policy for twenty years. He took first prize in Canada’s national physics prize exam, won MIT’s prize for excellence in experimental physics, and was listed as one of TIME magazine’s Heroes of the Environment in 2009. David also serves as the Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics at the Harvard Paulson School. He divides his time between Boston and Calgary, where he serves as President of Carbon Engineering, a start-up company developing industrial-scale technologies for capture of CO2 from ambient air.

Sponsored by the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA Law.

EARTH MONTH: Learn-at-Lunch Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden Tour presented by UCLA Staff Assembly & sponsored by UCLA Life Sciences
2016-04-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden (North Entrance)
It is that time of the year again when UCLA Staff Assembly partners with UCLA Life Sciences to coordinate a tour of the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden (MEMBG) for staff and faculty. This year the event falls on Earth Day, making it the perfect opportunity to celebrate the beautiful planet we live on.
MEMBG is a living museum, having special collections designed to assist the undergraduate teaching mission at UCLA and to augment the capability for research on campus. So let’s enjoy the beautiful spring weather in Los Angeles and take a leisurely walk to explore MEMBG together. If you want to enjoy your lunch at the gardens after, the patio is also reserved for us from 1-2pm.
The Botanical Garden also offers a wide range of tours to our wider community, from K-12 school groups to senior centers.
Space is extremely limited, so please register ASAP!

EARTH MONTH: Student Wellness EARTH Clothing Drive and Exchange
2016-04-21 10:00 - 14:00 | Bruin Plaza
EARTH WEEK SWC

EARTH MONTH: 15th Annual Municipal Green Building Conference and Expo
2016-04-21 08:00 - 18:00 | SoCal Gas Energy Resource Center, 9240 Firestone Blvd, Downey, CA, United States
15th Annual MGBCE: Road to Greenbuild, Water Resilience For Cities
The Municipal Green Building Conference and Expo returns in its 15th year to offer knowledge, resources, recognition, and networking opportunities. The effects of global warming on water supply represent one of the greatest challenges for cities in Southern CA. City administrations are seeking ways to meet the demand for water from growing populations while grappling with the challenges of sea level rise, extreme weather events, drought, salination, and reduced food security. We are seeking recommendations and case studies to building resilience through improved water resource management, water use in building systems, flood management, and climate resilience at the building, city, and regional scale. We also welcome all green building related topics such as energy, materials, occupant health, biomimicry, and more. MGBCE is Southern California’s longest-running and largest sustainability and green building event focusing on the unique needs and concerns for municipalities, architects, contractors, and engineers.
Hosted annually by the Los Angeles Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council and Southern California Gas Company, this event brings together thought-leaders in the industry with local government agencies, municipal policy makers, policy implementers, leading architects, and building industry professionals to further the development of a sustainable future for Southern California.
Registration required.

EARTH MONTH: Social Innovation Week - Conscious Travel: A Screening of 2.5% - The Osa Peninsula & Conversation with the Filmmakers
2016-04-20 19:00 - 21:00 | UCLA Anderson School of Management, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, 90095, United States
Registration Required.

7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Conscious Travel: A Screening of 2.5% – The Osa Peninsula & Conversation with the Filmmakers
C-Atrium

An evening screening of 2.5% – The Osa Peninsula Documentary delves into tourism development and conservation efforts in Costa Rica. The screening will be followed by a conversation with the filmmakers, a pair of social entrepreneurs who founded Lokal Travel, a company devoted to promoting socially-conscious travel by building itineraries that incorporate and engage local communities in those nations.
Speakers:
Dave Koken, Chief Exploration Officer of Lokal Travel
Eytan Elterman, Chief Impact Officer of Lokal Travel
Marco Bollinger, Chief Storyteller of Lokal Travel

EARTH MONTH: Healthy Campus Initiative 2016 Celebration
2016-04-20 17:00 - 21:00 | Pauley Pavilion, UCLA
Event passports are free, limit 4 per person, available starting April 5th (week 2) at UCLA Central Ticketing Office. To request a special block of tickets for your group, department, or class please fill out this form: https://goo.gl/P3v7vy
During the celebration our student groups, faculty and staff will be sharing and exploring all the ways in which we’re making life healthier at UCLA, in our State, the United States and the world.

EARTH MONTH: Social Innovation Week - Lunch Speaker: Technology in Education: Focus on Coding
2016-04-20 11:30 - 12:30 | UCLA Anderson School of Management, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, 90095, United States
Registration Required.

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Lunch Speaker: Technology in Education: Focus on Coding
C315

A lunchtime chat centered on the challenges and importance of teaching coding to today’s youth.
Speaker:
Oscar Menjivar, Founder and CEO or UrbanTXT

EARTH MONTH: Social Innovation Week - Lunch Panel: The Future of LA: Making a More Sustainable, Resilient City
2016-04-20 11:30 - 12:30 | UCLA Anderson School of Management, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, 90095, United States
Registration Required.

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Lunch Panel: The Future of LA: Making a More Sustainable, Resilient City
C315

A lunchtime panel examines Los Angeles in the coming decades, and what private industry, civic leaders and philanthropies are doing to ensure LA is developed in a resilient, forward-thinking manner.
Speakers:
Richard France, Senior Associate, ELP Advisors
Drew Shula, Founder & Principal, The Verdical Group
Nurit Katz, Chief Sustainability Officer of UCLA
Jonathan Parfrey, Executive Director of Climate Resolve

EARTH MONTH: Oppenheim Lecture Series: GMOs Global Solution or Global Risk
2016-04-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Korn Hall, UCLA

EARTH MONTH: Sustainable Business Council Industry Awards
2016-04-19 18:00 - 21:00 | Lexus Santa Monica, 1501 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, United States

EARTH MONTH: Social Innovation Week
2016-04-19 16:00 - 17:00 | UCLA Anderson School of Management, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, 90095, United States
Registration Required.

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Evening Movie Screening: Spotlight
C-Atrium

A very special screening by Participant Media of the Oscar winning film, followed by an intimate conversation with the studio about what inspired the film’s message.
Speaker:
Participant Media

EARTH MONTH: Social Innovation Week - Lunch Discussion: Law and Order SVU – Impact through Entertainment
2016-04-19 11:30 - 12:30 | UCLA Anderson School of Management, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, 90095, United States
Registration Required.

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Lunch Discussion: Law and Order SVU – Impact through Entertainment
C315

A conversation focused on how an extremely popular TV series can not only provide entertainment, can also have a strong social impact by bringing important issues to light.
Speaker:
Sandra de Castro Buffington, Founding Director, Global Media Center for Social Impact

EARTH MONTH: Voices of the Food Chain: the Power of Public Contracts for a Good Food System
2016-04-18 18:00 - 20:30 | Mercado La Paloma, 3655 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA, United States
