UCLA Sustainability

C3E Webinar: Leveraging Data and Digitalization to Make the Grid More Visible, Resilient, and Clean
2024-03-27 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
Climate change presents a call to action to transform the energy ecosystem, requiring us to change how we’ve planned, fueled, and operated the grid over the past 100 years. The United States has set bold decarbonization targets, necessitating a sixfold growth in connected renewables annually and triple the current transmission capacity by 2035. This pace of change requires better information about our grid to enable decarbonization while ensuring resilience and affordability. This panel will discuss how a data-enabled and transparent grid facilitates the implementation of distributed energy resources (including virtual power plants) and how it empowers us to make optimal decisions about how we build and coordinate the grid of the future.
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Immediately following the webinar, you are invited to an optional informal networking session with the panelists, providing a chance for more Q&A, interaction, and career path-based questions and advice. When registering for the webinar, please indicate if you are interested in the networking session to receive the separate networking session Zoom link.
The C3E webinar series provides a forum to hear the latest on clean energy topics from women who are making a difference. The goal of the quarterly webinars is to highlight the outstanding work of clean energy professionals in various fields and to foster discussion around clean energy opportunities and solutions.

Window On: The Future of Net-Zero Buildings
2024-03-27 09:00 - 10:00 | Online
Buildings are responsible globally for 37% of carbon emissions and 34% of energy demand. How are reductions in carbon emission progressing as companies work toward sustainability goals? What are the emerging pressures from city governments to decarbonize quickly and the costs to businesses who fall behind? What are some solutions for firms to accelerate the process?
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From CELI to CEO: Talking Reliability & Uptime and the 2024 Fall Fellowship
2024-03-26 18:00 - 19:00 | South Los Angeles
Calling all curious and ambitious emerging leaders in Los Angeles, CA!! Join in-person (South LA Neighborhood) with featured speaker Kameale Terry, CEO of ChargerHelp, to talk the Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CELI) 2024 Fall Fellowship AND reliability and uptime in EV charging infrastructure.
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As Co-Founder and CEO of ChargerHelp, Kameale and her team fixes EV charging stations through a two-pronged approach, people (workforce) and technology. Learn more about some of the hottest topics in the EV landscape — reliability and uptime — and hear firsthand about how Kameale Terry pivoted to the clean energy space (hint: CELI was involved!).
Applications are live for the all-virtual 2024 Fellowship (running Aug.3-Dec.6), open to all eligible applicants across the full United States!

Environmental Education Program Leader Webinar: Partnerships
2024-03-26 16:00 - 17:30 | Online
Join the California Environmental Literacy Initiative’s Community-Based Partner (CBP) Innovation Hub and Association for Environmental & Outdoor Education (AEOE) in an online webinar series for Program Leaders of organizations that work to advance environmental literacy. Learn valuable tips and strategies that will help your organization grow and thrive.
Partnerships
Developing innovative and meaningful school and community-based partnerships that strengthen organizational capacity and increase access to environmental education.
Part of the free webinar series:
Building a Strong and Resilient Organization
A Webinar Series for CBP Program Leaders – Spring 2024
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* Presentation will be recorded and shared with all registered participants.

2024 Clean Energy Leadership Institute Fall Fellowship Virtual Info Session
2024-03-26 16:00 - 17:00 | Online
Join Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CELI) for a sneak peek into the 2024 Fall Fellowship, and hear firsthand from CELI’s amazing (former) fellows and staff. Get ready to dive into the details and ask all your burning questions!
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Applications are live for the all-virtual 2024 Fellowship (running Aug.3-Dec.6), open to all eligible applicants across the full United States!

