Thursday, October 5 Climate Change Cliff Notes There are so many questions about climate change and climate science. Is climate change right now really worse than climate change in the past? Isn’t it true that there has been a pause in warming in the ten years? Will the ice caps melt? Can we really blame...
Indigenous peoples across Latin America face widespread annihilation as a consequence of mega dams, mining, farming, deforestation, displacement, and genocide. Researchers Sarah Shenker of Survival International, Lois Frank of the Cultural Conservancy, and anthropologist Mariana Ferreira discuss this humanitarian crisis and highlight the interconnection of human populations across North and South America, and the impact on biodiversity and environmental protection.
Lunch talk with Vic Sher, lead lawyer on several high-profile climate change lawsuits recently filed by California local governments to seek damages from large fossil fuel companies for the impacts of sea level rise. RSVP by October 6th, space is limited: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdTU2e5T12N_JPCogHOY6vBEdZHnsds2hlDZ06eTzXzbmYW5Q/viewform Please join us to hear from Vic Sher, lead lawyer on several high-profile climate change...
Date: Tue, October 17, 2017 Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Location: Pepperdine University Smothers Theater, Malibu The Cat that Changed America is a documentary featuring P-22, the mountain lion who crossed two Los Angeles freeways, and now resides in Griffith Park. The film explores how humans in urban areas co-exist with wildlife. Click...
As a renowned public university in one of the world’s most diverse cities, UCLA prides itself on vigorously protecting and celebrating free speech. Freedom of speech is a fundamental feature of our democracy and a crucial dimension of UCLA’s institutional and academic culture. Yet there remain competing conceptions of free speech, how it should function...
DESCRIPTION 4:30 - 5:00 pm - Reception with complementary food 5:00 - 6:00 pm - Panel discussion on new directions in environmental policy Coming just days after the deadline for Governor Brown to sign new legislation, this event will feature updates and insights about recent environmental policy decisions in the Golden State that made headlines...