UCLA Sustainability

Deloitte Digital Sustainability Panel Discussion
2023-01-26 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | USC Popovich Hall – JKP, Suite 300, Dean's Boardroom, 3rd Floor, 611 W. Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90089, United States
Join Deloitte Digital and hear from industry experts from Delta, Hewlett Packard, Logitech, USC, UCLA, and Deloitte on the latest trends and innovations that are shaping the future of sustainable business. This is a two hour event broken into three 30 min “panels” touching on Sustainability and the Role of Higher Ed, Role of the Brand and Role of Technology. It will include a number of Sustainability Officers from Deloitte, their corporate partners and USC.
For more information, please contact Bevin Chan at bevinchan@deloitte.com

Mass Audubon's Environmental Fellows Program Information Session
2023-01-26 15:00 - 17:00 | Online
Join this information session to learn more about Mass Audubon’s Environmental Fellows Program and application process. Current Fellows and the Early Career Program Manager will be available to share experiences and answer questions about the program.
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Briefing on the Sea Grant DDT+ Research Needs Assessment
2023-01-26 11:00 - 12:00 | Online
You’re invited to an Ocean Science Trust briefing in partnership with California Sea Grant and USC Sea Grant to discuss the recently released report, A Deep Ocean DDT+ Research Needs Assessment for the Southern California Bight. Jointly facilitated by both Sea Grant Programs, this community-driven assessment provides a research agenda for future investments and immediate actions to fill critical gaps in our knowledge about the nature, extent, fate, and impacts of deep ocean DDT+ pollution (i.e, DDT and associated compounds) in the Southern California Bight.
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Join us for a Q&A with expert panelists:
Dr. Dave Valentine, UC Santa Barbara
Gabrielle Crowe, Ballona Wetlands Land Trust / Gabrielino-Shoshone Tribal Council
Dr. Pádraig Duignan, The Marine Mammal Center
Jenn Eckerle, Ocean Protection Council
Including Sea Grant Assessment Report Authors:
Dr. Amalia Almada, USC Sea Grant
Dr. Lian Guo, California Sea Grant
Moderated by Dr. Liz Whiteman, Executive Director, Ocean Science Trust
Presented in Partnership with California Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal
To learn more about Sea Grant’s Assessment report, visit Sea Grant’s Story Map: http://bit.ly/CaliforniaDDT-SeaGrant

LA Green Jobs - Virtual Career Fair
2023-01-25 14:30 - 16:00 | Online
Hello, green job seekers! It’s the top of the New Year and we would like for you to join us for our LA Green Jobs – Virtual Career Fair brought to you by USGBC-LA!
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.
Register today and we look forward to meeting you at the fair!
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Participating Companies TBA
Past Participating Companies:
Bentley Mills
Clean Power Alliance
Green Dinosaur
Leading Edge
LendLease
Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)
Mott MacDonald
Partner Energy
SoCal Gas
Verdani Partners

Dornsife Dialogues: Eating Right for a Better and Longer Life
2023-01-25 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
For many, the start of a new year signals a renewed interest in healthier eating, but what does that mean? The research regarding what — and when — we should eat has evolved quite a bit.
Bring your questions for our experts during this live discussion and learn how people of all ages can improve their health through better eating. It will include tips on what foods to eat — and when — for a longer life.
Featuring:
Valter Longo, professor of gerontology and biological sciences, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. Bestselling author of “The Longevity Diet”
Maryann Pentz, Sidney R. Garfield Chair in Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Moderator: Laura Sanders ’08, senior writer covering neuroscience at Science News
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Accelerating New California Water Storage Projects
2023-01-25 11:00 - 12:00 | Online
Record-breaking storms dropped enough water on California to cover the entire state in about eight inches of water. But very little of it was captured or stored, a missed opportunity as more prolonged droughts intensify with climate change. In this webinar, you will hear from leading water experts on the status of new water storage projects, why it’s taking so long and how we can speed them up, and what more can be done to increase the state’s storage capacity.
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Speakers:
William Sloan, Partner, Venable LLP
Ellen Hanak, Executive Director, Water Policy Center, Public Policy Institute of California
Jerry Brown, Executive Director, Sites Reservoir
Introduction: Jim Wunderman, President & CEO, Bay Area Council
Moderator: Adrian Covert, Senior Vice President, Public Policy, Bay Area Council

