Please join us at the 3rd Annual Seedstock Sustainable Agriculture Innovation Conference: Reintegrating Ag: Local Food Systems and the Future of Cities (http://conference2014.seedstock.com) in which I will be participating. The conference will explore the economic impact as well as the community and environmental benefits that can result from the development of a robust local food system. ...
Register Here FACTS (French Ameri-Can Climate TalkS) Building up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference to be hosted by France in December 2015 (COP 21-Paris Climate 2015), the Embassies of France in both Canada and the United States are organizing FACTS (French Ameri-Can Climate TalkS), a public conference series across seven cities in the...
Co-presented with the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability In this documentary, Edward Burtynsky and Jennifer Baichwal journey around the globe—from the man-made All-American Canal on the Colorado River to the sacred waters of the Allahabad in India to the immense Xiluodu Dam in China—exploring the massive impact that human intervention has had on the world’s water...
More than one third of adults in the United States are considered obese, creating one of the most pressing medical, public health, financial, and societal crises of our time. Please join us for the 2015 UCLA Healthcare Symposium, an annual event organized by students at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, to explore...
During this event, current UCLA graduate students from a variety of fields will share their academic, career, and personal experiences related to environment and sustainability during our panel. Following the panel, graduates and undergraduates can enjoy a mixer with fun networking activities and prizes! Food will be provided! We are also proud to announce this event has...
Come join us for a speaker session with an environmental planner from Los Angeles World Airport (LAX)! Mariana Valdivia, who obtained her Masters in Urban Planning at UCLA, is a City Planner who is working on exciting new renovations to LAX, the 6th busiest airport in the US. She focuses on improving bike routes, advocating...
The day before Valentine's Day, student group Fossil Free UCLA will stage a rally on campus--complete with political theater, some bears, and lots of oiled up money! The LA indigenous activism group Idle No More will join us, along with many campus student organizations to demand the UC divest from Fossil Fuels. Speaker Elouise Brown will be...
Come learn about environmental law and speak with representatives from Earthjustice! Free Native Foods! Brought to you by the USAC Facilities Commission. Earthjustice is the nation's premier environmental law firm, defending our fundamental right to a healthy environment. Earthjustice is headquartered in San Francisco and has nine regional law offices, an international program, a communications...
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 6:00 pm Light Reception 7:00 pm Lecture Lenart Auditorium, Fowler Museum at UCLA Co-Hosted by: UCLA Grand Challenges William McDonough Chief Executive, McDonough Innovation Architect, designer and author William McDonough is a pioneer of sustainable design and development at all scales–products and packaging to cities...
UCLA UniCamp Recruitment | Outdoor Science Opportunities Session UCLA UniCamp is the official, student-run nonprofit organization of the students of UCLA (est. 1934). For 80 years, we have taken kids from underserved communities of Los Angeles up to camp during summer for a week of fun and mentorship. This year UCLA UniCamp is hosting a...