Bet the Farm: The Dollars and Sense of Growing Food in America

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This is a keynote event of the Penn Regenerative Ag Alliance Workshop. REGISTER HERE Bet the Farm: A conversation with Beth Hoffman on the dollars and sense of growing food in America. Speaker: Beth Hoffman began her writing career focused on culture and food, producing a radio food series documenting the stories of immigrant women […]

Urban biodiversity: the importance of scale

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REGISTER HERE While much is known about the scaling of biodiversity, less is known about specifically how biodiversity scales in urban areas. This is an important question because over two-thirds of humans live in urban areas. Understanding how, precisely, biodiversity scales in urban areas will inform management. Linear relationships would imply that similar interventions should […]

Life after Concrete: Imagining the Future of the LA River

Doheny Memorial Library (DML) 240 3550 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA, United States

This is the fifth event of the 2022-23 Mellon Sawyer Seminar Precarious Ecologies: Science and Social Justice in the Production of Environmental Knowledge. Nearly a century after it was encased in concrete for flood control, the LA River has in recent years become a source of hope for a renewed urban ecology, as well as […]

Climate Jobs Around the Green Ecosystem

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Join and meet companies working byte by byte and acre by acre to solve the climate crisis. REGISTER HERE About Terra.do job fairs Action-packed job fairs each month, giving candidates upfront access to hear from companies about their climate solutions and why you should join them. Hear about dozens of open roles, in a single […]

Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator’s I-710 Blueprint Webinar – Delivering the Goods: How LA County can Invest in Drayage Electrification Infrastructure

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The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) and the Transportation Electrification Partnership put forth a call for action in 2019 for 40% of all drayage trucks serving the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to be zero emission by 2028, and have steadily advocated for significant deployment of charging infrastructure to facilitate the rapid adoption […]

2023 La Kretz Center Public Lecture – 30×30 California: Conservation Science and Policy in Action

Hershey Hall Salon 801 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Join Sunday, April 2nd, for the annual UCLA La Kretz Center Public Lecture, which will have Drs. Jennifer Norris and Brad Shaffer to discuss California's pathbreaking initiative to conserve 30% of California natural areas by 2030. Please join for an informal presentation and lively discussion led by Dr. Jennifer Norris, the California Deputy Secretary for […]

Climate Forward Conference

University of Southern California, Town & Gown 665 W Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The conference brings political VIPs together with students and the local community to discuss politically realistic solutions to climate change. The conference is FREE. You can participate in person, via Zoom, or via livestream. Lunch is provided. Space is limited. Registration is required. Lunch begins at 12:00 p.m., followed by two back-to-back panels, each featuring […]

More Engineering Jobs Across Climate

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Meet innovative companies hiring hardware and software engineers across industries. REGISTER HERE About Terra.do job fairs Terra.do hosts action-packed job fairs each month, giving candidates upfront access to hear from companies about their climate solutions and why you should join them. Hear about dozens of open roles, in a single event Engage directly with CXOs […]

Webinar: Solutions In Our Soil

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As we build a more climate-resilient California, it’s important we look at the solutions living beneath our feet. Healthy soils form the foundation of thriving farmlands, communities, and ecosystems. By focusing on practices and incentives that promote soil health, we can improve our farming system and food security, protect water quality and quantity, and sustain […]

Virtual adaptive birding equipment research presentation

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Many disabled birders are not able to hold binoculars, or cannot get into position to see through a spotting scope on a tripod. Adaptive birding equipment makes this possible! Mounts that attach to mobility devices, like wheelchairs, can hold up optics and allow access to close-up views of birds. But what features of these mounts […]

UCLA April First Thursdays – Farmers Market & Block Party: Arts Avenue | Climate Justice Conversations

Westwood Village Broxton Ave 1031 Broxton Avenue , CA 90024, Los Angeles, CA, United States

UCLA First Thursdays has two parts: daytime activations at the Westwood Village Farmers’ Market and evening block parties with different thematic experiences. We invite you to discover something new in Westwood! Westwood Village Farmers' Market 12:00 – 4:00 p.m. UCLA Climate Justice Conversations Farmers’ Market Pop-Up| April 6th, 2023 Let’s kick off Earth Month with […]

Earth Month: Saving Corals – A Lecture @Fisher with Dr. Carly Kenkel and Adib Mustofa

USC Fisher Museum of Art 823 W Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Join the USC Fisher Museum of Art, Wrigley Institute faculty affiliate Dr. Carly Kenkel, and Wrigley Institute graduate fellow Adib Mustofa for a special lecture on the impact of climate change on coral reefs. This program complements the Fisher Museum exhibition Mulyana: Modular Utopia, which is composed of intricately constructed, knit modules of marine life […]

WMRC Lecture Series: “Guess who is coming to stay? Impacts from an extended visit by a family of atmospheric rivers, December 27 2022 to January 16 2023”

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With Sue Burak, former Sierra Avalanche Center forecaster. Join WMRC and Sue Burak as she discusses the science behind recent Eastern Sierra avalanche activity and climate changes implications on the phenomenon. Sue Burak has been fascinated by snow, weather and avalanches in the eastern Sierra for many winters. Past project include study of snow properties […]

lol climate change: a show

Second Home Hollywood 1370 North Saint Andrews Place, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Tickets are live for this LA comedy show. Between each set, the best and funniest narrative climate writing tips will be shared - Sponsored by NYU Los Angeles, Good Energy Stories Generation 180 and YEA Impact! Tickets are free and pay-what-you-can with donations going to Meztli Projects, an Indigenous-based arts and culture collaborative in LA. […]

Houselessness Day of Service: Care Package/Hygiene Kit Making & Distribution

Los Angeles Tennis Center Straus Clubhouse 420 Charles E Young Drive West, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Volunteers will have the opportunity to construct care packages and baggies containing hygiene products, daily essentials, & clothes. After construction of the packages, volunteers will go out into Westwood and/or the surrounding LA community to distribute the resources and provide support for individuals experiencing homelessness. REGISTER HERE

UCLA Transportation’s Bike Recycling Day

Top of Parking Structure 8 555 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

One person’s trash is another’s sweet ride! Transportation’s popular Bike Recycling Day returns on Saturday, April 8, to the northwest corner of the Parking Structure 8 rooftop from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Members of the UCLA community with a valid BruinCard will have an opportunity to receive a used bike or bike parts for […]

Eyes in the Sky, Birds in the Heart and Mind

Experimental Digital Arts, UCLA Broad Art Center 240 Charles E. Young Dr. N, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Counterforce Lab Salon, ep. 5 Augmented Reality + Interspecies Friendship + Community-Storytelling Dr. Francesca Albrezzi (UCLA Digital Humanities) and Yogan Müller (UCLA DMA) will explore how digital methodologies can open up immersive experiences for sensory modalities of engagement between the human and the more-than-human. This newly-to-be-built AR interface will offer a virtual space where viewers […]

Research Seminar: Brake and Tire Wear

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Background With increasing market share of zero emission vehicles in California and reductions of tailpipe emissions, non-combustion sources have become the dominating source of traffic emissions. Non-combustion sources of traffic emissions include brake and tire wear. Emissions studies have been conducted on vehicular non-combustion emissions through various study designs, including ambient measurements, laboratory modeling, and […]

The Wildfire-Stormwater Nexus

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UCLA Water is hosting an online seminar on the Climate-Wildfire-Stormwater Nexus: featuring the research insights of Sanjay Mohanty and Onja Raoelison, with framing remarks and panel discussion from Faith Kearns and Ken Susilo. REGISTER HERE