Nonprofit Networking Night
2023-01-24 18:00 - 21:00 | UCLA Covel Commons, Grand Horizon Room, 330 De Neve Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Hosted by the UCLA Volunteer Center, Community Service Commission, Residential Life, and Student Affairs, Nonprofit Networking Night is an opportunity for nonprofit organizations to speak to qualified UCLA students regarding full-time, part-time, career and/or internship opportunities.
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This networking event is designed to connect UCLA students and young alumni with non-profit career professionals who share similar career aspirations. Students who are interested in learning more about or are looking for opportunities (e.g. jobs, internships, etc.) can gain valuable insight about a wide variety of positions and organizations in the community. This program provides students with information about ways to get involved outside of and after graduating UCLA. Students are encouraged to think more about their post-graduation goals, allowing them to continue with their academic careers with more focus and intention.
Participating organizations in the past have represented the fields of education, environment, family & children, health, homelessness/poverty, international, public policy/legal, and disability services.
Nonprofit Networking Night 2023 will be an in-person event on Tuesday, January 24 from 6pm – 9pm PST inside the Covel Grand Horizon Room on campus.

ACWA General Meeting
2023-01-24 17:00 - 18:00 | Ackerman Union 2410, 308 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
ACWA at UCLA is a new club on campus that facilitates learning about issues surrounding clean water both in the United States and beyond. The club does this through both advocacy and research initiatives. On the advocacy front, ACWA organizes interesting and thought-provoking events for the UCLA community on issues related to clean water and environmental injustice. Those on ACWA’s research team help build collective knowledge on issues on water (both in the US and beyond) through writing thoughtful articles for their blog every quarter. ACWA welcome students of all backgrounds and majors, as we seek to cultivate a fruitful discussion on campus about these issues.
If you’re interested in joining, please fill out this interest form: https://forms.gle/6cAy1phcWuJ1N46S6
ACWA’s next general meeting is next Tuesday, January 24 at 5 pm in Ackerman 2410. Come stop by to learn more about clean water justice!

Mission-Driven Consulting: Prospects for Sustainability and Equity in Southern California
2023-01-24 16:00 - 17:00 | The Barn, HMNSS 1500, W Campus Dr, Riverside, CA, 92507, United States
Is it too good to be true? Can we indeed protect the environment, grow jobs, promote racial equity, and enhance community well-being?
Join UC Riverside’s School of Public Policy in conversation with Cecilia Estolano, as they discuss promising trends towards environmental sustainability and racial equity in Southern California, including in the Inland Empire region.
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About the Speaker:
Cecilia V. Estolano is CEO and Founder of Estolano Advisors, and is a leading voice on contemporary urban planning issues with expertise in equitable economic and workforce development, climate resilient infrastructure, land use, and urban revitalization. An urban planner and land use and environmental lawyer, Cecilia has worked at all levels of government, settled major Clean Water Act litigation, led the largest redevelopment agency in the nation, founded an award winning urban and public policy firm, and acquired and repositioned an environmental advocacy consultancy.
Cecilia sits on the boards of Jobs to Move America and the National Employment Law Project. She previously chaired the Regents of the University of California, and has served on the boards of the California Coastal Commission, Manufacturing Renaissance, the California League of Conservation Voters, Lambda Legal, and California YMCA Youth and Government.
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COMPLIMENTARY PARKING FOR EXTERNAL/NON-UCR VISITORS:
1. Please turn into the UCR Information Kiosk on West Campus Drive (https://goo.gl/maps/5PgoGpD1oeoUqLE16) .
2. Please indicate to the kiosk attendant that you are a guest for the “Estolano Fireside Chat.”
3. You will be given access to park in Lot 1 (https://goo.gl/maps/oFX8opaVqo9jcKzy7).

