UCLA 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 (America/Denver) | 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 (America/Denver) | 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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Sustainival Fair
2018-10-10 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Denver) | Sunset Village, 330 De Neve Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
UCLA Office of Residential Life and UCLA Housing & Hospitality Services are hosting the annual Sustainival Fair on October 10, 2018 from 5-8 PM in Sunset Village. Sustainival brings vendors, games, sustainable giveaways, and FUN to the Hill. Don’t miss out!
– Learn how you can live more sustainably
– Win prizes and decorate your own reusable bag
– Join other students in making an IMPACT
– Find out how you can get involved
– Discover what UCLA is doing to be more sustainable

MindWell Pod and the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior Present: “The Foundations of Eudaimonia” with Dr. Peter Whybrow
2018-10-09 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Denver) | CA
MindWell Pod and the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior Present: “The Foundations of Eudaimonia” with Dr. Peter Whybrow
When: October 9th, 4-5pm
Where: Semel Auditorium, UCLA
Register here
Drawing upon his recent book, The Well-Tuned Brain, Dr. Whybrow explores the roots of human flourishing – of tranquility and enjoyment. Tranquility does not come naturally to the human mind: eudaimonia is a highly cultivated state achieved through hard work and self-discipline. This talk will discuss the challenge of a life well lived, blending reason and passion to promote individual wellbeing and a sustainable human future.
This talk will kick-off the call for nominations for the 2019 UCLA Eudaimonia Awards. The UCLA HCI Eudaimonia Award is an annual recognition award given to members of the UCLA community, past or present, who exemplify a life full of purpose and meaning. The 2018 Eudaimonia Award recipients will be honored at a special UCLA event this Spring. Learn more here

UCLA CalFresh Initiative Enrollment Fair
2018-10-09 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Denver) | CA
UCLA CalFresh Initiative Enrollment Fair
When: October 9th, 10am-4pm
Where: Student Activities Center, Conference Room 4
The CalFresh Initiative is excited to announce that it will continue quarterly enrollment days and weekly office hours this academic year. CalFresh is a great way for students to increase their own food security and it is beneficial for them to sign up early in the year.
They will be hosting a large enrollment fair on October 9th, where students can get up to $192/mo if they qualify for benefits. The Department of Public Social Services eligibility workers will be present to enroll and interview students at the same time.
They will additionally have weekly office hours on Mondays Fall Quarter starting October 15th – December 3rd from 8:30am-4pm in SAC 105E.
Check out their prescreen tool and their appointment booker

Life on the Move | It’s Time to Leave, The Causes of Migration
2018-10-04 18:00 - 20:30 (America/Denver) | La Brea Tar Pits, 5801 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90036, United States
Lecture Series on THURSDAYS | Oct 4 and 18, Nov 1

Life on the Move Lecture Series
All plants and animals, including humans, move during their lifetimes, but some take truly harrowing or magnificent journeys to new lands and habitats. This Fall, the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum will join the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability to produce a three-night conversation between the people of Los Angeles and the leading experts on migration. Looking across species and time, we strip away politics and nation-state boundaries to discover the causes and outcomes of migration for all life forms.

First of Three Lectures – It’s Time to Leave, The Causes of Migration
For many species, migration is a question of when, not if. Sometimes it is the result of fresh opportunities in unfamiliar terrain. Other times it is driven by external forces, natural and unnatural. From floods and fires to developing societies — tonight we will get to the root causes of migration.
Check out the other lectures in the series here:
10/18 – A New Home, The Effects of Migration
11/1 – Los Angeles, A Migration Haven

Emily Lindsey

​​​​​​Dr. Emily Lindsey is Assistant Curator and Excavation Site Director at the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum. Her research focuses on using information from the last 50,000 years of ecological upheaval to understand how climate change and human actions combine to cause extinctions, and to predict how plants and animals will respond in the face of modern global change. Dr. Lindsey has conducted fieldwork in the United States, Antarctica, Chile, Guyana, and Ecuador, where she studies the geology and paleontology of tropical asphaltic fossil sites.
Dr. Lindsey is Adjunct Faculty in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA and the Department of Earth Sciences at USC, and serves on the board of the Institute for Field Research. She studied at Brown University, the University of California – Berkeley, and as a Fulbright scholar at the Museo Nacional de Historia Natural in Uruguay, before joining NHMLA in 2016.

