UCLA Sustainability

Farmers Market at UCLA
2018-04-18 14:00 - 18:00 UTC | Bruin Plaza

Green Screens Sustainability Film Festival: Stink!
2018-04-16 19:30 - 21:30 | James Bridges Theater, 235 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States

UCLA Anderson Energy Innovation Conference
2018-04-16 09:00 - 17:30 | UCLA Anderson School of Management, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, 90095, United States
The Largest Student Led Energy Conference in California
About the Event
The UCLA Anderson Energy Innovation Conference is an annual event that brings together professionals, students, and academics with a passion for energy and showcases innovative technologies with the potential to reinvent the energy industry.
Keynote speakers from Romeo Power, SCE, Sony, SoCalGas, and Qualcomm will start the conversation on the installation of local, cost-effective distributed energy resources and their potential effects on the grid of the future.
This year the conference will focus on companies paving the way to increase energy resiliency with new technologies, robust policy, and inventive business models.
Details, speakers, registration at: http://energyinnovationconference.com

THEODORE PAYNE NATIVE PLANT GARDEN TOUR
2018-04-14 10:00 - 2018-04-15 17:00
The 2018 Theodore Payne Native Plant Garden Tour
Welcome to the 15th Annual Theodore Payne Native Plant Garden Tour:
A two-day self-guided journey through 45 of the region’s most beautiful and inspiring private and public landscapes.

About the Garden Tour
The gardens on this tour contain at least 50% native plants. Each garden is a labor of love, a place created in harmony with Southern California’s climate, soil, natural vegetation, and native wildlife. Explore this website for plant lists and photos of each garden, as well as more information about the Tour and its sponsors.
The gardens are divided into two groups: one open Saturday and the other open Sunday. At each location, the native plants are labelled, and you’ll meet garden owners, designers, and docents who can tell you about the site’s unique challenges and characteristics.
We are grateful for the community of people that make this event possible. A very special thank you to the garden hosts for opening their wonderful gardens to the public, and to our volunteer docents for sharing their knowledge and enthusiasm with visitors. We are immensely grateful for the support of our here.
Gardens and more info at: http://www.nativeplantgardentour.org

Green Screens Sustainability Film Festival: Beyond the Brink
2018-04-13 19:30 - 21:30 | James Bridges Theater, 235 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States