Climate Equity LA Community Assembly
2024-03-14 09:00 - 15:00 | LA Trade-Tech College, 400 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90015, United States
Join community leaders and the City of Los Angeles to prioritize and encourage frontline experiences and create climate solutions with communities most impacted by extreme heat and climate change throughout the City of Los Angeles.
The Climate Equity LA (CELA) Community Assembly will feature participatory tabletop dialogues, healing circles, music, food, and visual storytelling, and will prioritize community input for equitable climate solutions, in alignment with the City.
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Webinar: Assessing the Impact of Hydrogen with Environmental Justice Advocates
2024-03-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
Join a webinar to review the Hydrogen Environmental Justice (EJ) Framework as a tool to ensure that hydrogen energy production engages in equitable practices and advances environmental justice in the communities where hydrogen energy facilities will be located. Speakers will discuss key areas of concern for communities when it comes to hydrogen as well as advocacy opportunities to leverage our collective voice.
As federal policies provide record-breaking funding for this technology, it is essential that EJ communities are protected and we understand the technology and its potential impacts.
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Community Conversations: catherine SCOTI scott
2024-03-10 13:00 - 15:00 | Fowler Museum
catherine SCOTI scott presents Akara, Acaraje’, Blackeye Fritters: Food, Memory and Resistance, a performed narration that explores the DNA of foodways as a pathway to identity. Her food-sharing, socially engaged art practice will reference works on view in the exhibition The House Was Too Small: Yoruba Sacred Arts from Africa and Beyond, inspiring a participatory demonstration of food preparation and enjoyment. Food plays a key role in the spiritual practices of the Yoruba diaspora. scott will address the power of taste and smell as acts of resistance and affirmation.
catherine SCOTI scott is an LA-based performance artist, dancer, cultural worker, and ethnologist. She received her M.F.A. from Otis College of Art & Design, and B.A. in political science at UCLA. She has performed at Palm Springs Museum of Art, Made in LA 2018, REDCAT, 18th Street Art Center, Highways Performance Space, Beta Main Museum, and Ben Maltz Gallery, and has held workshops at Open Engagement in Chicago and at USC.
Community Conversations are co-curated with artist and abolitionist Patrisse Cullors, whose installation forms part of the exhibition The House Was Too Small. These dialogues bring together community partners, leaders, artists, and Ifa practitioners to explore and celebrate the orisha divinities who play a vital part in our everyday lives.
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ClimateCAP MBA Academy: "Activating Systems Change: Decarbonizing the Fashion Supply Chain"
2024-03-08 09:00 - 10:00 | Online
Join this virtual learning series, ClimateCAP MBA Academy: Understanding the Business of Climate. Through this series, experts will talk on topics across the climate x business continuum to prepare the business leaders of tomorrow—today’s MBA students— to anticipate and manage climate risks and opportunities in their careers.
This event’s speaker is Lewis Perkins, President of the Apparel Impact Institute, who will be in conversation with Wesley Longhofer, Executive Academic Director of Emory University’s Goizueta Business & Society Institute. Lewis and Wesley will be speaking on the topic “Activating Systems Change: Decarbonizing the Fashion Supply Chain.” They’ll cover topics such as incentivizing stakeholders across the value chain, operationalizing change beyond theory, and what it takes to shift the mindset of an industry.
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About ClimateCAP
The ClimateCAP Initiative is working to prepare tomorrow’s business leaders—today’s MBA students—to understand and respond to the climate challenge by mainstreaming the climate conversation in business school. As a global partnership of 35+ business schools, founded and led by the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, ClimateCAP works to bring together MBA students, educators, and corporate leaders to build community and talk about the business implications of climate change. ClimateCAP’s signature programs include an annual in-person MBA Summit drawing 350+ students each year, an online MBA Academy learning series for students who want to get up to speed quickly, a highly selective 12-month MBA Fellowship for aspiring climate changemakers, and a curated selection of teaching and learning resources for students and educators. Find out more at: https://climatecap.org/.

Emmett Institute 2024 symposium: "Powering the Future"
2024-03-08 08:30 - 16:00 | UCLA School of Law, 385 Charles E. Young Drive East , Los Angeles , CA, 90095, United States
This is an in-person event: an all-day symposium of 3 different panel discussions plus a reception. Free but RSVP required.
Mining is mission-critical to addressing the climate crisis. And so is confronting the legal and environmental issues surrounding mineral extraction.
Jurisdictions across the globe are racing to transform their energy sources to meet decarbonization goals and transition away from fossil fuels. This energy transition depends on a robust and reliable supply of critical minerals, which must be mined, processed, and distributed in ways that often create environmental and health risks, and in the process can reshape global political dynamics.
The Emmett Institute’s 2024 symposium will explore the wide range of pressing issues raised by this ever-expanding need for critical minerals. Our moderators and panelists from around the world will confront the policy drivers of this energy transition; governance questions related to supply chains; the rise of resource nationalism with its implications for the U.S. and the global order; and the risks to communities created by critical minerals mining and ways to reduce those risks.
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Clean Energy Transition and Critical Minerals: Opportunities and Challenges for Chile amidst Shifting Geopolitics
2024-03-07 12:15 - 13:30 | UCLA Law School, Room 1447
Chile is one of the world’s largest producers of lithium, a critical mineral essential to batteries and the global clean energy transition. Eduardo Bitran will join us to talk about the opportunities and challenges for the country, including how Chile is navigating increasingly complex geopolitical and economic competition among the US, China, the EU, and other nations.
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Turning Targets into Action: How Food Companies Are Tackling Their Emissions
2024-03-07 08:00 - 09:00 | Online
With the food sector responsible for one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions, companies must act quickly to transition their businesses toward a zero emissions economy. More food companies are disclosing their emissions, setting emissions targets, and considering how they will reach those targets by developing climate transition plans.
Join Ceres experts and representatives of Food Emissions 50 companies to hear about the actions being taken in the food sector to reduce emissions across business operations and in the supply chain.
In this webinar, participants will:
– Review key findings from Ceres’ latest Food Emissions 50 Company Benchmark on the sector’s progress in developing climate transition plans.
– Explore investor expectations for corporate climate action.
– Gain insights into what strategies major food companies like Hershey and Kraft Heinz are implementing to reduce emissions.
Speakers will include:
– Meryl Richards, Director, Food and Forests, Ceres – Moderator
– Nako Kobayashi, Manager, Food Emissions 50, Ceres
– Matt Silveira, Manager, Environmental Sustainability, Hershey
– David Shaw, Global Net Zero Transition Lead, Kraft Heinz
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Native Bees with Krystle Hickman
2024-03-05 16:00 - 17:00 | UCLA Mildred E Mathias Botanical Garden, La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095
Learn about ecosystems through the eyes of bees! Join speaker, conservation photographer, community scientist, and artist Krystle Hickman for a talk on California native bees and their fascinating relationships to plants, people, and environments.
This event is free and open to the public. No RSVP required.