Roger Waldinger

Roger Waldinger, Distinguished Professor (Ph.D. Harvard, 1983) and Director of the UCLA Center for the Study of International Migration works on international migration: its social, political, and economic consequences; the policies and politics emerging in response to its advent; the links between immigrants and the countries and people they have left behind; the trajectories of newcomers and their descendants after migration. He is the author of over 100 articles and book chapters and nine books, most recently, Origins the Destinations: The Making of the Second Generation (Russell Sage Foundation, 2018): A Century of Transnationalism: Immigrants and their Homeland Connections (edited with Nancy Green; University of Illinois Press, 2016) and The Cross-Border Connection: Immigrants, Emigrants, and their Homelands, (Harvard University Press, 2015).

Cara Santa Maria (moderator)
Cara Santa Maria is a Los Angeles Area Emmy and Knight Foundation
Award winning journalist, science communicator, television personality, producer, and podcaster.Cara is a correspondent on National Geographic’s Explorer and Netflix’s Bill Nye Saves the World. She is the creator and host of a weekly science podcast called Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria and cohosts the popular Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe podcast. She is a founding member of the Nerd Brigade and cofounded the annual science communication retreat #SciCommCamp.
Cara earned her B.S. in Psychology from the University of North Texas in 2004, followed by an M.S. in Neurobiology in 2007. She is currently working toward a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Social Justice and Diversity from Fielding Graduate University.

UCLA Rideshare Fair
2018-10-04 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Denver) | Bruin Plaza
For info about this and other ridedshare month opportunities visit http://beagreencommuter.com/ucla-rideshare-month-2018/

Hammer Museum Future LA Series: Three Megacities: A Comparative Approach
2018-10-03 19:30 (America/Denver) | Hammer Museum
Part of the series Future L.A.: Engineering a Sustainable Supercity

Three Megacities: A Comparative Approach

WEDNESDAY OCT 3, 2018 7:30PM

Mexico City, Tokyo, and Shanghai—megacities with populations of more than 20 million and with unique infrastructures—have in recent years all made pledges toward total sustainability. What can Los Angeles learn from their triumphs and struggles? Moderated by Matt Petersen, former chief sustainability officer of Los Angeles and chief executive officer of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator.

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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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Advancing Sustainability Through Supply Chains
2018-10-02 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Denver) | La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
The IoES Corporate Partners Program will kick off its 2018-2019 focus on sustainability in the supply chain.

Join business leaders to explore topics in supply chain sustainability. An increasingly integral part of sustainable business strategies, integrating sustainability throughout the supply chain can provide benefits for consumer transparency, emissions reductions, and overall efficiency gains.

Featured Speakers Include:
Chuck Gatchell, VP/GM of Olympics and Athletes, Nike
Bonnie Nixon, former Director of Supply Chain Social and Environmental Responsibility, Hewlett-Packard
Charles Corbett, Professor, UCLA Anderson School of Management
Panel Q&A will be moderated by Alan Barreca, Environmental Economist at IoES
Learn more about the speakers here

Program
6:15-6:30 Registration
6:30-7:45 Speakers & panel discussion
7:45-9:00 Reception with light refreshments

Parking will be provided to registered attendees

Thriving in a Hotter Los Angeles: Can L.A. Model Sustainability for the World’s Megacities, and What Can It Learn From Others?
2018-09-12 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Denver) | CA
Thriving in a Hotter Los Angeles: Can L.A. Model Sustainability for the World’s Megacities, and What Can It Learn From Others?
On September 12, 2018 in San Francisco, experts in energy, environmental science, law and urban planning will address the challenges of creating sustainable and resilient megacities.

