UCLA Sustainability

AIA: 2°C: A COTE|LA SYMPOSIUM ON CLIMATE CHANGE
2019-03-01 07:30 - 16:00 (America/Denver) | CA
The 2°C Symposium is an opportunity to learn essential technologies, strategies and tools that address climate change at a critical time for our collective future.
Climate Change is a reality; it is imperative that we educate, develop innovative strategies, and implement changes to mitigate its advance.
Organized by COTE AIA|LA, 2 °C is a unifying platform for the public, the architectural design community and the building industry to discuss and address the sustainability issues challenging our society today. 2°C will embrace current innovations in the industry and advance the dialogue occurring within these communities.
The symposium’s name references the Paris Climate Agreement which called for holding the increase in global average temperature to below 2 °Celsius above pre-industrial levels in hopes of preventing irreversible and damaging climatic patterns.

PREVIOUS YEARS

2°C in 2018

Keynotes include:
+ Kevin de León – Senate President pro Tempore Emeritus
+ Eric Corey Freed, RA, LEED Fellow – Sustainability Disruptor, Morrison Hershfield
+ David Hertz, FAIA LEED AP – Architect/Founder, S.E.A. – Studio of Environmental Architecture / Skysource.org
+ Dr. Chris Luebkeman – Fellow and Director of Global Foresight + Research + Innovation, Arup
+ Anthony Brower, AIA, LEED Fellow – Director of Sustainability, Gensler
VIEW DRAFT SCHEDULE

WHEN | WHERE
Friday, March 1, 2019
7:30AM-4:00PM
LA Department of Water & Power
DTLA

FULL SCHEDULE
See draft list of speakers and panels HERE

Our Shared Solar Future: Expanding Access through Community Solar hosted by Grid Alternatives
2019-02-28 09:30 - 14:00 | CA
GRID Alternatives GLA is proud to announce the fourth event in our Los Angeles Energy and Equity Policy Series (LEEPS), “Our Shared Solar Future: Expanding Access through Community Solar.”
Community solar has emerged across the country as a powerful policy strategy to encourage clean energy equity. The event will introduce attendees to the concept of community solar and its potential to expand solar access to our most vulnerable communities, including those households who face the greatest adoption barriers such as renters. Our panel of experts and advocates will review successful community solar case studies from around the country, with specific focus on programs that deliver benefits to low-income customers. Panelists will then turn focus to California and discuss our state’s recent community solar policy developments, as well as additional steps that must be taken to ensure significant utility bill savings for the households that need it most.
We’re honored to announce our lunch keynote: Commissioner Martha Guzman Aceves from the California Public Utilities Commissioner.
Agenda
Coffee and Registration (9:30am)
Light breakfast will be served.
Welcoming Comments (10:00am)
Jeannine Pearce, Councilwoman, City of Long Beach

PANEL 1 (10:20am) – Community Solar Successes from around the Country
Throughout the country, community solar has emerged as a viable policy option for the expansion of solar access and energy equity. This panel will review the community solar successes from around the country, particularly as they pertain to low-income communities, and discuss what lessons can be learned as community solar begins to take root in California.

Marta Tomic, Program Director, Vote Solar
Tom Figel, Director of Community Solar, GRID Alternatives

Juan Parra, Community Solar Program Manager, Solar One
Jaimes Valdez, Policy Manager, Spark Northwest
Jake Levine, Associate and Policy Adviser, Covington & Burling, LLP

PANEL 2 (11:40am) – California’s Community Solar Policy Landscape: Now and Into the Future
In 2018, community solar policy developments occurred on multiple fronts throughout California. The California Public Utilities Commission passed the “Green Tariff Community Solar” program to establish a new statewide community solar tariff, the California Department of Community Services and Development released $5 million in grant funding for the implementation of low-income community solar pilot projects, and investor-owned utilities such as Southern California Edison (SCE) submitted for approval a suite of shared solar programs including SCE’s Community Renewables Program. This panel will review the year’s policy developments and look forward to a future community solar policy landscape that ensures solar access to the most vulnerable Californians.