UCLA Anderson IMPACT WEEK: Diversity & Inclusion in Tech: Changing Perceptions of Computer Science in Media
2018-04-13 13:30 - 14:30
2018 IMPACT WEEK: DRIVING SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
Join Impact@Anderson and the UCLA Anderson Net Impact Chapter for the 2018 IMPACT Week from April 9 to 13. Examining the future of business through the creation of a social, environmental and economic evolution, this week-long event will feature thought leaders and founders of mission-driven businesses sharing their powerful insights in design workshops, panels, screenings, network mixers and more.
Details, registration link and more at:
http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/about/signature-events/impact-week
Agenda
MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2018
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Opening Keynote
Cara Chacon, VP of Social and Environmental Responsibility, Patagonia
Korn Hall
12:30 – 1:00 p.m. Reception C-Atrium
5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Fireside Chat with Joan Trant, Managing Partner, TriLinc Global
Joan Trant, Managing Partner, TriLinc Global
B117
6:00 – 8:30 p.m. Networking Night
Join purpose-driven MBA candidates and company representatives in a relaxed, professional setting. Registered attendees will discuss career opportunities and share stories of impact while enjoying light refreshments on the charming North Lawn. North Lawn
TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2018
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Investing in Communities: How Profit is Possible in the Affordable Housing Space
Los Angeles is experiencing an affordable housing crisis. Learn how for-profit companies are contributing to the solution. The panel will give an overview of the affordable housing landscape in Los Angeles, touch on health and homelessness and explore how affordable housing is funded, financed, developed and legislated.
Moderator: Tim Kawahara, Executive Director, UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate
Robin Hyerstay, VP of Capital Markets, Enterprise Community Investment, Inc.
Cecile Chalifour, West Division Manager, Community Development Banking, JPMorgan Chase
Tyler Monroe, VP of Development, Thomas Safran & Associates
C315
6:30 – 7:30 p.m Impact in Media and Entertainment
How are entertainment companies thinking about social impact today? Given the broad reach of companies like BuzzFeed, there is a massive opportunity to create and spread media and entertainment that is empathetic, insightful and action-oriented. This session explores the intersection among entertainment, technology and impact.
Chuck Lee, Director of Insights, BuzzFeed Entertainment Group
Michelle Kempner, VP of Operations, BuzzFeed Entertainment Group
Stephanie Ocampo, Deputy Social Media Director, BuzzFeed Entertainment Group
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Impact by Design: OpenIDEO Los Angeles Chapter Workshop
OpenIDEO Los Angeles Chapter’s mission is to drive collaboration, innovation and impact around the world’s toughest problems through design thinking. The workshop with Alex Molloy and Sarah Dzida will demonstrate how to drive impact through design. We’ll delve into OpenIDEO’s design-thinking methodology by focusing on creating impact for for-profit business models.
Alex Molloy, Organizer and Lead Facilitator, OpenIDEO Los Angeles Chapter
Sarah Dzida, Co-Lead Facilitator, OpenIDEO Los Angeles Chapter
C315
4:30 – 5:30 p.m Reception B-Atrium
5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Impact Investing Panel: Voting With Your Capital
Whether your passion is gender equity, climate change or social and governance issues, your investment portfolio allows you to have a voice, a vote and the power to create change. Our panel will discuss how individuals, 401(k) plans, foundations and endowments can use the power of their investments to create change.’
Moderator: Darya Allen-Attar, Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
Andrew Behar, Chief Executive Officer, As You Sow
Anabel Luna Giron, Investments Director, California Community Foundation
Evan Mizrachy, Senior Client Relationship Manager, Aperio Group
Andrew Olig, Responsible Investment Strategy Specialist, Eaton Vance
Travis Antoniono, Investment Officer, Corporate Governance Division, CalSTRS
EDR
THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2018
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Impact on the Blockchain
The panel will discuss how blockchain technology is transforming the impact space and providing access to financial and other services to previously underserved communities around the world.
Moderator: Adam Spar ’19
Gabrielle Katsnelson, COO and Co-Founder, SMBX (Small and Medium Business Exchange)
Amy Wan, Founder and CEO, Sagewise
Sheri Kaiserman, Principal Advisor & Co-Founder, Maco.la
Les Borsai, Founder and CEO, Gridmob
C315
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Closing Keynote
Darya Allen-Attar from Morgan Stanley will interview Brian Kariger, a socially responsible investor who has also built a company focused on environmental solutions. Then, their roles will be switched and Brian will interview Darya Allen-Attar about how she helps Brian make socially responsible investments.
Brian Kariger, CEO, Recargo
Darya Allen-Attar, Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
EDR
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Reception B-Atrium
FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2018
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Imperative Workshop: Purpose in the Workplace
This workshop will help participants understand how to drive purpose and improve collaboration in the workplace.
Alex Belisle, Purpose Strategy Director, Imperative
EDR
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Diversity & Inclusion in Tech: Changing Perceptions of Computer Science in Media
Jennifer Vaden Barth, Education Incentives Program Manager, Google
A301

UCLA Anderson IMPACT WEEK: Imperative Workshop: Purpose in the Workplace
2018-04-13 11:30 - 13:00

Hammer Future LA Series: Urban Revitalization and the Los Angeles River
2018-04-12 19:30 - 21:30 | Hammer Museum
The Los Angeles River is the center of a massive restoration plan. Community leaders, environmentalists, and officials all have ideas about how the river should interact with natural habitats and the many diverse communities that surround it. Barbara Romero, deputy mayor of Los Angeles, Jill Sourial, The Nature Conservancy urban conservation director, and Richard Ambrose, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor, join moderator Mark Gold, UCLA associate vice chancellor of environment and sustainability, to discuss this urban revitalization.

Engage in EJ (Environmental Justice): Panel Discussion and Networking Event
2018-04-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Luskin School of Public Affairs, room 2355, UCLA
UCLA’s Built Environment and Public Health Council’s annual career panel will focus on the topics of Environmental Justice (EJ), Community Engagement, and Public/Green Space and will feature speakers from public health and urban planning backgrounds. Our panelists include folks from Pacoima Beautiful, Bike San Gabriel Valley, and California Environmental Justice Alliance.
April 12 6-8pm Luskin School of Public Affairs Room 2355
Panel. Discussion. Networking. Dinner will be served! You don’t want to miss this. RSVP here!