Date: 09/12/2018
Time: 05:00 PM – 07:00 PM
Location: Paul Hastings, 101 California Street, Forty-Eighth Floor San Francisco, CA 94111

The challenges posed by a hotter Los Angeles are monumental and daunting, and they echo challenges that will be felt by cities around the globe. Globally, about 6 billion people are expected to live in cities by 2050. Questions about how megacities become more sustainable while dealing with climate change and population growth are urgent and important.
On September 12, 2018 in San Francisco, experts in energy, environmental science, law and urban planning will address the challenges of creating sustainable and resilient megacities through innovative science, technology and law and policy solutions, drawing lessons from UCLA’s Sustainable LA Grand Challenge that can be applied around the world, and asking what lessons we can draw from other cities’ experiences.
Event is free and open to the public and will include a reception.
Seating is limited and advance registration is required. Please register by Friday, September 7 at noon PDT.
REGISTER TODAY!
Speakers:
The Honorable Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles (invited), featured remarks.

Mark Gold, Associate Vice Chancellor for Environment and Sustainability, UCLA;
Laurel Hunt, Executive Director, Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability;
Barbara Norman, Foundation Chair of Urban and Regional Planning in the Faculty of Business, Government and Law, University of Canberra;
Nancy Sutley, Chief Sustainability Officer, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
Moderator: Cara Horowitz, Co-Executive Director, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, UCLA School of Law.

The event is an official affiliate event for the Global Climate Action Summit, hosted in San Francisco September 12 to 14, bringing together state and local governments, business and citizens from around the world to showcase climate action and new commitments.
The venue is easily accessible by public transportation via the Embarcadero BART Station and SF Muni, both of which are steps away from the building.

Note: guests must register in advance and show ID to security in the building lobby.

Net Zero Conference: Energy + Water + Waste + Transit
2018-09-12 - 2018-09-14 | CA
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Global Climate Action Summit (in SF)
2018-09-12 - 2018-09-14 | CA
IT’S TIME TO ZERO IN ON CLIMATE CHANGE

The 2018 Summit will bring together leaders from state, tribal, and local governments, business, and citizens from around the world, to demonstrate how the tide has turned in the race against climate change, showcase climate action taking place around the world, and inspire deeper commitments from each other and from national governments — in support of the Paris Agreement.

“Come join us – entrepreneurs, singers, musicians, mathematicians, professors, students – we need people that represent the whole world because this is about the whole world and the people who live here … It’s time to act, it’s time to join together, and that’s why at this Climate Action Summit, we’re going to get it done.”
–Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., Message to the Global Citizen Festival in Hamburg, Germany, July 2017

Leading the Way to Carbon Neutrality: Lessons from the University of California, Kaiser Permanente and Microsoft
2018-09-11 16:30 - 19:00 (America/Denver) | CA
Leading the Way to Carbon Neutrality: Lessons from the University of California, Kaiser Permanente and Microsoft
At UC Berkeley on September 11, 2018, UC faculty, staff and student leaders will address how they are working to achieve carbon neutrality for the whole UC system by 2025 and leaders from major corporations will also discuss the steps necessary to turn their organizations’ ambitious climate goals into reality.