The Spatial Dilemma of Sustainable Transportation and Just Affordable Housing - UCLA Housing, Neighborhood and Health Seminar Series
2023-01-24 11:30 - 12:30 | Online
Presented by Paul M. Ong
Research Professor, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Director, UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge
California’s intense affordable housing crisis has highlighted the fundamental linkage between land use, transportation, climate policy, and equity. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the main contributor to climate change, is a priority policy goal for the state of California, and cutting vehicle miles traveled (VMT) is a key mechanism for achieving this goal. In order to equitably achieve this reduction, it is critical that affordable housing options be situated in areas that facilitate less driving, through reliable access to public transit, walkability, and proximity to employment. These elements, among others, can combine to create more sustainable communities.
We hope you can join us for this research seminar where Dr. Ong will discuss his project that examines the spatial distribution of tenant-based Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) units and Low-income Housing Tax Credit units to understand whether geographic patterns and trends are consistent with climate change and equity goals.
Find reports and briefs associated with this project here.
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This webinar is co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge, UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies and UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate.

How to Make Your Job a Climate Job
2023-01-24 11:00 - 12:00 | Online
We need millions of people working on climate to address the demands of the climate crisis.
I﻿n the next ten years, we can expect 100 million people to transition their careers to climate.
Getting a climate job is one of the most tangible climate actions an individual can make; it’s 40+ hours a week that you’re funneling into concrete climate actions.
However, there is a significant disconnect between available roles and job seekers on the market. There tends to be a more straightforward path with an influx of full-time climate jobs for hard engineering, scientific, and software professionals. In contrast, it can be more difficult for those in non-technical fields to transition their careers to climate.
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This upcoming webinar will provide resources and guidance for:
Job seekers who are currently employed and looking to make an impact in their current role while they outline their path to a full-time climate position.
Those who are happily employed and not looking to transition their careers to climate fully but want to find ways to make a direct climate impact.
The Climate People team has gathered experts from Project Drawdown, Climate Club, LinkedIn, and Browngirl Green to discuss how you can rework your current role to focus more on climate solutions.
Hear from:
Aiyana Bodi, a Senior Associate at Drawdown Labs
Adam Braun, the Co-Founder and CEO of Climate Club
B﻿en Lai, a Senior Software Developer and Lead of an Employee Green Team at LinkedIn
Kristy Drutman, Co-Founder of Browngirl Green

Secretary Speaker Series – Blowing in the Wind: The Future of Offshore Wind Power
2023-01-23 12:30 - 13:45 | Online
The Secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency, Wade Crowfoot, hosts monthly discussions with leaders and big thinkers from across California to discuss emerging natural resources issues. This open forum allows for new and different perspectives about how we best steward California’s resources.
These events are public, live-streamed on YouTube, and recorded for later viewing.
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Eyes in the Sky, Birds in the Heart and Mind - Introduction
2023-01-23 12:00 - 13:00 | Experimental Digital Arts, UCLA Broad Art Center, 240 Charles E. Young Dr. N, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
Join Counterforce Lab’s new lecture series inaugural session: introduction with the Counterforce Lab Team.
Admission is free, and refreshments/snacks will be served.
Eyes in the Sky, Birds in the Heart and Mind is Counterforce Lab’s new lecture series. As a point of departure, they will focus on the Biophilia Treehouse, Counterforce’s flagship project, a public art living sculpture, and an offering to birds.
Join to explore how drones, photogrammetry, and AR can foster interspecies friendships, reveal overlaps and disjunctures between scientific and Indigenous knowledge about birds, and marvel at avian life force.

Free Graduate Student Farmers Market
2023-01-22 15:30 | Weyburn Terrace Grill Area, 3G7X+4H, Los Angeles, 90024, United States
Graduate students are invited to join the farmers market for free seasonal fruits, veggies and herbs! First come, first serve, while supplies last.