UCLA Anderson IMPACT WEEK: Closing Keynote
2018-04-12 17:00 - 18:00

UCLA Anderson IMPACT WEEK: Impact on the Blockchain
2018-04-12 11:30 - 12:30

Organic Waste Day- UCLA Zero Waste Campaign
2018-04-12 11:00 - 15:00
*FREE ORANGES and FREE KNOWLEDGE* Bruin Walk 11-3, April 12th
Fruit is awesome! And so is properly disposing of your fruit’s waste. Composting your waste is an easy way to reduce your carbon footprint. We will demonstrate the power of the orange, and offer tips to composting where you live. (Oh and straws are really bad too and we will show you why). Stop by to win a set of bamboo utensils or a glass straw!
Be sure to check out the cool events we have going on all week! Check out our DIY Day on Monday 4/9, and kNOw Waste Day on Tuesday 4/10.
DIY Day: https://www.facebook.com/events/563905393984942/
kNOw Waste Day: https://www.facebook.com/events/149855115846748/
If you’d like to make a difference, take the My Last Trash Pledge to help the UC reach its goal of going zero waste by 2020.
Pledge here: https://zerowaste2020.universityofcalifornia.edu/take-the-pledge/
Special thank you to the Healthy Campus Initiative for funding our efforts to make UCLA the healthiest campus in the nation!

UCLA Anderson IMPACT WEEK: Impact Investing Panel: Voting With Your Capital
2018-04-11 17:30 - 19:30

UCLA Anderson IMPACT WEEK: Impact by Design: OpenIDEO Los Angeles Chapter Workshop
2018-04-11 11:30 - 12:30

Green Screens Sustainability Film Festival: An Inconvenient Sequel
2018-04-10 19:30 - 21:30 | James Bridges Theater, 235 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States

UCLA Anderson IMPACT WEEK: Impact in Media and Entertainment
2018-04-10 18:30 - 19:30

UCLA Anderson IMPACT WEEK: Investing in Communities: How Profit is Possible in the Affordable Housing Space
2018-04-10 11:30 - 12:30

kNOw Trash Day: UCLA Zero Waste Campaign
2018-04-10 11:00 - 15:00
April 10 11-3 at the Court of Sciences
*FREE bamboo utensils and glass straws*
Come play some a fun shooting game to learn how to properly sort your waste! UCLA Zero-Waste Campaign is putting on an event to promoting no trash and knowing your trash. We will be going beyond the normally considered waste and talk about E-Waste too.
We have cool events going on all week! Check out our DIY Day on Monday 4/9, and Organic Waste Day on 4/12.
DIY Day: https://www.facebook.com/events/563905393984942/
Organic Waste Day: https://www.facebook.com/events/2008796672708600/
If you’d like to make a difference, take the My Last Trash Pledge to help the UC reach its goal of going zero waste by 2020.
Pledge here: https://zerowaste2020.universityofcalifornia.edu/take-the-pledge/
Special thank you to the Healthy Campus Initiative for funding our efforts to make UCLA the healthiest campus in the nation!

Green Screens Sustainability Film Festival: Baka- People of the Forest
2018-04-09 19:30 - 21:30 | James Bridges Theater, 235 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States

UCLA Anderson IMPACT WEEK: Networking Night
2018-04-09 18:00 - 20:00

UCLA Anderson IMPACT WEEK: Fireside Chat with Joan Trant, Managing Partner, TriLinc Global Joan Trant, Managing Partner, TriLinc Global
2018-04-09 17:00 - 18:00

UCLA Anderson IMPACT WEEK 2018: Opening Keynote Cara Chacon, VP of Social and Environmental Responsibility, Patagonia
2018-04-09 11:30 - 12:30

DIY day: UCLA Zero Waste Campaign
2018-04-09 11:00 - 15:00
*FREE DIY lip scrub, deodorant, and toothpaste*
UCLA Zero Waste Campaign will be showing you the power of your food and recipes to sustain your food longer! These recipes will work to allow you to get the most out of what has been sitting in your fridge. Don’t have any food on you? No worries! We will also be helping attendees make their own deodorants and scrubs. See you there!
*Supplies are limited.
We have cool events going on all week! Check out our kNOw Waste Day on Tuesday 4/10, and Organic Waste Day on 4/12.
kNOw Waste Day: https://www.facebook.com/events/149855115846748/
Organic Waste Day: https://www.facebook.com/events/2008796672708600/

Greening the Golden State (in Sacramento)
2018-04-09 - 2018-04-10
California on the Move

“We have a cap-and-trade system, which is a very efficient way to reducing greenhouse gases. We have a zero-emission vehicle mandate. We have efficiency standards for our buildings, for our appliances. California is showing that dealing with climate is good for the economy — not bad. It’s a culture that’s on the move — not pulling up the drawbridge out of fear and economic insecurity.” – California Governor Jerry Brown