Date: 09/11/2018
Time: 04:30 PM – 07:00 PM
Location: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley

An official side event of the Global Climate Action Summit, co-hosted by UCLA School of Law’s Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, University of California Office of the President and UC Berkeley.
More than 600 universities from all 50 U.S. states have committed to aggressive targets to cut their own carbon emissions. An additional 1200 U.S. businesses and local governments have done the same. Setting the goal is an important first step. But how are complex organizations actually meeting their goals?
At UC Berkeley on September 11, 2018, UC faculty, staff and student leaders will address how they are working to achieve carbon neutrality for the whole UC system by 2025. Leaders from Kaiser Permanente and Microsoft will also discuss the steps necessary to turn their organizations’ ambitious climate goals into reality.
UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ will provide opening remarks. A reception will precede the event.
The event is an official affiliate event for the Global Climate Action Summit, hosted in San Francisco September 12 to 14, bringing together state and local governments, business and citizens from around the world to showcase climate action and new commitments.
RSVP:
Seating is limited. Please register in advance.
DATE/TIME:
Tuesday, September 11, 2018

4:30 p.m. – Registration and reception
4:50 p.m. – Program begins

7:00 p.m. – Program ends

LOCATION/DIRECTIONS:
Spieker Forum, Chou Hall (6th Floor)
Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
2220 Piedmont Ave

Berkeley, CA 94720

Chou Hall is a 0.8 mi, 20-minute walk from the Downtown Berkeley BART Station and is also accessible via the Perimeter Line bus.
Parking is available at the Stadium Parking Garage, 2175 Gayley Road, Berkeley CA 94720.
SPEAKERS:
Carol Christ, Chancellor, UC Berkeley, introductory remarks
Panel 1: Overcoming Barriers to Carbon Neutrality: Lessons from the UC Experience

Opening remarks and moderator: Rachael Nava, Executive Vice President — Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff to the President, UC Office of the President;
Ann Carlson, Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law; Faculty Co-Director, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, UCLA School of Law;
David Phillips, Associate Vice President, Energy and Sustainability, UC Office of the President;
Pallavi Sherikar, Masters of Environmental Management Candidate, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and former Undergraduate Appointee, UC Global Climate Leadership Council.

Panel 2: Implementing a Carbon Goal

Seth Baruch, National Director for Energy and Utilities, Kaiser Permanente;
Marc Fisher, Vice Chancellor, Administration, UC Berkeley;
Elizabeth Wilmott, Carbon Program Lead, Microsoft;
Moderator: David Phillips, Associate Vice President, Energy and Sustainability, UC Office of the President.

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Sustainable Works Eco Star Awards
2018-09-06 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Denver) | CA
Join us for a fun and interactive evening to bolster the growth of Sustainable Works in a casual, enjoyable atmosphere and celebrate the work and dedication of influential environmental leaders and sustainability advocates. You will meet area leaders, Sustainable Works Eco Stars, who are being honored for their valuable contributions to a sustainable future. You’ll also have an opportunity to mix with others who, like you, have a strong interest in the environment and sustainability.
Organic food catered by Uplifters Kitchen. www.uplifterskitchen.com
Complimentary beer and wine.
Sustainable Works Announces 2018 Eco Star Award Recipient – Senator Ben Allen
We’re excited to confirm that Senator Ben Allen will attend and receive the Community Champion Award. California State Senator Ben Allen was elected in 2014 to represent the 26th Senate District, which consists of the Westside, Hollywood and coastal South Bay communities of Los Angeles County.
Ben has authored several measures that have become laws, including a landmark river protection law and a first in the nation public lands protection law. Ben co-authored the Senate’s historic climate change legislation, which requires 50% of the state’s energy to come from renewable sources, and doubles energy efficiency in buildings, by 2030. He authored bills to expand the state’s efforts to combat climate change even further, includ ing establishing the first standard to increase the use of renewable gas, and reducing toxic motor oil waste. He is leading the effort to end the use of harmful drift gillnets in commercial fishing off the coast that injure and kill endangered sea turtles and other marine life – it passed the Senate floor and is now heading to the Assembly. Senator Ben Allen also introduced legislation to reduce waste generated by take-out food packaging at state parks, beaches, and facilities.
Ben truly is an Eco Star!
Event Sponsors
Platinum: HBO
Gold: First Republic Bank
Silver: Cedars-Sinai
Event Location
Gold: Capital One Cafe
401 Broadway
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Can’t Attend?
You can support us by making a donation!

