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Pollinator Art, Music, Culture

Jane Breckinridge is the director of the Euchee Butterfly Farm located in Leonard, Oklahoma, and an enrolled citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She has spent the last twenty years raising and exhibiting butterflies throughout the United States and Canada, as well as providing community and youth education on butterflies. In 2013, Ms. Breckinridge founded...

Pollinator-Friendly Cooking Demo and Interview with Celebrity Chef, Helen Cavallo

Helen Cavallo is of Colombian and Italian descent, and that background has dictated her love of food and family. Helen's cooking style focuses on big, bold flavors, while always highlighting the main ingredient. Her culinary education came from her upbringing, having learned to cook from some of the best...her family, pros at feeding an army...

When You Are Sleeping: Bat Magic

Mylea Bayless leads Bat Conservation International (BCI) Network & Partnerships Division with more than 20 years of experience in building collaborative teams for conservation, research, and wildlife management. “If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” The wisdom of this African proverb defines her approach to conservation....

Virtual Workshop: Countrywide Climate Vulnerability Findings

Come to our workshop and learn about the risks that climate change presents to communities and infrastructure. Preview our mapping tool and explore ways you can use the assessment to empower your community to be climate resilient. https://tinyurl.com/lacountycva

UIC Summer Institute on Sustainability & Energy

About SISE The Summer Institute on Sustainability and Energy (SISE) is usually described as an annual two-week "boot camp" on energy and sustainability — but it’s much more. SISE is a “we,” a community invested in broad issues related to energy, the environment, and sustainability, and a space that values diverse people, disciplines, perspectives, and experiences. Within this...

LARC Member Meeting “Democratizing Information on the Energy Transition”

Democratizing Information on the Energy Transition by Felicia Federico, Executive Director for UCLA's California Center for Sustainable Communities The enormous complexity of California’s energy system (both its structure and governance) remains a significant barrier to full engagement of non-specialist stakeholders in advancing an equitable energy transition. Through State-funded grants and in collaboration with community-based organizations,...