UCLA Sustainability

COVID: Taking the Journey Together (A Guided Conversation)
2021-05-20 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to leave many of us grieving all that we’ve lost in its wake. We might find ourselves longing for a much-needed hug, the holding of a fearful hand, or the joy of sharing a belly laugh with one another. There is also the uneasiness & fear of living with uncertainty. How do I make plans for the future? Where will my joy come from, my peace? Will we ever get back to normal? Do I have what it takes to thrive in this new reality? These are deep spiritual questions without easy answers. If you have been touched by COVID, join us. You are not alone.

Please join the Simms/Mann-UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology Chaplain, Michael Eselun, as we explore and share with each other in a safe, welcoming and non-judgmental space, this spiritual journey that COVID has carved out for us. The Simms/Mann-UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology provides whole person psychosocial and spiritual care to those touched by cancer and their loved ones at UCLA.

Capacity is limited and first come first serve, so please email cimbery@conet.ucla.edu if interested in participating.

La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science Annual Lecture
2021-05-15 17:00 - 18:00
Join us for a live stream of the 2021 Annual ‘La Kretz Center Lecture’ which features our first decade of UCLA La Kretz Center Postdocs. The event will highlight our panelists’ current conservation work and goals.Our postdoctoral program has been one of the main accomplishments at the La Kretz Center. Our awardees are an incredibly interesting, and passionate group of young conservation scientists.
For this year’s Annual Lecture, Director Brad Shaffer will interview past and present La Kretz Postdocs about their ongoing planned conservation research.Each will present a 3-4 minute lightning talk on their proudest accomplishments and plans for future work.
There should be plenty of time for panelists to answer follow-up questions as a group and in individual breakout rooms. Pour your favorite beverage and learn what this amazing group of young scientists have been conserving!
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Finding Meaning in the Face of COVID, Community Injustice, and Political Polarization
2021-05-13 14:00 - 15:00
The Semel Healthy Campus Initiative & MindWell team invites you to the 5th annual Eudaimonia Event!
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InterActions LA 2021
2021-05-07
Economic relief to individuals is playing a major role in helping people in LA make ends meet during the COVID-19 pandemic. Expanded unemployment payments and sporadic federal relief checks provided cash to people struggling to make rent and buy food. These pandemic-related cash supports are drawing attention to the role that guaranteed income programs can play in helping individuals get out of poverty.
A growing number of places in California, across the country, and the world are piloting programs and approaches to get money to the people who need it most. From Black and Pacific Islander mothers to low-income older adults to citywide programs in Stockton and Compton, guaranteed and universal basic income programs are gaining traction. Each program is demonstrating this concept on different populations and outcomes. In South Korea, basic income recipients were restricted to spending their dollars only in their local neighborhood. In San Francisco, the program seeks to improve maternal and child outcomes by providing cash support before the child is even born. All of these programs try to address deep economic concerns that low- and middle-income households face in high-cost regions.
How can these local issues be addressed through a federal program that potentially provides cash support? What have cities learned about their role in providing cash relief through these pilots and pandemic relief? If a federal basic income program existed, what role could local and state governments play? This spring, InterActions LA will bring together the latest thinking and action on the opportunities and applications around moving toward a guaranteed income for people who could benefit in the Los Angeles region.