UCLA Rideshare Fair
2018-06-07 23:14 UTC | CA
On-campus celebration of Rideshare Week on Thursday, October 5 in Bruin Plaza from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. The Rideshare Fair will include a variety of activities and prize drawings aimed at promoting sustainable transportation and a healthy lifestyle. Details to follow

Free! Landscape Transformation Workshop - Soil Health & Water Conservation in Los Angeles
2018-06-07 23:14 UTC | CA
Free – Please Register!
Landscape Transformation Workshop – Soil Health & Water Conservation in Los Angeles
Tree People and DIG: The Campus Garden Coalition at UCLA have joined forces to offer a hands-on landscape transformation workshop. This workshop – designed around soil health and water conservation in Los Angeles – is free. Hosted at the DIG student garden site, our workshop will explore all aspects of creating a healthy Los Angeles landscape. We will focus on simple strategies for soil and water management, and provide hands-on learning experiences. Soil management topics such as: erosion control, soil structure, improving degraded soils, and soil nutrition, will be covered. Water management topics will include: storm water capture, efficient irrigation practices, and making the most of the rainy season. The workshop is designed for all skill levels, from seasoned growers to greenhorns. It is open to a maximum of 30 people on a first come first served basis. Come ready to work the land!

Environmental Professionals Career Options Roundtable - hosted by AEP and IOES
2018-05-31 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Please join us for our annual Environmental Professionals Career Options Roundtable
May 31st, 5-7pm in the La Kretz Garden Pavilion Classrooms
Wondering what environmental career options you might pursue? Meet environmental professionals from the Association for Environmental Professionals (AEP) in an informal speed-networking format. Experienced professionals will speak about their current position and the path they took to get there. Please join us!
Speakers Include
Robyn Eason- Senior Sustainability Planner for the City of West Hollywood
Roxana Ramirez- Environmental Consultant at Geosyntec
Eddie Isaacs- Associate Environmental Planner at Caltrans
Luis Durruty- Environmental Engineering Associate at LA Sanitation
Jesus Perez- Sr. Principal Mechanical Engineer at Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems
Register here.
For more information email Danaelle Arroyo at danaellearroyo@gmail.com or Moana McClellan at moana@ioes.ucla.edu

Farmers Market at UCLA
2018-05-30 14:00 - 18:00, 2018-05-16 14:00 - 18:00 UTC | Bruin Plaza

UCLA Tech Talk- The Future of Food with Professor Michael Roberts and Beyond Meat Co CEO Ethan Brown
2018-05-24 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Lenart Auditorium, UCLA Fowler Museum, UCLA
Please join us on May 24th for the next UCLA Tech Talk, where Michael Roberts, Executive Director of the Resnick Program for Food Law & Policy at UCLA School of Law, will sit down to discuss the future of food with Ethan Brown, Founder & CEO of Beyond Meat, creators of The Beyond Burger, the first plant-based meat to be sold alongside beef, poultry, and pork in the meat section of the grocery store.
You can either view this event online or attend in person.
Online: This event will be live streamed on the UCLA Tech Twitter page at 7:05pm @UCLAtech
In Person:
Thursday, May 24th, 2018
Program begins at 7:00 p.m.

