REGISTER HERE Countdown and Race To Zero are global campaigns to rally leadership and support from governments, businesses, and other institutions for a healthy, resilient, zero carbon recovery that prevents future threats, creates decent jobs, and unlocks inclusive, sustainable growth. Countdown seeks to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in half by 2030, while the objective...
Do you wonder what happens to your recyclables once picked up from your home or from UCLA? 🧐 Well, they are actually delivered to what is called a Materials Recovery Facility, or a MRF for short, where people and a series of conveyor belts, screens, magnets, robots, and optical sorters sort and divide items by...
REGISTER HERE Join AS Sustainability for a conversation with Environmental Activist and Digital Strategist Kristy Drutman as she discusses what environmental intersectionalism is and what this upcoming election means for environmental justice. We will be taking audience Q&A as well!
Sustainability has been a field and movement with a history of exclusion and white supremacy. Oftentimes the sustainability narrative centers the importance of resource conservation and environmental health but lacks the critical component of social justice. These five (5) speakers are dedicating their careers to uplifting the concept of intersectional environmentalism through media and content...
SAVE THE DATE Presented by Kat Superfisky, Urban Ecologist, City of Los Angeles, and Lena Mik, City Planning Associate, City of Los Angeles - a virtual presentation via Zoom - login info will be sent at a later date.
Yeah, we get it, cooking can be rough sometimes 🥺 Between classes, zoom socials, work, parenting, another zoom social, trying to fight climate change, and animal crossing we have our plates full. Thankfully, Max La Manna is here to give us two SUPER easy recipes that are not only good for the environment/people/economy, but are...
For the first time ever, partners from across the CSU are collaborating to host October Sustainability Month virtual events meant to educate, empower and activate students, faculty and staff to join the movement for environmental, social and racial justice and get out the vote this November! Events will be free and open to all 23...
Now more than ever, we have seen the fight for climate change break into mainstream narratives and witnessed how young people, such as Greta Thunberg, are the leading faces of this movement. We have gathered five (5) student-activists from different University of California campuses to share their experiences in creating social change. Join us for...
REGISTER HERE Presenters: Ray Hiemstra, Associate Director of Programs, Orange County Coastkeeper Enrique Valencia, Project Director, Orange County Environmental Justice Keila Villegas - Community Organizer, Orange County Environmental Justice Sarah Rae, Manager, Water Conservation, Liberty Utilities Join us for a live presentation to discuss how water awareness and community action can improve water quality....
Join the Humanities Studio at Pomona College on Thurs, Oct 15, for “Where Have All the Good Fires Gone? An Indigenous Perspective on the Fire Relationship” with Michael Connolly Miskwish (Kumeyaay) and Pomona’s own Char Miller. We’re often told that today’s Southern California residents have a lot to learn about living in this wildfire-prone...