Tackling Climate Change Nationally and Globally

Hammer Museum

Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 7:30 PM Hammer Museum 10899 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90024 Despite the overwhelming scientific consensus that global warming is a danger to the planet, little progress has been made to reduce CO2 emissions. Climatologists Brenda Ekwurzel and Michael Mann join us to examine the issue. Ekwurzel works with the Union […]

FOOD WEEK: UCLA-Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Conference: Transparency in the Global Food System: What Information and to What Ends?

UCLA Faculty Center, California Room

UCLA School of Law Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy & Harvard Law School Food Law Lab presents the first inaugural UCLA-Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Conference: Transparency in the Global Food System: What Information and to What Ends? Friday, October 24, 2014, 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. | UCLA Faculty Center Food […]

FOOD WEEK: For student groups: Healthy Campus Initiative Funding Application Workshop

Powell Library Building, CLICC, Classroom B 10740 Dickson Ct, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Healthy Campus Initiative Funding Application Workshop Does your student group have a great idea to promote health on campus? Are you looking for funding? Learn how to apply for grants up to $2,500 to make your idea happen. WHEN: October 24, 2014, 11:30 am – 12:45 pm WHERE: Powell Library Building, CLICC, Classroom B (take […]

FOOD WEEK: Film Screening: Food Chains — Is Your Food Fair?

UCLA School of Law 385 Charles E. Young Drive East , Los Angeles , CA, United States

UCLA School of Law will be screening Food Chains -- Is Your Food Fair? Following the screening, there will be a discussion with a distinguished panel of experts, including the film's director.      

FOOD WEEK: Local dinner at Bruin Plate

Bruin Plate Dining Hall

UCLA's award winning healthy sustainable dining hall, Bruin Plate, will feature a meal with local ingredients. $14.50 for residents, $15.25 for others.

Farmers Market at UCLA

Bruin Plaza

E3, USAC SWC and ASUCLA are proud to present the Farmers Market at UCLA! Stop by Bruin Plaza on Wednesday, October 29th (Week 4) to support local and responsible farmers in the most delicious and healthy way possible! Expect to see some delicious seasonal produce, nut products and dried fruits, as well as some student […]

3rd Annual Seedstock Sustainable Agriculture Innovation Conference

UCLA Anderson School of Management 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, United States

Please join us at the 3rd Annual Seedstock Sustainable Agriculture Innovation Conference: Reintegrating Ag: Local Food Systems and the Future of Cities (http://conference2014.seedstock.com) in which I will be participating. The conference will explore the economic impact as well as the community and environmental benefits that can result from the development of a robust local food system.  […]

FACTS Los Angeles: Climate Ready Cities – Taking actions to mitigate climate change and adapt in urban areas

UCLA - Carnesale Commons - Palisades Room

Register Here FACTS (French Ameri-Can Climate TalkS) Building up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference to be hosted by France in December 2015 (COP 21-Paris Climate 2015), the Embassies of France in both Canada and the United States are organizing FACTS (French Ameri-Can Climate TalkS), a public conference series across seven cities in the […]

Watermark: Film co-presented by Hammer and UCLA Institute of Environment and Sustainability

Co-presented with the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability   In this documentary, Edward Burtynsky and Jennifer Baichwal journey around the globe—from the man-made All-American Canal on the Colorado River to the sacred waters of the Allahabad in India to the immense Xiluodu Dam in China—exploring the massive impact that human intervention has had on the world’s water […]

A Gut Reaction to Obesity: The Impact of Diet, the Microbiome, and the Environment

UCLA Covel Commons

More than one third of adults in the United States are considered obese, creating one of the most pressing medical, public health, financial, and societal crises of our time. Please join us for the 2015 UCLA Healthcare Symposium, an annual event organized by students at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, to explore […]

The Graduate/Undergraduate Environmental Mixer!

LATC Clubhouse (LA Tennis Center Clubhouse) - on campus, west of Pauley Pavilion

During this event, current UCLA graduate students from a variety of fields will share their academic, career, and personal experiences related to environment and sustainability during our panel. Following the panel, graduates and undergraduates can enjoy a mixer with fun networking activities and prizes! Food will be provided! We are also proud to announce this event has […]

ESN Speaker Session: LAX Environmental Planner

Student Activities Center Room 3

Come join us for a speaker session with an environmental planner from Los Angeles World Airport (LAX)! Mariana Valdivia, who obtained her Masters in Urban Planning at UCLA, is a City Planner who is working on exciting new renovations to LAX, the 6th busiest airport in the US. She focuses on improving bike routes, advocating […]

Global Divestment Day

Royce Hall

The day before Valentine's Day, student group Fossil Free UCLA will stage a rally on campus--complete with political theater, some bears, and lots of oiled up money! The LA indigenous activism group Idle No More will join us, along with many campus student organizations to demand the UC divest from Fossil Fuels. Speaker Elouise Brown will be […]

Speaker Series: EarthJustice

MS 5117

Come learn about environmental law and speak with representatives from Earthjustice! Free Native Foods! Brought to you by the USAC Facilities Commission. Earthjustice is the nation's premier environmental law firm, defending our fundamental right to a healthy environment. Earthjustice is headquartered in San Francisco and has nine regional law offices, an international program, a communications […]

Oppenheim Lecture Series: Design for the Circular Economy

Fowler Museum

         Wednesday, February 18, 2015 6:00 pm Light Reception 7:00 pm Lecture Lenart Auditorium, Fowler Museum at UCLA   Co-Hosted by:   UCLA Grand Challenges     William McDonough Chief Executive, McDonough Innovation Architect, designer and author William McDonough is a pioneer of sustainable design and development at all scales–products and packaging to cities […]

UCLA Unicamp Info Session

Ackerman Union Viewpoint Conference (A201B)

UCLA UniCamp Recruitment | Outdoor Science Opportunities Session UCLA UniCamp is the official, student-run nonprofit organization of the students of UCLA (est. 1934). For 80 years, we have taken kids from underserved communities of Los Angeles up to camp during summer for a week of fun and mentorship. This year UCLA UniCamp is hosting a […]

Environmental Student Network 3rd Annual Alumni Night

2320 Life Sciences Building

Come join the Environmental Student Network for our third annual alumni night! Bring your resume or business cards to network with alumni who are representing private/public sectors and graduate schools. Food will be provided.

EARTH MONTH: Public Utility and the Low-Carbon Future

La Kretz Hall Conf Room 300

Presented by William Boyd, Visiting Professor, University of Colorado Boulder School of Law Substantial reductions in global power sector emissions will be needed by midcentury to avoid significant disruption of the climate system. Achieving these reductions will require greatly increased levels of financing, technological innovation, and policy reform. In the United States, the scale and […]

EARTH MONTH: Fracking and Our Water

Hammer Museum

Co-presented with the Hammer Museum at UCLA Fracking is both demonized and praised almost daily in the media, leaving most Americans confused. We strive to bring some clarity to this divisive issue by bringing together scientists and policy makers to tease out the facts about the effects of hydraulic fracturing on the quality and quantity […]

EARTH MONTH: Net Impact- Authentic Connections by Good Corps

GOOD Corps Headquarters 6380 Wilshire Blvd Floor 15 , Los Angeles, CA

Looking to feel more connected to other professionals with a passion for sustainability and social impact?  Join us at GOOD's headquarters for a Net Impact Los Angeles mixer! GOODcorps, a social impact consultancy that's part of GOOD Worldwide, will take us through a series of creative games to build spontaneous connections based on shared interests and explore […]