Location
UCLA Fowler Museum
Lenart Auditorium
308 Charles E. Young Drive North
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Parking:
On-site parking available for $12 in Parking Lot 4 (P4)

Additional Information:
RSVP is required for admission. Learn more about UCLA’s Resnick Program for Food Law by clicking here. To learn more about Beyond Meat and The Beyond Burger, please visit www.beyondmeat.com.
RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ucla-tech-talk-the-future-of-food-with-prof-michael-roberts-and-beyond-meat-ceo-ethan-brown-tickets-46128962970

UCLA's 3rd Annual Green Gala and Awards Ceremony hosted by Team Green
2018-05-23 17:00 - 20:00 UTC | CA
UCLA’s Third-Annual Green Gala & Awards Ceremony
May 23, 2018 | 5 to 8 pm | Carnesale Commons!
This event will gather UCLA students, faculty and staff from across campus to recognize and celebrate the work that UCLA is doing on sustainability. The evening will feature a reception, a keynote speaker, and an awards ceremony honoring key faculty, staff and students for their contributions to sustainability. The UCLA Chancellor’s Sustainability Committee and the Team Green student group will be selecting the award winners. We will also announce sustainability-related accomplishments from the last academic year such as LEED certifications, awards, key research findings, etc.

RSVP by May 11th: https://sa.ucla.edu/forms/p/CqPLH
Submit award nominations by April 27th: https://sa.ucla.edu/forms/p/2JPGD

Please share widely. Open to all UCLA Students, Staff and Faculty.
-Josh O’Connor, Erin Fabris, Raj Randhawa, Pamela Lim & Team Green.

Luskin Center for Innovation: Smart Parks- a toolkit
2018-05-17 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | Luskin School of Public Affairs, room 2355, UCLA
DESCRIPTION

Join the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation in welcoming Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris to discuss her research and new report, SMART Parks: A Toolkit.
The evening event will include a reception, presentation, panel discussion, author Q&A, and book signing.
Featured speaker: Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris
Panelists: Tamika Butler, Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust, Norma E. Garcia, Los Angeles County (moderator); and Colin Martin, Cisco.
ABOUT
Public parks have been a central facet of urban life for more than 100 years. During that time, technology has become integral to our lives – when traveling, at work, at home, and at play. However, technology has not historically been used in park settings. The UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation’s recently released SMART Parks Toolkit empowers city planners, designers, and park managers to change that in order to better serve communities. As more people move into cities (about 80% of the U.S. population lives in cities today), urban parks become ever more important because they can improve public health, environmental sustainability, and economic growth. But with a changing climate and over-stretched municipalities, stress on the public park system is increasing. New (and unconventional) tools to help address these stresses, such as technological innovation, are critical. SMART Parks: A Toolkithighlights new approaches to addressing typical park problems.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris is Associate Provost for Academic Planning at UCLA, Associate Dean of the Luskin School of Public Affairs, and Professor at the UCLA Department of Urban Planning. She has published more than 100 articles and chapters and five books: Urban Design Downtown; Jobs and Economic Development in Minority Communities; Sidewalks; Companion to Urban Design; and The Informal American City. Her research has been supported by the California Air Resources Board, Caltrans, California Department of Parks and Recreation, Mellon Foundation, Haynes Foundation, Gilbert Foundation, Archstone Foundation, Mineta Transportation Institute, and AARP. She has served as a consultant to the Transportation Research Board, FTA, SCAG, South Bay Cities Council of Government, LANI, Project for Public Spaces, Greek Ministry of Education, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, Dutch Technology Foundation, and as nominator for the MacArthur (“genius”) awards.

Hammer Future LA Series: Decarbonizing Transportation: Mobility in Los Angeles
2018-05-16 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | CA
L.A. County’s plan to shift its entire bus fleet to electric by 2030 is leading the way for a decarbonized transportation future. Río-Jill Contreras of Multicultural Communities for Mobility, John Jones III of East Side Riders bike club, Seleta Reynolds of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, and urban planning professor Brian Taylor of the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies and the Institute of Transportation Studies at UCLA discuss how to create decarbonized urban pathways and infrastructure that enhance access for pedestrians, drivers, bicyclists, and mass transit riders alike. Moderated by Mark Gold, UCLA associate vice chancellor of environment and sustainability.