Ted Bardacke, Executive Director, Clean Power Alliance
Anthony Hernandez, Principal Manager, Energy Procurement and Management, Southern California Edison
Crystal Huang, CEO, People Power Solar Cooperative
Brandon Smithwood, Policy Director, Coalition for Community Solar Access
Elise Hunter, Policy & Regulatory Affairs Director, GRID Alternatives

LUNCH AND KEYNOTE DISCUSSION (1:00pm)
Martha Guzman Aceves, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission
#LEEPS #sharedsolar #solar #communitysolar #renewableenergy #GRIDAlternatives #solarforall #energyjustice

About GRID Alternatives Greater Los Angeles
GRID Alternatives Greater Los Angeles is an affiliate of GRID Alternatives, the nation’s largest nonprofit solar installer, bringing clean energy technology and job training to underserved communities. To date, GRID GLA has installed 1,862 solar electric systems for low-income households, creating $44 million in lifetime utility savings, preventing 83,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions and training 4,000 people along the way. For more information, visit www.gridalternatives.org/gla
*If you have any questions or qualify for a reduced ticket price (students, Veterans), please contact Briget Arndell at barndell@gridalternatives.org.
This event is made possible by The 11th Hour Project, a program of the Schmidt Family Foundation.

Housing, Neighborhood & Health #2 (Houston & Wu)
2019-02-27 11:30 - 12:30 | UCLA Anderson School of Management, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, 90095, United States
A joint endeavor hosted by the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate’s Housing as Health Care Initiative, the UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge, the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the UCLA Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
“Urban Green Space, Transit and Health Outcomes”
co-presented by Jun Wu, PhD and Doug Houston, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Gold Hall, Room B-313
UCLA Anderson School of Management
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**Lunch will be provided.**
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Directions to UCLA Anderson School of Management:
http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/about/maps-and-directions
PARKING ($12.00/car) at UCLA Lot 4:
UCLA Parking Lot 4 is located off the Westwood Plaza entrance of campus, right off Sunset Blvd. From Westwood Plaza, proceed straight ahead down the ramp leading underground to UCLA Parking Lot 4 and veer left towards the ‘Pay by Space’ area. After you exit Lot 4, walk towards the UCLA Anderson School Complex. Take the pathway between the Collins Center and Gold Hall, and take the stairs up to the Anderson courtyard. Enter Gold Hall (UCLA Anderson ‘B’ building), which is just across from the cafe. Take one flight of stairs to the 3rd floor and find classroom B-313.
View the Anderson School of Management’s location on the UCLA interactive campus map.
For questions, please contact Christina Green (christina.green@anderson.ucla.edu).
Location

UCLA Anderson School of Management
110 Westwood Plaza, Gold Hall
Room B-313
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Public Values in Conflict with Animal Agribusiness Practices
2019-02-23 | CA

LA’s New Abnormal: Mega-Wildfires Reception and Discussion
2019-02-06 17:30 - 19:30 | UCLA Luskin Conference Center, 425 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
The Nature Conservancy and UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES) invite you to LA’s New Abnormal: Mega-Wildfires Reception and Discussion Seemingly every year, California breaks some record for devastation with a new wildfire. The Woolsey fire was the worst the Malibu area has ever seen, and it has been 100 years since there has been a wildfire anywhere in the US as deadly as Northern California’s Camp Fire. Is this new abnormal something we just have to learn to live with, or are there actions to be taken that could reduce wildfire hazard both immediately, and more profoundly over a 10 to 20-year span?

Night of Ideas (at the Natural History Museum)
2019-02-01 18:00 - 23:59 | CA
The Natural History Museum in collaboration with the Consulate General of France in Los Angeles, will present this year’s Los Angeles program for the Night of Ideas. This year’s theme, “Facing Our Time,” explores the challenges we face around ecological and climate change through the lenses of science, nature, and art.
Night of Ideas is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Sign up for our e-mail to be notified through event website. Link in the next column.