Hazel M. Johnson Fellowship Info Session #1
2024-03-04 15:30 - 16:30 | Online
In honor of the mother of the environmental justice movement, Hazel M. Johnson, Black Girl Environmentalist (BGE) will be debuting its fellowship program in the Summer of 2024.
Join BGE to get the scoop on the fellowship and get the opportunity to ask any clarifying questions regarding the application and experience.
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Do Green Laws Make Red Tape? Rethinking how we build for climate success and equity
2024-03-04 12:15 - 13:30 | UCLA Law School, Room 1457, 385 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
The climate crisis requires a monumental effort to build green infrastructure, high-density housing, and transit. But America is not moving fast enough. That much, the environmental movement can agree on. But the debate over what exactly is standing in our way and how to clear the path to a healthier future remains a subject of debate so fierce that the Atlantic recently called this a “culture war tearing American environmentalism apart.”
Disagreement over so-called “permitting reform” is often about how much community engagement we want to require of projects. Prof. James Salzman and his co-author first coined the phrase the Greens’ Dilemma to explain the tension between old environmental laws and new environmental priorities. Prof. David Adelman studied a decade-worth of federal permits and environmental reviews for energy infrastructure to find that most projects enjoyed streamlined administrative procedures. Jen Ganata works to defend frontline communities from economic and environmental harms. Together, these panelists will help us define the problem and discuss some solutions. So, what do we want? When do we want it? And who gets to decide?
David Adelman, Harry Reasoner Regents Chair in Law at the University of Texas School of Law
Jen Ganata, Senior staff attorney, Communities for a Better Environment
James Salzman, Donald Bren Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law at the UCLA School of Law and UC Santa Barbara.
Lunch will be provided to those who RSVP by 02/29. Please note that lunch is not guaranteed for any RSVPs received after Thursday, Feb 29 at noon.
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Please contact Heather Morphew, morphew@law.ucla.edu, with any questions.

Botanical Garden Tour
2024-03-02 10:00 - 11:00 | UCLA Mildred E Mathias Botanical Garden, La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095
Explore this living museum featuring collections of plants from around the globe! Join Garden Educators for a free guided tour of the garden, and hear the stories of a selection of plants in the garden, and their relevance to human society. All ages are welcome. We will meet at the La Kretz Garden Pavilion at the northern end of the garden. Restrooms are available at this location.
Important: Plan on arriving a few minutes early as the tour will leave on time at 10 a.m.

Women Founders Shaping LA
2024-03-01 16:00 - 18:00 | Covel Commons, Room 203, 330 De Neve Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Join this panel discussion featuring 3 innovative founders changing the game in Los Angeles, moderated by Founder & UCLA alum Alice Kao. Come for an engaging conversation between LA entrepreneurship leaders and connect with the UCLA entrepreneurship community.
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Botany Brown Bag Public Lecture - "Why Trees Go Nuts: Climate change, birds, and people," with UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden Director, Dr. Victoria Sork
2024-02-29 12:00 - 13:00 | UCLA Mildred E Mathias Botanical Garden, La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095
Drop in for a new lunch and learn series. Enjoy a lunch break in the Garden and take home some new ideas about plants, people, and animals. RSVP not required; BYOL aka bring your own lunch!