Schedule and full speaker details to come.
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Plastic Waste Management in LA
2021-04-29 16:00 - 17:30
Around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic significantly altered both plastic generation and plastic waste management systems. With increased demand for household products, takeout dining, and personal protective equipment, came increased generation of plastic, and particularly single-use plastic. Consequently, many of the existing environmental problems related to plastic generation, disposal, and management were exacerbated. Even before the pandemic, recycling systems and policies aimed at reducing plastic pollution were not enough to cull the ever increasing rate of plastic going into our environment and particularly our oceans.
Though the pandemic intensified an already indisputable plastic waste crisis, it also proved our society is capable of monumental adaptation to benefit the health and wellbeing of our communities. Focusing on this potential bright side, our white paper explores innovative ways of reducing plastic waste in commercial buildings, the largest generation category of plastic waste in California. With many office workers telecommuting until a vaccine is fully distributed in mid-2021, building owners currently have a unique opportunity to update building technologies and policies to curtail commercial building plastic consumption long-term.
Join the Los Angeles Sustainability Executives Roundtable (LASER) and USGBC-LA for a panel discussion to dive deeper into the issue of plastic waste and commercial buildings in Los Angeles. The expert panel will be followed by breakout Q & A session.
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Sustainability in the Virtual Workplace
2021-04-28 15:30 - 17:00
One year later, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to radically impact working patterns around the world. In a largely virtual world, it is important to consider the impacts of cloud computing, big data and web conferencing on corporate sustainability. Some of the benefits of widespread virtual work made the news during lockdowns last Spring: declines in traffic, air pollution, and the return of wildlife to normally congested urban areas. In this discussion, we will consider the continuing benefits on virtual work in conjunction with negative impacts that can stem from increased internet and data usage. Taking these concerns into account, we will discuss what the future of work might hold post-COVID.
The event will consist of a moderated roundtable discussion with opportunities for audience questions.
Featured speakers:

Mr. Chris Talbott, Cloud Sustainability Lead, Google
Mr. Armando Mann, Chief Business Officer, Hopin
Dr. Mark Handcock, Professor, UCLA Department of Statistics

Moderator:

Dr. Marilyn Raphael, Interim Director, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