Impact Spotlight / Good Health and Well-being - Dr. Rishi Manchanda of HealthBegins
2019-01-31 11:30 - 12:30 | CA
This talk is brought to you as part of our Impact Spotlights on the UN Sustainable Development Goals – Goal #3: Good Health and Well-Being.
Genetic makeup only determines thirty percent of health outcomes. Social, physical and economic environments determine the rest. Factors such as housing status, employment, walkability, air quality, socioeconomic status, and food security collectively make up what are known as the social determinants of health, and play a huge role in influencing our health.
Hear from the founder of HealthBegins on how the company is redefining clinical-community partnerships and investing in the social determinants of health to create positive outcomes for all.
About the speaker:
Dr. Rishi Manchanda, MD, MPH
Founder & CEO, HealthBegins
Dr. Rishi Manchanda is a physician, author, and health care leader who has spent more than a decade developing novel strategies to improve health in resource-poor communities. He has served as director of social medicine for a network of community health centers in South-Central Los Angeles, as the lead primary care physician for homeless veterans at the Greater Los Angeles VA, and as chief medical officer for a self-insured employer with a large rural immigrant workforce. In his 2013 TED Book, The Upstream Doctors, he introduced readers to the upstreamists, a new model of healthcare workers who improve care by addressing patients’ health-related social needs, such as food, financial, and housing insecurity. The book has become recommended reading in medical schools and universities across the world.

Beyond Getting From Point A to Point B: Transportation as a Public Health Issue
2019-01-30 18:00 - 20:00 | CA
Beyond Getting From Point A to Point B: Transportation as a Public Health Issue
Whether by car, train, bus, bike, e-scooter, or foot, transportation is more than a way to get from Point A to Point B; it is a critical public health issue. In this Health Forum, we explore how transportation policies affect health equity, the environment, as well as the health and safety of community members. Join us to learn about Los Angeles’ transportation landscape through a public health lens and to understand why sound transportation policies are crucial for ensuring healthy communities.
Panelists:
Muntu Davis, MD, MPH
Health Officer
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Juan Matute
Deputy Director
UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies
Seleta J. Reynolds
General Manager
Los Angeles Department of Transportation
Moderator:
Richard J. Jackson, MD, MPH, HonAIA, HonASLA
Professor Emeritus
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
PLEASE NOTE: Attendees coming from off campus will need to purchase a parking permit ($12) from the kiosk on Westwood Plaza, just north of Charles E Young Drive South prior to proceeding to Parking Structure 9. In order to arrive promptly, we strongly recommend that you allow ample time for traffic, picking up your permit, and finding a parking space.
If you are joining the livestream, you do not need to RSVP. Just click HEREon January 30th. Please note that the program begins at 6:30pm PST.
The Paul Torrens Health Forum is recorded and available in our media archive HERE.

2019 Cleantech Open Global Forum
2019-01-29 08:30 - 20:00 | La Kretz Innovation Campus, 525 South Hewitt Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90013
Join us at the CTO Global Forum in Los Angeles, January 28-29. Meet nearly 100 startups driving innovation in environmental and sustainable technologies in areas ranging from energy, agriculture, water, transportation, and smart cities. We anticipate an audience of over 400 industry insiders. It will be a great opportunity to make new connections in the burgeoning Los Angeles cleantech innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Finalists from our six US Regions will be pitching to win the Cleantech Open Grand Prize, as will winners from other countries in our Global Ideas Program.
As an attendee, you will:

Gain rich exposure to the startups from our 2018 cohort, more mature alumni companies graduated from the program since 2006, and LACI portfolio companies;
Network with entrepreneurs, mentors, peer judges, investors, and industry insiders; and,
Hear about the latest developments in the cleantech world from notable speakers on panels and keynotes – with plenty of opportunity for Q&A.

Program Overview
Here’s the rundown of our program at a very high level.
The event takes place at CTO’s headquarters based at the La Kretz Innovation Campus, a 60,000 SF facility owned by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and managed by LACI, the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator. All under one roof, the campus houses co-working facilities, meeting rooms, event space, an Advanced Prototyping Center, as well as LADWP’s Emerging Tech team and Customer Engagement Lab.
Monday, January 28th – @ La Kretz Innovation Campus

Final US National Judging – Live Audience!
Workshops for 2018 CTO cohort entrepreneurs
Innovation Tours for 2018 CTO cohort entrepreneurs
Networking Reception

Tuesday, January 29th – @ La Kretz Innovation Campus

Innovation Showcase Expo
Final Global Judging – Live Audience!