Planting Event - Ecological Restoration Association (ERA) at UCLA
2023-01-22 10:00 - 12:00 | Stone Canyon Creek, UCLA, by Charles E Young Dr North and Collins Center and Gold Hall
Sunday Week 2, ERA will be hosting a planting event planting native species at Stone Canyon Creek from 10am-12pm on January 22nd. They will be providing gloves, shovels, and other materials so you don’t have to bring anything.
ERA will also be joined by Dr. Lipman, who will be giving everyone a tutorial on how to plant for restoration.
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Los Angeles County Public Works Webinar: Intro to Composting
2023-01-21 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-01-18 18:00 - 19:00 | Online
Join for a free webinar to beautify your home and garden. Webinars are approximately 45 minutes followed by a 15-minute period to answer questions and take orders for compost bins. Learn about backyard and worm composting to create a rich soil amendment to nourish your garden.
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Environmental Justice Series at the IoES!
2023-01-20 14:00 - 16:00 | UCLA Mildred E Mathias Botanical Garden, La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095
The struggle for environmental justice defines many of the communities that make up Los Angeles. This winter we welcome you to come and hear from some of the region’s leaders about the issues communities have faced, continue to face, and to learn from their activism and commitment.
Angelo Logan
Senior Director, Environmental and Climate Justice at Liberty Hill
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Composting Workshop with UCLA’s Master Gardener James Bassett
2023-01-20 14:00 - 15:00 | jane b semel Healthy Campus Initiative Community Garden, Sunset Canyon Recreation Center, 111 Easton Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
Join the jane b semel HCI Community Garden in its first workshop of the quarter with UCLA’s Master Gardener James Bassett!
We’ll talk hot, cold, and even worm composting! Please feel free to bring your food scraps and uncoated paper recycling to the program.
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FREE FOOD FROM THE DINING HALLS!
2023-01-19 22:00 - 23:00 | Conference Room 1 in the Student Activities Center Basement, 220 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Bruin Dine is a program serving leftover hot food from the UCLA dining halls FREE to all UCLA students and staff members. Bring your own containers and enjoy some delicious food!
If you are a student or staff, Bruin Dine would love for you to come get hot & untouched food from the #1 dining hall in the nation that would have otherwise gone to waste. This event will be operating out of the basement of the Student Activities Center (SAC) in Conference Room 1.
If you also know of anyone who is in need of food, please send them the details to this event! Attendees must also bring their own containers and utensils!
If you have any concerns, please feel free to reach out to the Board through email, Instagram, or GroupMe.
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Bruin Dine is looking for volunteers to help run these events, and encourages you to sign up with this link (UCLA email login required). If the sign-up list is full, please place your name on the waitlist; if the waitlist is full, hang tight as more volunteer dates will be released in the weeks to come. Volunteers are asked to arrive at the meeting location at 9 pm before the event begins. More details about your shift will be confirmed with you via email and text.