In addition to the panelists, the audience will have the opportunity to hear short presentations from this year’s CPP student researchers on their findings related to the pandemic’s impacts on corporate sustainability. For more background on our student research projects, please visit our website.
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Growing the Intersectional Environmental Movement
2021-04-27 12:15 - 13:45
The national environmental movement has faced growing pressure to recognize that meaningful, enduring progress is more likely achieved through “big tent” organizing that reaches across social, economic, and racial justice movements. Morally and philosophically, environmentalists increasingly see their cause as intertwined with longstanding fights for economic justice and civil rights. Under a Biden administration, there is more opportunity than ever to grow an intersectional environmental movement, one that joins with those working for economic justice, civil rights, labor protections, and other cross-cutting causes. Is that happening? What are its contours and prospects?
Debra Gore-Mann, President and CEO, Greenlining Institute
Adrian Martinez, Staff Attorney, Earthjustice (moderator)
Additional speakers to be announced
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Indigenous Lands and People: Taking Sovereignty Seriously
2021-04-27 12:15 - 13:45
This panel will probe the right to and history of nation-to-nation consultation practices in management of indigenous lands in the U.S., including failures to consult and the promise of a new trajectory for indigenous lands under the Biden Administration.
Monte Mills, Associate Professor and Director of the Margery Hunter Brown Indian Law Clinic, Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana
Geneva Thompson, Associate General Counsel, Yurok Tribe
Rebecca Tsosie, Regents Professor of Law; Faculty Co-Chair, Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program, University of Arizona
Lauren van Schilfgaarde, San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Tribal Legal Development Clinic Director, UCLA Law (moderator)
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Sustainability at Home: Preserving your Spring Harvest
2021-04-27 12:00 - 13:00
The UCOP Sustainability Affinity Group, in partnership with the UCOP Department of Energy and Sustainability, invites the UC community to participate in “Sustainability at Home”, a three-part virtual speaker series event in celebration of Earth Month (April).
Our third and final speaker series presentation will take place on Tuesday, April 27, from 12-1 pm. UCOP Director of Sustainability Matthew St. Clair will provide opening remarks on Earth Month followed by a presentation by UC Master Food Preserver and Master Gardener of Sonoma County, Tobi Brown. UC Master Food Preservers are volunteers trained and certified by the University of California to provide research-based practices to safely preserve food in the home, reduce food waste, increase food security, and engage Californians to explore healthy food. During this one-hour presentation, Tobi will explain how we can preserve our spring garden harvest through canning, pickling and dehydration and answer any questions you may have. So, bring your appetite to this lunchtime presentation!
To learn more the Sustainability Affinity Group, please contact Michael Aires at michael.aires@ucop.edu or Donna Seaward at donna.seaward@ucop.edu.
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Seedlings Green Career Panel
2021-04-26 17:00 - 18:00
On Monday April 26, join three top speakers from the NGO, startup and media worlds to learn more about their career paths, current roles, and how to also forge a career that makes a real difference in the world. From working at Tesla and founding a highly-rated startup, to leading campaigns at Greenpeace International, to reporting from the depths of the Amazon rainforest for TIME, our speakers have been there and done it – and they’ll tell you how.
The event is hosted by Seedlings, the media platform for the climate generation. We create an eco-friendly email that curates all that’s interesting, important and inspiring every week.
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Nobel Prize Summit: Our Planet, Our Future
2021-04-26 - 2021-04-28
Our future depends on our collective ability to become effective stewards of the global commons – the climate, ice, land, ocean, freshwater, forests, soils and rich diversity of life.
The first Nobel Prize Summit brings together Nobel Prize laureates, scientists, policymakers, business leaders, and youth leaders to explore the question: What can be achieved in this decade to put the world on a path to a more sustainable, more prosperous future for all of humanity?
Across three days, the virtual event will combine keynotes and lively discussion with live performance and theatre. Speakers will explore solutions to some of humanity’s greatest challenges: climate change and biodiversity loss, increasing inequality, and technological innovation in support of societal goals.
The summit will ask: what can we learn from our collective response to the global pandemic? And, how can societies distinguish facts from fiction in a new information ecosystem?
The Nobel Prize Summit is hosted by the Nobel Foundation and organised by the National Academy of Sciences in partnership with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and the Stockholm Resilience Centre/Beijer Institute.
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Davis Attenborough’s A Life On Our Planet - Virtual Movie Screening
2021-04-23 18:00 - 20:00
Hosted by UC Davis Health Sustainability, with a short introduction from Colleen McCormick, Sustainability Director.
One man has seen more of the natural world than any other. This unique feature documentary is his witness statement. In his 93 years, David Attenborough has visited every continent on the globe, exploring the wild places of our planet and documenting the living world in all its variety and wonder. Now, for the first time he reflects upon both the defining moments of his lifetime as a naturalist and the devastating changes he has seen. Honest, revealing and urgent, DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: A LIFE ON OUR PLANET is a powerful first-hand account of humanity’s impact on nature and a message of hope for future generations.
Created by award-winning natural history filmmakers Silverback Films and global conservation organization WWF, the film is Directed by Alastair Fothergill, Jonnie Hughes and Keith Scholey and Executive Produced by Colin Butfield. Celebrated British naturalist Sir David Attenborough has a broadcasting career spanning over eight decades. He has visited every continent on the globe, exploring the wild places of our planet and bringing the wonders of the living world to audiences worldwide through groundbreaking natural history series. His work includes: Life on Earth, Planet Earth and more recently the Netflix original documentary series Our Planet.
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Emma Stewart on Corporate Sustainability
2021-04-23 12:00 - 13:00
Keynote Address from Emma Stewart during the Anderson Impact Week. Emma Stewart, Ph.D., is the Netflix Sustainability Officer where she is responsible for the company’s climate and environmental strategy and execution. She joined Netflix officially in late 2020, having helped design the program while a consultant at ENGIE. She oversees all company-wide work to decarbonize Netflix corporate and production operations, to further raise environmental awareness through TV and film titles, to engage the 200+ million Netflix households on sustainability, and to partner with key influencers including researchers, investors, employees, NGOs, and the media.
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Plastic Bag Store: The Film
2021-04-22 19:00 - 21:00
All CAP UCLA online performance programs in our 2020-21 Season will be free, click here to create a login for CAP UCLA Online.