Investor & Partner Connect – invitation only
Lunch and networking

Keynotes and panel
Awards Ceremony & Celebration

If you are a CTO alumnus and want to exhibit in the Expo and participate in Investor & Partner Connect – use this registration link instead!
What does my ticket include?
Your General Admission ticket includes all of the main event on Tuesday 1/29. If you have only one day, THIS is the day to attend!

Tuesday morning Innovation Showcase Expo
Tuesday lunch with networking and Live Global Companies pitching
Tuesday afternoon Keynotes, Panel, Awards Ceremony and Celebration

In addition, as an included bonus, you’re welcome to attend on Monday 1/28:

Monday morning US Finals Judging – 6 companies giving it their all!
Monday evening Networking Reception – everyone invited.

So please do join us in LA!

Farmers Market at UCLA
2019-01-23 14:30 - 18:00 | Bruin Plaza

Waste Awareness Week: Zero Waste Panel
2019-01-18 17:00 - 20:00 | CA
wasteawarenessweek.com
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Waste Awareness Week is a week-long sustainability event that specifically tackles the impact of waste mismanagement on the environment. The Renewable Energy Association at UCLA, along with a number of sustainability, environmental justice, food insecurity, and artistic organizations, are collaborating to create a number of events that:
1. Expose students to the gravity and scale of the global waste crisis
2. Discuss the various social, economic infrastructural and environmental causes and consequences of the crisis
3. Empowers students to make informed decisions and lifestyle changes that can mitigate this crisis.
The week will consist of a large variety of events that will appeal to all corners of our diverse campus. From interactive games, workshops and panels, to collaborative art shows, movie screenings and a gala dinner, Waste Awareness Week hopes to engage all students and push them to think more critically about their waste generation habits, the single-use culture and linear economic systems that enable them, and the out-of-sight-out-of-mind mentality that blinds them to the true consequences of this global crisis. By collaborating with a large number of student groups, we also hope to plug UCLA students into the community of organizers who are working relentlessly on this issue, and tackling it from every possible facet. As the university approaches the deadline of our zero waste by 2020 goal, we hope that this event will be the final catalyst that empowers our community to meet this goal, and allows us all to live more sustainably at UCLA and beyond.
EVENTS OF THE WEEK:
MONDAY JAN. 14
Play World Waste Quiz and Decomposition Game on Bruin Walk from 10AM-4PM! Bring Your Own Cup for free coffee & cookies!
Learn about commonly found single-use disposables and easy alternatives!
Bring Your Own Cup for free coffee & cookies at the Kerckhoff Art Gallery from 6-9PM for the environmental justice photo exhibition and poetry night!
TUESDAY JAN. 15
Talk to Athens Services, a local, waste collection and recycling company in the greater Los Angeles community for the past 60 years to learn about how they divert resources from landfills through reuse, recycling, and composting. Stop by to talk to the UCLA Zero Waste Coordinator, Kikei Wong, to learn more about UCLA’s Zero Waste to landfill by 2020 initiative! Both representatives will be available on Bruin Plaza from 10AM-4PM.
Play the Waste Stream Game on Bruin Walk to learn about which materials can be diverted from landfill! BYOCup for free coffee!
WEDNESDAY JAN. 16
Prizes will be given out at the Waste Reduction and Awareness Workshops from 10AM-4PM at the Court of Sciences so stop by! Learn about ocean plastic pollution, alternatives to single use items, zero waste, sustainable brands & companies, packageless products, & sustainable shopping.
Unravel will also be hosting No More Trashion: How to Combat Textile Waste to discuss the environmental impact of the textile industry.
Trashed and STRAWS Movie Screenings at 7PM on The Hill! Trashed follows actor Jeremy Irons as he investigates the global scale and impact of humanity’s modern wasteful consumerism and pollution. It was officially selected for the Cannes Film Festival where it had its premiere in 2012 and has won 8 awards. Watch the trailer here: www.trashedfilm.com/trailer/
STRAWS is a 32 minute documentary released Spring 2017 about the half a billion non-recyclable plastic straws that get used every day in the U.S., ending up in landfills and on streets and beaches. Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins narrates and turtle researchers, community activists and business owners discuss a sea of change happening, one straw at a time. Watch the trailer here: https://vimeo.com/220521917
THURSDAY JAN. 17
Participate in the SWAP Meet from 10AM-5PM on Bruin Plaza to reduce your waste and carbon footprint in your shopping!
E3 (Ecology, Economy, Equity) will be hosting a DIY Day and
Unravel will be a hosting a clothing upcycling workshop from 10AM-5PM on Bruin Plaza!
Albatross Movie Screening at 7PM on The Hill! Albatross is a powerfully moving love story about birds on Midway Island in the Pacific whose bodies are filled with ocean plastic. This award-winning 97-minute film is offered as a free public artwork. Watch the trailer here: https://vimeo.com/218502282
FRIDAY JAN. 18
Listen to representatives for LA Sanitation, Athens Services, Plastic Pollution Coalition, My Last Plastic Straw, and Bonny Bentzin, Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer in the Tennis Club House from 5-8PM. Raffle winners will be announced at the end of the event! Appetizers will also be served.
ALL WEEK:
Appreciate artwork made by UCLA artists and learn about waste awareness in Kerckhoff Art Gallery starting Monday at 6PM!
Check in at each event to be entered to win prizes at the end of the week!
Collect & Carry
See how much trash you produce by carrying your waste throughout the week!