2023 National Community Solar Partnership Annual Summit
2023-01-19 12:00 - 18:00 | Online and Bahia Resort Hotel in San Diego, 998 West Mission Bay Drive, San Diego, CA, 92109, United States
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) is hosting the third National Community Solar Partnership (NCSP) Annual Summit on January 19, 2023, at the Bahia Resort Hotel in San Diego, California. There will also be a virtual option for attendees who cannot attend in person.
This year’s summit theme, ‘Community Solar’s Time to Shine’, reflects how the efforts of NCSP and our partners over the last year, as well as the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), have unlocked a new potential for community solar. We are excited to convene NCSP members, community solar stakeholders, and industry thought leaders to engage in conversations about the new landscape of community solar.
The event will feature plenary sessions and interactive roundtable discussions on topics including new community solar markets, accessible financing, customer acquisition with an emphasis on low-income households, messaging, and access to capital. NCSP will also announce the winners of the Sunny Awards for Equitable Community Solar and new NCSP initiatives. Read more details in the agenda here.
The registration fee for in-person attendance is $80. There is no charge for virtual participation. You can find more information on accommodations here.
The NCSP Summit will be co-located and hosted in coordination with the Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA) and RE+ Events Community Solar Power Summit, which will take place January 18-19, also at the Bahia Resort Hotel in San Diego, CA. This summit will bring together community solar businesses, utilities, non-profits, and feature conversations with community solar thought leaders, sessions on current trends and policies, and networking opportunities. See our frequently asked questions below for more details.
Please reach out to community.solar@ee.doe.gov with any questions, and join the partnership to stay up to date on the summit details, NCSP announcements, and other community solar news.
If you have any questions, please reach out to community.solar@ee.doe.gov for more information.
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Briefing: 2022 California Green Innovation Index
2023-01-19 11:00 - 12:00 | Online
Join Next 10 and Beacon Economics for a briefing to discuss the findings of the 14th annual California Green Innovation Index, primarily digital for the first time to allow readers to learn and interact with the findings of the report at https://greeninnovationindex.org. The briefing will be paneled by F. Noel Perry (Founder) and Stephanie Leonard (Director of Research) from Next 10 and Patrick Adler (Manager of Sustainable Growth and Development) from Beacon Economics.
California’s greenhouse gas emission fell a remarkable 8.7% in 2020 amidst pandemic-induced economic disruptions and travel restrictions. But while the significant drop in emissions has helped the state make progress toward its 2030 climate targets, it masks a rise in pollution from in-state power generation, as stubbornly-slow renewable energy growth threatens California’s transition to carbon neutrality. At the same time, a drop in emissions from the transportation sector for the third-consecutive year could signal a breakthrough in the state’s largest source of climate pollution, if pandemic-era shifts towards hybrid work remain and electric vehicle adoption continues to rise.
The report also analyzed the economic and jobs returns on investment from four of California’s signature climate and clean energy programs, and found that a cumulative $2.76 billion investment in these programs generated $5.35 billion in economic output and created 8,521 jobs—while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The findings should inform California’s budget priorities, as the state pursues strategies to fend off a potential looming recession.
The briefing will discuss findings related to increasing green jobs, transportation developments, challenges posed by wildfires, and new innovations in the clean tech sector. View the key findings, graphs, and more at https://greeninnovationindex.org
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Transforming the Clean Energy Workforce: Insights from the 2022 C3E Award Winners
2023-01-19 10:00 - 11:00 | Online
Clean energy is clearly the way of the future and one of the fastest-growing and most innovative sectors in our economy. We are witnessing a sea change whereby top talent are combining their professional skills with a drive to shape an inclusive clean energy future. Our country and the world need the best, brightest, and passionate leaders to further the development and deployment of clean energy technologies, businesses, policies, and capital. This webinar will feature women-leaders who are doing just that.
The recent C3E award winners are an exemplary group of women leaders who are driving scientific breakthroughs, increasing energy access, improving electric power systems, and investing in groundbreaking technologies that will facilitate the clean energy transition. This webinar will highlight the incredible work of four C3E 2022 award winners, their career pathways, and their visions for career opportunities in the clean energy sector. A virtual networking event with speakers will immediately follow the session to answer your questions and give advice on clean energy career paths.
Moderator
Ellen Morris, Director, University Partnerships Program, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
C3E Ambassador
Panelist
Sarah Bieber, Head of Energy Partnerships, Acumen
C3E 2022 International Award Recipient
Panelist
Y. Shirley Meng, Professor, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago
C3E 2022 Technology Research & Innovation Award Recipient
Panelist
Ramsay Siegal, Partner, Earthshot Ventures
C3E 2022 Social, Economic, & Policy Innovation Award Recipient
Panelist
Phoebe Wang, Investment Partner, Amazon Climate Pledge Fund
C3E 2022 Business Award Recipient
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Cities on the Frontline Speaker Series: Measuring Vulnerability & Building Equitable Resilience
2023-01-19 05:00 - 06:00 | Online
Extreme weather events are among the most dangerous shocks that plague cities and are becoming increasingly common as a result of climate change, impacting people’s livelihood and well-being, especially the most vulnerable. In 2022 alone, the catastrophic extreme weather and climate disasters that impacted the United States are estimated to have cost at least $1 billion each, according to a new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
For the first Cities on the Frontline Speaker Series of 2023, jointly organized by the Resilient Cities Network and the World Bank, they will have R-Cities Regional Director for North America, Laurian Farrell; David Nash, Senior Manager for Climate Change and Partnerships at the Z Zurich Foundation; and Jordana Vasquez, Program Manager for R-Cities’ flagship program on flood and heat resilience, Resilience for Communities (R4C). R4C is designed to strengthen climate resilience and address social inequities at the community level, by looking at the question of how we define resilience at the community level, and perhaps most crucially, who gets to define resilience. During the session, they will discuss the community-focused methodology behind implementation, track current progress in Houston, and share some of the lessons we have learned so far.
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Sustainable Groundwater Management in California: The Challenges Ahead
2023-01-18 16:00 - 17:00 | Online
Join to hear Paul Gosselin from the California Department of Water Resources talk about sustainable groundwater management in California. Learn about how California is implementing the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and adjusting to climate change, while trying to balance agriculture’s pressing water needs.
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California depends on groundwater for up to 60% of its annual supply in times of drought. The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) was enacted in 2014 to halt overdraft and bring groundwater basins into balanced levels of pumping and recharge. Under SGMA, basins must reach sustainability within 20 years of implementing their plans.
This event is part of our 2022-23 Climate Speaker Series brought to you by the League of Women Voters of Piedmont and Piedmont Connect. The series will serve to educate constituents on a range of important topics to improve our understanding of the causes (sometimes surprising), perils (sometimes not fully recognized), and solutions to ongoing environmental pollution and climate disruptions.
This program will be recorded. You can watch it live or at a later date on our YouTube channel. The second half of the program will be a moderated Q&A session with questions from Zoom participants and YouTube livestream viewers. You will not see the event posted ahead of time on YouTube. It will appear once the program starts at 4pm Pacific Time on January 18th.
More about our speaker:
Paul Gosselin oversees the Sustainable Groundwater Management Office, which includes statewide groundwater management activities and the implementation of SGMA. He joined the Department after serving 13 years as Butte County’s Director of Water and Resource Conservation, where he managed the county’s State Water Project Table A allocation, investigated and reported on groundwater conditions, and implemented the Groundwater Management Plan.
Previously, Gosselin served as Chief Deputy Director at the California Department of Pesticide Regulation and Assistant Director for Enforcement, Environmental Monitoring and Data Management. Gosselin received a B.S. in biochemistry and an M.S. in chemistry from the University of Massachusetts.

