As climate-related disasters, such as floods, droughts, and extreme temperatures become more common, humans are being exposed to unique combinations of health hazards and stressors, which are often inequitably distributed across the population. A panel of experts will discuss how climate change and climate disasters impact health outcomes for different populations and exacerbates health inequities,...
Join us the L.A. County Business Federation (BizFed) Institute for its in-person Water Resiliency Forum on Friday, March 24th, at the Metropolitan Water District's Los Angeles headquarters to talk short-term and long-term solutions. They'll convene change agents from business and government for a frank conversation about challenges, projects, policies, and urgently needed investments. REGISTER HERE
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...
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...
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...
Join Sempervirens Fund’s Laura McLendon for a look at new evidence about the climate crisis, the impact on redwoods, and how the organization is responding. REGISTER HERE Webinars are the last Tuesday of each month (January - October).
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...
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...
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...
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...