Street Plants: Wild Flora of Los Angeles Discussion
2019-01-17 16:30 - 18:00 | La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden and LENS (Laboratory for Environmental Narratives Strategies) invite you to Street Plants: Wild Flora of Los Angeles Discussion

Cities may seem to be solely the work of humans—right down to the urban landscape of street trees, ornamental plantings, and manicured lawns that were put in place by human hands. But wild plants spread through the landscape without any human help, forming a ubiquitous botanical backdrop that exists at the fringes of most concepts of nature. Join Evan Meyer, Assistant Director of the UCLA Botanical Garden, for a discussion of the wild flora of inner-city Los Angeles.
This event is free, but space is limited. RSVP at uclabotanical.eventbrite.com.

Waste Awareness Week: Swap Meet & DIY Waste Reduction Workshop
2019-01-17 10:00 - 17:00 | CA

Waste Awareness Week: Trashed and Straws Movie Screening
2019-01-16 19:00 - 21:00 | CA

Waste Awareness Week: Waste Reduction and Awareness Workshops
2019-01-16 10:00 - 16:00 | CA

Waste Awareness Week: Talk to Athens Services and UCLA's Zero Waste Coordinator
2019-01-15 10:00 - 16:00 | CA

Waste Awareness Week: Environmental Art Show
2019-01-14 18:00 - 21:00 | CA

Farmers Market at UCLA
2018-11-28 14:30 - 18:00, 2018-11-07 14:30 - 18:00 | Bruin Plaza
Farmers’ Market at UCLA is a registered student organization in UCLA that supervises the biweekly market and designs educational events. Thanks to the support from TGIF, SWC, ASUCLA, and E3. Choose fresh produce and support local & responsible farmers. We’ll keep you updated with information about upcoming markets, fun recipes to try out, and local food news!
Biweekly newsletter: subscribe to stay updated with our market events, workshop, field trips, selected events!
Follow us on Instagram @uclafarmersmarket and use #uclafarmersmarket to share your photos! We also have a blog with all things food and agriculture related–check us out at https://uclafarmersmarket.wordpress.com

Hammer Museum Future LA series: Hot! Hot! Hot!
2018-11-14 19:30 - 21:00 | Hammer Museum
Part of the series Future L.A.: Engineering a Sustainable Supercity

Hot! Hot! Hot!

WEDNESDAY NOV 14, 2018 7:30PM

Hotter, drier summers and winters, which mean longer fire seasons and increasingly poor air quality, are already a stark reality for Angelenos. By 2050, Los Angeles will only become hotter. Researchers at UCLA as well as the city and county of Los Angeles are taking steps toward designing healthier communities by setting ambitious sustainability targets. Moderated by Mark Gold.

ATTENDING THIS PROGRAM?
Ticketing: Free tickets are required and available at the Box Office one hour before the program. One ticket per person; first come, first served.
Member Benefit: Members receive priority ticketing until 15 minutes before the program. Learn more about membership.
Parking: Parking is available under the museum. Rates are $6 for the first three hours with museum validation, and $3 for each additional 20 minutes, with a $20 daily maximum. There is a $6 flat rate after 6 p.m. on weekdays, and all day on weekends. Cash only.