Created by award-winning Brooklyn-based artist, puppet designer and director Robin Frohardt, The Plastic Bag Store was conceived as an immersive installation and puppet-theater piece designed to take place in a storefront retail space. Yucky Shards cereal, Bagorade sports drink, Fabags deodorizers boasting “that fresh bag scent”, rotisserie chickens, cupcakes and sushi are among the thousands of hand sculpted items—all made from discarded plastic bags. The store was scheduled to open in March 2020 to coincide with New York’s plastic bag ban but was postponed due to the city’s COVID-19 lockdown ultimately opening in a vacant Times Square storefront for a limited audience in Fall 2020 earning a spot on the NY Times’ Best of 2020 Theater list. For L.A. audiences, Frohardt and her team will reimagine a visit to The Plastic Bag Store through a new film commissioned by CAP UCLA.
Plastic Bag Store: The Film transforms the installation into a dynamic series of stories that traverse ancient history, the present day and a future dystopia. The Plastic Bag Store employs inventive puppetry, humor, craft and a critical lens to explore how the hordes of plastic waste might be misinterpreted by future generations.
Frohardt states, “The Plastic Bag Store is a visually rich and humorous experience that hopefully encourages a different way of thinking about the foreverness of plastic, the permanence of the disposable, and that there is no ‘away’ when we throw something out. There is great humor to be found in the pitfalls of capitalism—humor and satire can be powerful tools for social criticism especially with issues that feel too sad and overwhelming to confront directly.”
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Unpacking The Plastic Crisis
2021-04-22 17:45 - 19:00
Join us before the screening of Plastic Bag Store: The Film for a dynamic discussion exploring how local environmental policies disproportionately impact BIPOC communities, and how a new generation of activists are on the frontline of reimagining environmental justice solutions.
Moderated by Carlo Morante, Leadership and Sustainability Coordinator for UCLA Residential Life, and joined by Kikei Wong, UCLA Zero Waste Coordinator; Kristin Soares, Environmentalists of Color Collective at UCLA; Layel Carmago, Ecological Arts and Culture Manager at The Center for Cultural Power; and Nalleli Cobo, L.A.-based environmental justice activist.
ASL Interpreters will be provided for this program.
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Free Movie Screening: Chasing Coral
2021-04-22 17:00 - 19:00
Join us for an Earth Week movie screening of the documentary “CHASING CORAL“.
Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. A team of divers, photographers and scientists set out on a thrilling ocean adventure to discover why and to reveal the underwater mystery to the world.
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Investing for 1.5°C: Aligning Finance with Global Climate Goals
2021-04-22 17:00 - 18:00
Panel conversation with finance leaders to discuss how you can make financial decisions that help fight climate change.
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National Health Administration Climate Collaboration Speaker Panel
2021-04-22 15:30 - 17:00
Learn from industry experts about climate change as it relates to the healthcare industry. Includes a talk with UCLA Health’s Sustainability Manager, James Evans.
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Saving Rare Plants of CA with Holly Forbes
2021-04-22 13:00 - 14:00
In honor of Earth Day, Garden Curator Holly Forbes will shine a light on the various ways the Garden is involved in native California flora conservation efforts. The Garden holds one of the largest collections in the world of California native plant species, including over 200 taxa on rare or endangered species lists. Holly’s conservation work includes a recovery project of the large-flowered fiddleneck, Amsinckia grandiflora, and saving the Baker’s Larkspur, Delphinium bakeri, from extinction. Join us for this celebration of some of the rarest of rare CA natives.
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CSU Earth Day 2021: Taking Action for People & the Planet
2021-04-22 12:00 - 13:30
Sustainability Officers across the California State University system are once again collaborating to organize a virtual event in honor of Earth Day 2021! These events are meant to expose students and campus community members across California to young leaders of the inclusive sustainability and climate justice movement and inspire them to take action.
You are invited to join a dynamic 1-hour panel discussion followed by action-oriented, 30-minute breakout discussions led by our panelists and other sustainability leaders.
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SPEAKERS