Bike Week: The Future of Cycling in LA
2018-05-16 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Luskin School of Public Affairs, room 2355, UCLA

Oppenheim Lecture: Animation and Environment: A Conversation with the Creator of Wall-E, Finding Nemo, and A Bug’s Life
2018-05-14 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | UCLA CNSI Auditorium, 570 Westwood Plaza, , Los Angeles, CA 90095
What narratives can animation share about our environment?

Andrew Stanton of Pixar Studios, creator and director of Academy Award-winning animated films, joins Ursula K. Heise, Professor of English and co-founder of UCLA’s Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies (LENS), for a conversation about animated film as a vibrant and popular medium of environmental communication.

Andrew Stanton
Oscar-winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton joined Pixar Animation Studios in 1990 and helped to establish Pixar as one of the world’s leading animation studios. He wrote and directed the worldwide hit films A Bug’s Life (1998), Finding Nemo (2003) and Wall-E (2008). Finding Nemo and Wall-E won Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature. He directed Disney’s John Carter (2012), a science fiction film, and co-wrote the three Toy Story animated films. Stanton also dabbles in voice work, perhaps most memorably as Crush, the laid-back turtle, in both Finding Nemo (2003) and Finding Dory (2016).

Ursula K. Heise
Ursula K. Heise is Marcia H. Howard Chair in Literary Studies at the Department of English and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA. She researches, teaches, and publishes on environmental literature and film. Her publications include Sense of Place and Sense of Planet: The Environmental Imagination of the Global (2008), “Plasmatic Nature: Environmentalism and Animated Film” (2014), and Imagining Extinction: The Cultural Meanings of Endangered Species (2016). She is also a co-founder of UCLA’s Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies (LENS).

Parrots of Pasadena: Walk, Talk and Cocktail Reception
2018-05-12 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | CA
EVENT DETAILS
WHEN
5.12.2018
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
WHERE
La Pintoresca Park
45 E Washington Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91103
Parrots of Pasadena walk, talk & cocktail reception with Professor Ursula K. Heise. A Bird LA Day event sponsored by UCLA’s Lab for Environmental Narrative Strategies (LENS) of the Institute of the Environment & Sustainability. Meet at the corner of Fair Oaks and Washington Blvds.

Botanical Birding for Citizen Science and Academic Research
2018-05-12 08:00 - 10:00 UTC | Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden (North Entrance)
Join graduate students Andy Kleinhesselink, Samuel Bressler, and the UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden staff for a morning of birding in our 7.5 acre urban oasis in Westwood! We’ll start off at the Nest Outdoor Classroom with coffee and snacks, followed by some demonstrations about how the garden is used for ornithological scientific research and how citizen scientists like you can contribute birding observations with phone-based apps. See you there!

Sustainable Speaker Series Hosted by Renewable Energy Association at UCLA
2018-05-10 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | Ackerman Union Viewpoint Conference (A201B)
The Renewable Energy Association invites you to our first annual Speaker Series! We’re proud to welcome a lineup of influential and inspiration leaders in sustainability. Following the talks, we will have time for networking with faculty, students, and industry! During the duration of the event, refreshments and food will be provided.
This year, we’re inviting three leaders in sustainability efforts in Los Angeles.
– Jon Christensen is the Founder of the Laboratory of Environmental Narrative Strategies (LENS), journalist-in-residence, and adjunct assistant professor in the IoES. He’ll be discussing media portrayals of sustainability and his collaboration with Vox Media.
– Steve Baule is the Director of Special Projects in the Sustainability Office of LADWP, and will to discuss his current project, the La Kretz Innovation Campus, aimed at developing clean technologies in Los Angeles.
– Bonny Bentzin serves UCLA as the Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer and has decades of experience planning and executing large-scale sustainability projects for campuses across the country.
RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sustainable-speaker-series-at-ucla-tickets-45463009084

Healthy Campus Initiative 2018 Celebration: Together We Thrive
2018-05-09 16:30 - 19:30 UTC | Pauley Pavilion, UCLA