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Fourth Climate Change Assessment Symposium - Los Angeles Region
2018-11-02 09:30 - 15:30 | CA
OVERVIEW AND PURPOSE OF SYMPOSIUM
The State of California has released the Fourth Climate Change Assessment (Fourth Assessment) which provides the scientific foundation for understanding climate-related vulnerability at the local scale and informing resilience actions. The Fourth Assessment includes a report on the Los Angeles region that was put together by University of California, Los Angeles researchers and affiliates. This symposium will:

disseminate relevant summary information on the Fourth Assessment’s Los Angeles Region Report;
convene stakeholders that can use information in the report (policymakers, local government staff, environmental organizations, etc.);
provide highlights and local stories for media;
uplift community narratives of climate change impacts;
demonstrate tools and resources for practitioners; and
host a space where climate experts are available for deeper conversations and stakeholders can network with peers.

ADVANCED REGISTRATION REQUIRED AND LATE GUESTS WILL NOT BE LET IN AFTER 10:30 AM

AGENDA
9:00 AM — Check-In and Morning Coffee
Location: Aquarium Side Entrance and Ocean Theater Hallway
9:30 AM – 11:00 AM — Welcome
Location: Ocean Theater
Welcome Remarks
– Jonathan Parfrey, Climate Resolve
– Laurel Hunt, Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability (LARC)
– Councilmember Jeannine Pearce, Long Beach, District 2

Overview of Statewide Fourth Climate Change Assessment
– Joey Wraithwall, CA Natural Resources Agency
Overview of Fourth Assessment Los Angeles Report
– Dr. Alex Hall, UCLA
– Dr. Neil Berg, UCLA
– Katharine Reich, UCLA
11:15 AM – 12:30 PM — Morning Breakout Sessions
(1) Energy – Building Resilient Systems [Location: Ocean Theater]
Moderator: Guido Franco, California Energy Commission
– Dr. Eric Fournier, UCLA
– Dr. Stephanie Pincetl, UCLA
– Hannah Gustafson, UCLA
– Dr. Omid Mazdiyasni, UCI
(2) Adaptation Planning – Resources, Guides, and Tools [Location: Watershed Classroom]
Moderator: Jonathan Parfrey, Climate Resolve
– Nuin-Tara Key, California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
– Nancy Thomas, UC Berkeley
– Sarah Risher, California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM — Lunch
Location: Veranda Upstairs
1:30 PM – 2:45 — Afternoon Breakout Session
(1) Public Health – Preparing for Extreme Heat and Impacts on Air Quality [Location: Ocean Theater]
Moderator: Dr. Gisele Fong, The California Endowment
– Dr. Elizabeth Rhoades, LA County Department of Public Health
– Dr. George Ban-Weiss, USC
– Kelly Trainor Gamino, South Coast Air Quality Management District
– Edith de Guzman, TreePeople
(2) Oceans & Coasts – Addressing Sea Level Rise [Location: Watershed Classroom]
Moderator: Jerry Schubel, Aquarium of the Pacific
– Dan Cayan, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
– Juliette Finzi-Hart, USGS
– Heather Tomley, Port of Long Beach
– Christopher Koontz, City of Long Beach
3:00 PM — Closing
Location: Ocean Theater
Keynote Speaker – California State Senator Ricardo Lara, District 33 (Long Beach and Gateway Cities)
Thank You – Climate Resolve and LARC
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PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: Half a mile from the Transit Mall in downtown Long Beach which makes for a 10 minute downhill walk to the Aquarium from the Blue line and major bus lines.
PARKING: Parking structure is on south side of Shoreline Drive between Chestnut Place and Aquarium Way. $8 Flat Rate with Aquarium Validation.