Kristy Drutman | Climate Activist & Digital Media Strategist, Brown Girl Green
Sage Lenier | Educator, Zero Waste USA
Kevin J. Patel | Founder & Executive Director, OneUpAction
Myroslava Fisun | Hub Coordinator, Bay Area Sunrise Movement

Moderated by Armando Sepulveda | CSU Student & Sustainability Officer, Cal State Student Association

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Intersectional Environmentalist with an Emphasis on Environmental Racism – Facilitated by Kevin Patel, Founder and Executive Director, OneUpAction
Environmental Storytelling: Creative Brainstorming Session – Facilitated by Kristy Drutman, Climate Activist and Digital Media Strategist, Brown Girl Green
Solutions-Focused Community Work for a Sustainable Future – Facilitated by Sage Lenier, Educator, Zero Waste USA
The Role of Youth in the Climate Movement: Why and How Every Young Person Should Engage in the Fight for Climate Justice – Facilitated by Myroslava Fisun, Hub Coordinator, Bay Area Sunrise Movement
Pushing Sustainability through University Policy and Student Government – Facilitated by Armando Sepulveda II, CSU Student and Sustainability Officer for Cal State Student Association
CSU Divestment 101 – Facilitated by Lisa Swartz, Cal Poly SLO student leader of the Divest the CSU organization and Legislative Affairs Manager at CA League of Conservation Voters
People Power: Changing What’s Possible for Climate Policy in California – Facilitated by Melissa Romero, CSULB alum and Legislative Affairs Manager at CA League of Conservation Voters
Using Art to Avoid Burnout as a Climate Justice Activist – Facilitated by Katie Koscielak, Sustainability Officer at Humboldt State

Plastic Pollution and Possible Solutions
2021-04-22 12:00 - 13:00
Panel conversation with leaders in sustainability to discuss plastic pollution and how they are working towards achieving a plastic-free future.
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Socially Responsible Investing in the UC Retirement Savings Program: How to Invest for Retirement & the Planet
2021-04-22 11:30 - 12:30
Investing for retirement can be such a puzzle. Investing in a way that aligns with your values — maybe to keep out of fossil fuels, guns, or prisons, or to put more money into renewable energy and gender equity — that can seem even trickier. But in this hands-on, Earth Day workshop, you’ll learn how to think about your overall investment strategy in the UC Retirement Savings Program and how to use available tools to tailor it to the environmental and social impacts that are important to you.
Speaker: Nancy Pargot, Fidelity Retirement Counselor
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California Climate Action Summit
2021-04-22 10:00 - 16:00
The climate catastrophes we saw in 2020 have made one thing clear: We must speed up our action on climate solutions.
California has always been a national clean energy leader and a champion of environmental progress and now our nation needs that leadership more than ever.
Join us for a day of action on climate. CALPIRG Students and partners are hosting the California Climate Action Summit, a statewide event to bring together hundreds of student activists, climate experts, and policy leaders for a day of advocacy workshops, themed panels, and discussions on climate solutions and clean energy. You can join any or all events during this day of action!
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Event Schedule:
10am: Climate Action Summit Kickoff and Press Conference
11am: Action Hour: Voices for 100% Social Media Event
12pm: Youth Voices: Youth Voices: Climate Activism Panel
1pm: Bending the Curve: Expert Panel on Climate Solutions
2pm: Climate Advocacy Workshop: Working with the Media and Writing Letters to the Editor
3pm: Clean Energy: What does a 100% Future Look Like?
Some speakers at the event will include Mark Jacobson (Stanford University), Margaret Leinen (Scripps Institution of Oceanography), Asm. Cottie Petrie Norris, Fonna Forman (UC San Diego), a message from Sonia Aggarwal of the White House Domestic Climate Policy team, and more!