“Cooperating for the Climate” Book Talk with Joanna Lewis
2024-02-28 12:15 - 13:30 | UCLA Law School, Room 1457, 385 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
China is the world’s largest producer of both CO2 emissions and green technology, so that nation is playing an outsized role in deploying green energy technologies to address the climate crisis. What is the current state of international climate cooperation with China and what does history teach us?
Joanna Lewis will present the results from her new book, “Cooperating for the Climate,” which examines motivations, science, and politics behind international clean energy technology collaboration with China. Her talk will be followed by a discussion with Prof. Alex Wang, Faculty Co-Director of the Emmett Institute.
Joanna I. Lewis is Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor of Energy and Environment and Director of the Science, Technology and International Affairs Program at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. She is the author of the award-winning book “Green Innovation in China” and was a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report.
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Cosponsored by: UCLA Asia Pacific Center

High Impact Tea with Jaclyn Allen
2024-02-27 17:30 - 18:30 | Marion Anderson Hall Grand Salon, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Join the UCLA Anderson Center for Impact, Net Impact, and UCLA Anderson students who interested in social impact and sustainability for another engaging High Impact Tea.
Jaclyn Allen, Senior Manager, ESG, at Beyond Meat, and UCLA Anderson Professor Magali Delmas will discuss the relationship between plant-based food and environmental sustainability, efforts to measure the impact of food innovation, and how life cycle assessment informs product design.
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Land, the Arts, and Black Culture: Intersecting Pathways
2024-02-27 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
This Black History Month Park Bench Chat brings together an esteemed panel of speakers, each providing a unique perspective on how outdoor spaces can be transformative for communities.
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Native Edible Plants Workshop
2024-02-26 16:00 - 17:00 | jane b semel Healthy Campus Initiative Community Garden, Sunset Canyon Recreation Center, 111 Easton Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
Some native edible plants get a bad rap for being difficult to grow. During this workshop UC Master Gardener Sara Reihani will demystify the process of growing native plants and will demo how to smoke start White Sage from seed!
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Gen Z Wellness Summit
2024-02-25 09:30 - 14:00 | UCLA Luskin Conference Center, 425 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Join inspiring and engaging conversations on mental health and wellness. Admission is FREE for high school and college students and adults, but registration is REQUIRED. Don’t miss out! RESERVE NOW to secure your spot! Parents, teachers, counselors, and school administrators are welcome to attend.
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Hydrogen and the Region’s Energy Future, a Roundtable for Debate
2024-02-23 15:30 - 17:00 | UCLA Mildred E Mathias Botanical Garden, La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095
Join environmental justice groups in conversation about the emerging role of hydrogen in our community and across the state, and whether hydrogen can be thoughtfully deployed as an equitable climate solution.
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Tour: Port of L.A. Air Quality Monitoring Station
2024-02-23 11:00 - 12:00 | Port of LA Multi-use terminal (Berth 46 in the Outer Harbor), 3011 Miner St, Los Angeles, CA, 90731, United States
The Port of Los Angeles will host a site tour of one of its recently upgraded air quality monitoring stations, allowing stakeholders access to air monitoring equipment.
The tour is open to the public with no reservations required. Port Environmental Management staff and equipment technicians will be available to answer questions.
The outdoor air monitoring station is located at the Port’s Multi-use terminal, Berth 46 in the Outer Harbor, located at 3011 Miner Street in San Pedro. Free parking is available at the terminal.

Free Food from the Dining Halls
2024-02-22 22:00, 2024-02-21 22:00 | Conference Room 1 in the Student Activities Center Basement, 220 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Get a plate of free hot dining hall food in the SAC basement. Please bring your own containers and utensils. Bruin Dine is operating Tuesdays, Wednesdays, AND Thursdays this quarter.

LENS Poetry Reading with Harryette Mullen
2024-02-22 16:00 - 18:00 | Kaplan Hall 193, 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Professor Harryette Mullen (UCLA English) will read a selection of poems from her new poetry collection, Open Leaves / poems from earth, followed by a conversation with Professor Ursula Heise (UCLA English and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability). A reception will follow the discussion with light refreshments.
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Farmers Market on the UCLA campus
2024-02-21 14:00 - 18:00 | Bruin Plaza, in front of the UCLA Store, 6 Bruin Walk, Los Angeles, 90095, United States
Stop by at any point for some fresh produce, tasty samples and more!

LA Green Jobs - Virtual Career & Resource Fair
2024-02-21 14:00 - 16:00 | Online
If you’re looking for an opportunity to speak directly with hiring managers in the sustainability industry for the built environment, this is a great opportunity for you.
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