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Farmers for America Screening
2018-11-01 18:00 - 20:00 | CA
Come join UCLA Farmers Market to watch Farmers for America! **Dinner will be provided!**
This documentary showcases the importance of farmers and farming in America as we move into the future. Most farmers are aging, and agriculture is becoming increasingly industrialized, so it is important to consider how we must change our existing food and farming system in order to ensure that America will be able to have sufficient levels of healthy food to feed the country in the future.
Film info and trailer: https://www.leaveitbetter.com/farmers-for-america/

Suing Monsanto: How a Team of Lawyers Won a Verdict Linking the Herbicide Roundup to Cancer
2018-10-31 12:15 - 13:30 | CA
Suing Monsanto: How a Team of Lawyers Won a Verdict Linking the Herbicide Roundup to Cancer
At a lunchtime event on October 31 at UCLA Law, attorneys Michael Baum, Pedram Esfandiary and Brent Wisner of Baum Hedlund Aristei Goldman, PC will discuss their lawsuits against Monsanto Company over its herbicide Roundup.

Date: 10/31/2018
Time: 12:15 PM – 01:30 PM
Location: UCLA Law Building, Room TBA

​Co-sponsored by the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy, a lunchtime event on October 31 at UCLA Law will feature attorneys Michael Baum, Pedram Esfandiary and Brent Wisner of Baum Hedlund Aristei Goldman, PC discussing their lawsuits against Monsanto Company over its herbicide Roundup. In August 2018, a San Francisco Superior Court jury orderedMonsanto Co. to pay $289.2 million in damages to one individual for failing to warn consumers that Roundup causes cancer. Other related cases are pending.
Michael Roberts, Executive Director of the Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy, will provide opening remarks and Cara Horowitz, Andrew Sabin Family Foundation Co-Executive Director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment will moderate the discussion.
DATE/TIME/LOCATION:
October 31, 2018
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Room 1347
UCLA Law Building
385 Charles E Young Dr E
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Lunch will be provided for all registered guests.
RSVP:
Please register here by October 26, 2018.
SPEAKERS:
Opening remarks: Michael Roberts, Executive Director, Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy, UCLA School of Law

Michael Baum (UCLA J.D. ’85), Attorney, Managing Partner, President, Baum Hedlund Aristei Goldman, PC;
Brent Wisner, Attorney, Partner, Baum Hedlund Aristei Goldman, PC;
Pedram Esfandiary, Attorney, Baum Hedlund Aristei Goldman, PC;
Moderator: Cara Horowitz, Andrew Sabin Family Foundation Co-Executive Director, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, UCLA School of Law

Technologies for a Sustainable Future
2018-10-30 15:30 - 19:00 | UCLA CNSI Auditorium, 570 Westwood Plaza, , Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Technologies for a Sustainable Future is hosted by UCLA Technology Development Group (TDG) and provides a unique opportunity for UCLA inventors, investors, and industry executives to establish new relationships for furthering innovation. The program will be followed by a wine and cheese networking reception.

Event Agenda

The UCLA Innovations Technologies for a Sustainable Future event provides a unique opportunity for UCLA inventors, investors and industry executives to establish new relationships for furthering innovation.
This one-day event will be hosted at the California Nanosystems Institute, UCLA Campus on Tuesday, October 30, 2018.
Event Agenda [PDF]
Full list of Bios and Headshots [PDF]

TECHNOLOGIES FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE – UCLA INNOVATIONS
3:00pm – REGISTRATION / CHECK-IN
3:30pm – WELCOME
Emily Loughran, UCLA Technology Development Group
3:35pm – KEYNOTE
Eric Hoek, Water Planet
3:50pm – EARLY STAGE INVESTOR PANEL
Jim McDermott, US Renewables
Anil Tamineedi, Angeleno Group
Aaron Fyke, Thin Line Capital
Pulakesh Mukherjee, BASF Venture Capital America
Taj Eldridge, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator
4:20pm – SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES PANEL
Gary Gero, Los Angeles County
Nurit Katz, UCLA
Mark Gold, UCLA Environment and Sustainability
Danny Hayes, Borealis Engineering
Eui-Sung Yi, UCLA Architecture and Urban Design, The NOW Institute, Morphosis
4:50pm – CNSI – MAGNIFY INCUBATOR OVERVIEW
Brian Benson, UCLA California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)
4:55pm – FACULTY QUICK PITCHES
Gaurav Sant—Carbon Sequestering Cement/X-Prize nominee
Rajit Gadh—Smart Vehicle Charging
CJ Kim — Drag Reduction Technology
Richie Wirz — Biplane Wind Energy
5:15pm – CLOSING KEYNOTE
Thom Mayne, UCLA Architecture and Urban Design, The NOW Institute, Morphosis
5:30pm – RECEPTION