Greening the Golden State
As a result of its legislative and financial commitment to emission reduction and environmental stewardship, the Golden State has emerged as a national and international leader in sustainable policy, practice and technology. The annual Green California Summit was established eleven years ago to support these efforts and to provide information, education and resources to the public and private sector professionals who create, manage and execute green projects and programs.
The 2018 Summit comes to the Sacramento Convention Center on April 9-10, at a time when changing priorities at the federal level have heightened the importance of California’s efforts. The Summit offers an unique opportunity for stakeholders to connect, exchange ideas and attend education sessions that highlight best practices and effective strategies.
Keynote and Expo Registration is Free
Entrance to the Green Solutions Expo on April 9-10, the keynote session and the annual Leadership Awards reception is free. Commissioner Andrew McAllister (left) of the California Energy Commission will speak in the opening session. Bio here.
The Expo allows you to discover scores of green products and services all in one place. Find out what’s new and get an intensive, hands-on education that’s not available anywhere else. The Expo also offers you a chance to look at the latest clean vehicles, EV charging solutions and more. Click here to start your registration.
Concurrent Education Sessions on April 9-10 will cover a range of topics. (More here.) The Summit will also include special Technology Showcase education sessions that are open to all (details to be announced).
If you are a member of a professional organization that has an interest in sustainability, you may want to consider taking part in our Partners in Learning program. Meet onsite at the Summit, a dynamic atmosphere that is designed to inspire, inform and encourage interaction.
We will provide free meeting space as well as substantial registration discounts for your group members. Discounted rates may be available at area hotels to accommodate out of town attendees. If your organization is interested in holding a scheduled meeting at the Summit please call 626.577.5700.

“We are not going to allow one election to reverse generations of progress – at the height of our historic diversity, scientific advancement, economic output, and sense of global responsibility. Equity and environmental justice are now hardwired into all of our climate policies in an unprecedented way.”
– Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León at the Vatican Pontifical Academy of Sciences, November 3, 2017

Who Should Attend?
Agency Secretaries
Commissioners
Department Directors
Chiefs, Administration Division
Facility Managers
Energy Managers
Sustainability Managers
Legislators
Board Members
Superintendents
Chancellors
Chief Business Officers
Engineers
Transportation Specialists
Chief Financial Officers
Educators
Building Officials
Capital Outlay Managers
Building Managers
Procurement Managers
Real Estate Managers
Budget Officers
Purchasers
Recycling Professionals
Waste Management Professionals
Fleet Managers
Commercial Real Estate Professionals
Architects and Designers
Construction Professionals
Anyone with green program responsibilities!
QUESTIONS? Call 626.577.5700

2400 N. Lincoln AvenueAltadena, CA 91001

info@green-technology

Designing Healthy Communities
2018-04-06 09:00 - 18:00 | UCLA CNSI Auditorium, 570 Westwood Plaza, , Los Angeles, CA 90095
DESCRIPTION

We’re convening the authors from the groundbreaking book, Urban Sprawl and Public Health, to explore the past, present and future of the field of built environment and health.

We’ll explore scientific, community, policy, and practice perspectives under the themes of justice, transport, open space, and housing.

Featuring:
Richard J. Jackson, MD, MPH, HonAIA, HonASLA | Faculty Emeritus UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
Howard Frumkin, DrPH, MD, MPH | University of Washington School of Public Health
Lawrence Frank, PhD | Urban Design 4 Health
Michael Jerrett, PhD, | Chair UCLA Environmental Health Sciences Department and Director UCLA Center for Occupational & Environmental Health
Charles Brown, MPA | Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, PhD | Luskin School of Public Affairs
Deborah Cohen, MD, MPH | RAND Corporation
Paul Ong, PhD | Professor Emeritus Urban Planning, Social Welfare, and Asian American Studies
Seleta Reynolds | General Manager, Los Angeles Department of Transportation
Renee Fortier | Executive Director, UCLA Transportation & Event Services
Brian Cole, DrPH | UCLA Center for Health Advancement
Ramon Mendez | Enterprise Community Partners
and more!
For more information visit: http://coeh.ph.ucla.edu/events/designing-healthy-communities-symposium
Special thanks to our co-sponsors:
UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate
UCLA Ziman Center Housing as Health Care Initiative
UCLA Lewis Center
UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies
Environmental Health Sciences Student Association
Built Environment Public Health Council