UC Center for Climate Justice Launch Event
2021-04-22 09:00 - 2021-04-23 14:30
The Center for Climate Justice is a University of California system wide initiative to address climate change as a social justice and equity issue.
Climate justice recognizes the disproportionate impacts of climate change on low-income communities and BIPOC communities around the world, the people and places least responsible for the problem. The UC Center for Climate Justice seeks solutions that address the root causes of climate change and in doing so, simultaneously address a broad range of social, racial, and environmental injustices.
The Center’s vision is a world where broad-scale climate action is driven by science and a systems perspective, with social and ecological justice at the forefront. We aim to center issues of equity in addressing climate change, working collaboratively with researchers, educators, NGOs, activists, policymakers, philanthropists, Indigenous and community leaders, and private sector actors who are fighting for climate justice in California and beyond. Through innovative research, transformative education, and public engagement, we are committed to empowering the next generation of climate justice leaders.
The Center for Climate Justice launch event will be held over two days, April 22-23, 2021, beginning on Earth Day. It will feature keynote presentations by food sovereignty scholar-activist Vandana Shiva and DOE Deputy Director for Energy Justice Shalanda Baker, a fireside chat with Green New Deal architect Rihana Gunn-Wright, and panel discussions featuring California climate justice leaders, scholars and activists. We will also host breakout room conversations and a music and spoken-word celebration on the second day. We hope to see you there!
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April 22, 2021 (9:00am-1:30pm PST)
Schedule:
9:00am-9:25am Opening and Introduction to the Launch
9:25am-9:45am Keynote Address: Shalanda Baker
9:50am-10:40am Panel #1: Just Transitions
10:50am-11:40am Panel #2: Social, Racial and Environmental Justice
11:50am-12:40pm Panel #3: Indigenous Climate Action
12:45pm-1:20pm Fireside Chat with Rihana Gunn-Wright and Center Director Tracey Osborne
1:20pm-1:30pm Closing Statements

April 23, 2021 (9:00am-2:30pm PST)
Schedule:
9:00am-9:25am Opening and Introduction to the Launch
9:25am-9:45am Keynote Address: Vandana Shiva
9:50am-10:40am Panel #1: Community Resilience and Adaptation
10:50am-11:40am Panel #2: Natural Climate Solutions
11:50am-12:40pm Panel #3: Climate Education and Engagement
12:45pm-1:20pm Breakout Groups or Video Viewing
1:30pm-3:20pm Musical Celebration
3:20pm-3:30pm Closing Statements

Cooking Classes with Impastiamo
2021-04-22
Pick your country and join us for a virtual online cooking class to learn sustainability tips and tricks to fight food waste at home. First ten people to make a donation* will be gifted an ingredients kit, made possible by Caffè Vergnano.
Complimentary access with donation. Ingredients kits available for purchase, delivered to your home, selected cities only.
Goat Cheese Tortelli with Broccoli, Lead to Root – 9:30-10:30am PST
Poireaux Complet – 10:00-11:00am PST
Risotto al Castelmagno – 10:30-11:30am PST
Buckwheat Honey Cake – 5:30-6:30pm PST
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Protecting Cultural Landscapes in the Face of Climate Change Panel
2021-04-21 14:00 - 15:00
Join our one hour talk led by the Native American Land Conservancy on Wednesday April 21, 2021 from 2:00PM – 3:00PM. Learn how tribal perspectives are incorporated in climate change adaptation planning and how the Native American Land Conservancy is protecting native land in the California desert. Attendees are encouraged to watch this video on Preserving the Desert with NALC in preparation for the talk.
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Do We Have The Science, Tools and Policies Needed to Predict Wildfire and Its Impacts in California?
2021-04-21 12:00 - 13:00
Our experience over the last five years documents the extreme and multifaceted risk posed by wildfires to California’s public safety, environmental health, and economic well-being. The underlying drivers of the current crisis are many but the impacts of a warming climate are not only intensifying the likely risks but also injecting additional uncertainty about the future extent and timing of wildfires. In particular, it is the interaction of linked causal agents that have the potential to produce environmental surprises. This talk will review our understanding of the current state of affairs and then outline the science gaps that must be filled to limit the extent of unanticipated outcomes.
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Dr. John J. Battles, Professor of Forest Ecology at UC Berkeley, is a field scientist engaged in long-term research of temperate forest ecosystems. His goal is to understand how and why forests change. Towards this end, his research seeks to understand the dynamic response of forest communities to disturbances and perturbations such as air pollution, invasive species, forest management, extreme drought, and fire. His recent work has focused on understanding the interactions among disturbances in order to assess their potential to reshape forests.