River of Gold Screening
2018-10-22 18:00 - 20:00 | CA
On Monday, Oct 22nd, the Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law is hosting the first film screening in our series. The documentary, River of Gold, is about extractive industries in the Amazon and the impact on human rights and the environment. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion, which will include two of the filmmakers and a researcher from human rights watch. The flyer is attached: 20181022__River_of_Gold.pdf.
Please RSVP to attend
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeFyjxEY7ggPjl5Vtg1CQ5StqLBxeejJWk4ZEw2lj-On5Hyuw/viewform

Electrifying Transportation in Southern California: Opportunities & Challenges for 2030
2018-10-17 09:00 - 15:00 | CA
Electrifying Transportation in Southern California: Opportunities & Challenges for 2030

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 – 9:00am – 3:00pm

Start Time: 9:00 am
End Time: 3:00 pm
Location:

Board Room of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)
900 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1700, Los Angeles, CA 90017

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Environmental Graduate Student Reception
2018-10-16 17:00 - 19:00 | UCLA – Luskin School of Public Affairs – Third Floor Terrace
DESCRIPTION

All graduate students interested in environmental sustainability and energy are invited to a free, cross-campus reception.

Learn about campus environmental organizations, student resources, jobs and other funding opportunities.
Make connections with your peers.
Enjoy free food and refreshments.

Partners:
UCLA Grand Challenges
UCLA Sustainability
UCLA GSA Sustainable Resource Center
UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

AltCar Expo
2018-10-12 - 2018-10-13 | CA
2018 AltCar presents…
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California’s trailblazing commitment to alternative technology transportation, infrastructure and energy.

Electra Meccanica
to DEBUT the SOLO,
its Single-Passenger EV

See the NEW Audi e-tronat AltCar for the
SoCal Expo DEBUT

Exclusive Preview of the NEW Chanje V8100 Generation 2 Model

“AltCar is consistently packed to the brim with useful people and experiences and one of the best events at promoting plug in and alternative fuel vehicles around.”
– Kyle Field, Vice President – Important Media
and Senior Editor, CleanTechnica.com

“AltCar has become the most nationally respected event for industry, municipalities and general public that showcases the latest products, news and information for alternative technology vehicles and infrastructure.”
– Senator Fran Pavley

ThursYAY!
2018-10-11 12:00 - 14:00 | CA
DESCRIPTION
UCLA Semel Healthy Campus Initiative’s
MoveWell Pod invites you to:
ThursYAY!
A 2018-19 Academic Year Midday Mixer to Launch into a New Year of Health and Wellbeing
Join MoveWell, UCLA Recreation, and the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative for a fun, participatory, mid-day event featuring:

ThursYAY! Games and Activities
MoveWell Pod Meet-and-Greet
Free Food!
Bubbles!!!
Networking with Members of Semel HCI
Prizes!

Sponsored by UCLA Semel Healthy Campus Initiative, Envisioned and Supported by Jane and Terry Semel & the Healthy Campus Network
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DATE AND TIME
Thu, October 11, 2018
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
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LOCATION
University of California Los Angeles – Court of Sciences
405 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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A Lunch Discussion: Building Futures, Saving Pasts: Creating Sustainable Businesses Using Cultural Heritage
2018-10-11 11:30 - 12:30 | CA
DESCRIPTION

Join Impact@Anderson, the UCLA Anderson Center for Global Management(CGM) and the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology in hosting archaeologist and community business developer, Paul Burtenshaw for a conversation on the results of his work and a discussion on how the SPI’s methodology – the “SPI Business School” – creates sustainable economic impact and how cultural heritage is an asset for local sustainable development.
Bag lunch will be provided. RSVP Required.
Open to UCLA students, faculty, staff, and by invitation only.
Bruin ID required.

DATE AND TIME

Thu, October 11, 2018
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PDT
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LOCATION

A-202, Collins Center
UCLA Anderson School of Management
110 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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