Earth Month Sustainability Speaker Panel: What can you do? Sustainability as a lifestyle
2018-04-05 18:30 - 20:30 | Carnesale Commons, 350 De Neve Dr, Los Angeles , CA, 90024, United States
“What Can YOU Do? – Sustainability As A Lifestyle”
Whether it be through the food we eat, the clothes we wear, and the all the other choices we make everyday, there are more ways than imaginable to live a sustainable, conscious lifestyle and have a positive impact on the environment around us.
Come out to learn from distinguished panelists that will be touching on subjects of food waste, sustainable clothing, civic service, and social sciences and their impact on the environment.
There will be free food, fair trade coffee, and cool raffle prizes!
Panelists:
– Mark Biedlingmaier
– Professor Jennifer Jay
– Shannon Rivers
– Imperfect Produce
– Beyond the Label
Co-programmed with UCLA Residential Life
Proudly sponsored by: The Green Initiative Fund and UCLA Undergraduate Students Association

Urban Planning: 2018 Careers, Capstones & Conversations (CCC): A Networking Event
2018-04-05 18:30 - 20:30 | Covel Commons
Join us at this dynamic and interactive event that brings together Urban Planning students, alumni, faculty, and planners from around Southern California. Urban Planning students will showcase posters summarizing their master’s capstone projects, and all in attendance can stroll among the posters meeting the students and learning about their capstone work. A light dinner will be provided.

Details

Date:
Apr 5
Time:

6:30 pm-8:30 pm

Event Categories:
Alumni, For Faculty, For Students, Urban Planning
Website:
https://luskin.ucla.edu/ccc/

Organizer

UCLA Department of Urban Planning
Phone:
310-825-4025
Email:
upinfo@luskin.ucla.edu
Website:
luskin.ucla.edu/urban-planning

Other

RSVP
http://www.tinyurl.com/CCC2018RSVP

Venue

UCLA Covel Commons, Grand Horizon Room

De Neve Drive
Los Angeles,CA
90095
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LA County Stormwater, Health & Equity Regional Workshop
2018-04-04 08:30 - 13:00
DESCRIPTION
Please join Prevention Institute, community leaders, agency staff, residents and other stakeholders from communities across Los Angeles County for an engaging conversation on the connections between stormwater, health and equity. Participants at this half-day event will have the opportunity to network with issues experts and decision-makers to learn more about the Safe, Clean Water program and funding measure. One of the purposes of this event is to obtain input from the participants with regard to the Safe, Clean Water Program.
Speakers and topics include:
Keynote Speaker

Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl

Safe, Clean Water Program and Funding Measure

Mark Pestrella, Director, LA County Department of Public Works

Setting the Stage: Stormwater, Health and Equity

Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director, LA County Department of Public Health
Elva Yañez, Prevention Institute

Green Stormwater Infrastructure

Norma Garcia, Chief Deputy Director, LA County Department of Parks & Recreation
Roxana Tynan, Executive Director, Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
Rita Kampalath, Sustainability Program Director, LA County Chief Sustainability Office

Registration is required and space is limited. Light breakfast and coffee will be served. Spanish translation available.
Please forward this notice to friends, neighbors and colleagues who might be interested in attending. For questions about the event, please contact Taylor Andelman at taylor@preventioninstitute.org
DATE AND TIME

Wed, April 4, 2018
8:30 AM – 1:00 PM PDT
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LOCATION

Casa Italiana
1051 North Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90012
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LA Food Policy Council: Good Food Entrepreneur Mixer: From Farm to Fork and Beyond
2018-03-29 18:00 - 21:00
DESCRIPTION

Calling all food entrepreneurs! Looking for resources to help start or grow your business? Hoping to connect with other local businesses to meet your sourcing or retail needs?
Join us for the “Good Food Entrepreneur Mixer: From Farm to Fork and Beyond” where we bring together entrepreneurs from across the food chain to connect, learn, and grow through speed learning, networking, and an entrepreneur open mic.

Space is limited. Please RSVP to secure a space.
More details coming soon.

Rising Tide Summit
2018-03-28 - 2018-03-29
RISING TIDE SUMMIT

MARCH 28TH AND 29TH
AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles
Innovations for Solutions

RISING TIDE SUMMIT PRESENTED BY

#RisingTideSummit

With support from XPRIZE Ocean Initiative and AltaSea, the two day Rising Tide Summit will be held on March 28 and 29 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles, an advanced science and innovation campus in San Pedro, California. The inaugural conference will raise awareness about the state of our ocean and help the ocean conservation community to unite on issues and solutions by bringing together leaders, thinkers and innovators for rapid solutions.
Join innovators and speakers from
5 Gyres Institute, Algalita, AltaSea, Blue Robotics, Earth Technologies, Lonely Whale, Ocean Champions, reCUP, Save the Waves, Sea Status, Surfrider Foundation, Sustainable Surf, XPRIZE Ocean Initiative, And many more
