Registration is free, but required. REGISTER HERE. The food system contributes about 34% of total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, with China and the United States as the first and third largest emitters, respectively. Among the greatest opportunities for emissions reductions in the food system are reducing and repurposing food loss and waste, along with...
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the University of Washington (UW) will convene U.S. Government officials with climate, sustainability, and resilience leaders and educators from colleges and universities across the country for a virtual forum. These stakeholders will showcase how innovative ideas and actions can advance climate change efforts on...
The application for the 2023 Net Zero Accelerator is now live! Come learn more about our one-of-a-kind program, first launched in 2019, which is focused on piloting net zero (carbon, energy, water, and waste) solutions in the built environment. You can learn more about the NZA at NetZeroAccelerator.org. REGISTER HERE
This webinar will explore the barriers and opportunities to electrifying California’s homes and buildings from those with firsthand experience — contractors, homeowners, and property owners. With a focus on lower-income residents and economically-challenged businesses, we will address both political and financial solutions that can help the state transition to clean, healthy homes and buildings. REGISTER...
Coastal regions, including public trust lands, are of unique importance to environmental and climate policy, infrastructure development and ecosystem management. They also raise unique challenges for disadvantaged communities, including those who live and work along the "Hidden Coast" - low-lying lands and non-oceanfront tidal and estuarine zones that account for 80% of the national shoreline....
The Reimagining Rights in the Americas Conference is ten days of activities arranged around a historic first for UCLA: hosting the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights’ (IAHCR) Period of Sessions. Tendayi Achiume is the Alicia Miñana Chair in Law at UCLA School of Law and former faculty director of the Promise Institute. She recently finished...
Lydia Kallipoliti is an architect, engineer, and scholar, and is Assistant Professor at The Cooper Union's Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture. Her research focuses on the intersections of architecture, technology and environmental politics and more particularly on recycling material experiments, theories of waste and reuse, as well as closed and self-reliant systems and urban...
Registration is free, but required to attend. REGISTER HERE. Today, the solid waste landfills sector accounts for 20% of global methane emissions, and is the third largest source of anthropogenic methane emissions in the United States. Additionally, it is anticipated that the total generation of municipal solid waste (MSW) will increase by 70% by 2050...
Bruin Dine is a program serving leftover hot food from the UCLA dining halls FREE to all UCLA students, and is also looking for volunteers to help run these events (sign up at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11skt8Eys4hfeP4IKQFncG4Ct8ECivES6bjPjAfu20qE/edit#gid=1001346100 -- UCLA email login required). If the sign-up list is full, please place your name on the waitlist; if the waitlist...
Hydrogen, particularly green hydrogen produced from water electrolysis using renewable electricity, has received the lion’s share of attention due to its essential role in helping the world reach net-zero emissions by 2050. By comparison, little attention has been paid to biohydrogen (Bio-H2), a type of hydrogen produced from organic waste streams (e.g., agricultural waste). Please...