Dr. Alex Hall is a professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Director of the Center for Climate Science at UCLA. His research is aimed at predicting and understanding climate change impacts at scales relevant to decision-makers, especially in the State of California. Alex and his team are currently studying the future of wildfire in California and are working with water management agencies in the Los Angeles region to ensure sustainability of water resources under climate change.

Mr. Wright serves as Interim Director of the CA Forest Management Task Force. He was previously the Executive Director of the California Tahoe Conservancy, a state agency in the Lake Tahoe Basin, where he led the development of the Lake Tahoe Basin Forest Action Plan and launched both the Tahoe-Central Sierra Initiative and the Lake Tahoe West Forest Restoration Partnership. Wright was previously the Director of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program, where he led a consortium of agencies and stakeholders in developing and managing one of the nation’s largest collaborative water management programs. He has also served as Deputy Secretary of the California Resources Agency, Senior Policy Advisor to the Regional Administrator of EPA and the Deputy Secretary of Interior, and held positions in EPA’s Air and Water Management Programs in San Francisco.

Planetary Health: Human Wellbeing on a Planet Under Pressure
2021-04-21 12:00 - 13:00
Join UCLA C-Solutions and UCLA Health for an Earth Day lunch with C-Solutions’s newest Faculty Affiliate, Dr. Howard Frumkin. In his talk and during the Q&A session, Dr. Frumkin will be discussing how human health and wellbeing can be protected in the face of a changing environment and other planetary challenges. He will also be sharing key take-aways and findings from his new books, Planetary Health: Protecting Nature to Protect Ourselves (Island Press, 2020), and Planetary Health: Safeguarding Human Health and the Environment in the Anthropocene (Cambridge University Press, 2021).
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The Future of Climate, Equity, and Health
2021-04-20 18:00 - 19:00
A dialogue among prominent City Leaders about the importance of equitable and inclusive partnerships to catalyze and address health disparities linked to our climate crisis while addressing a just economic recovery with Federal and Private renewable energy Investments from our new administration in alignment with the City’s innovative Climate, Equity and Sustainability plans and policies. Each speaker will bring their own lens as to how our City is moving into the future and solutions mode to address these complex challenges. Premise: The Climate Crisis is a Humanitarian and Civil rights Crisis, not just a technical problem to be solved.
Confirmed live speakers include:

Capri Maddox, Executive Director, Civil, Human Rights and Equity Department
Cynthia McClain-Hill, President of the Board, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Aura Garcia, Vice President of the Board of Public Works
Moderator: Marta Segura, Director of the Climate Emergency Mobilization Office

And special remarks from Mayor Eric Garcetti and Council President Nury Martinez!
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Building Leadership Skills Through Sustainability During COVID-19
2021-04-20 12:00 - 13:00
Think globally, act locally. Everyone can enhance their leadership skills by championing sustainability within their department. Discover how the LivingGreen certification can boost your workplace recognition, hone your abilities to propose successful initiatives, and provide a method of quantifying your impact. You’ll also learn how sustainability can inspire creative, impactful solutions to the unprecedented challenges of COVID-19. By the end of this session, you will leave with concrete examples of simple, effective changes you can make today.
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