Webinar | Whiplash Weather: Lessons from California’s Deadly 2023 Storms
2023-01-18 12:30 - 13:30 | Online
Join the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment for a panel discussion exploring the extent to which climate change is contributing to the intensity of California’s ongoing deadly storms, what modeling is telling us to expect in the future and how residents and decision-makers can plan and prepare for those projected impacts, particularly in overburdened communities.
A panel of Stanford scientists joined by community leaders and responders will discuss the science behind this latest example of climate-fueled weather extremes, in addition to assessing implications for the state’s drought recovery and lessons for community preparedness. The discussion will also explore where resilience and adaptation or emergency planning efforts paid off at the local level and what tools and methods are available to provide solutions to both drought and flooding water storage challenges.
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Panel
Noah Diffenbaugh, Kara J Foundation Professor and Kimmelman Family Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University
Rosemary Knight, George L. Harrington Professor of Geophysics, and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University
Matt Robinson(link is external), Emergency Operations Public Information Officer (Water Resources, Drinking Water, Flooding), Sacramento County
Jenny Suckale(link is external), Assistant Professor of Geophysics and Center Fellow by Courtesy at the Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University
Moderated by Chris Field, Perry L. McCarty Director, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

How Low-Carbon Ammonia Can Help Fight Climate Change
2023-01-18 09:00 - 10:00 | Online
Modern society depends on ammonia (NH3), a chemical compound that plays a central role in modern agriculture, delivering nitrogen essential for soil fertility. Ammonia is also a key feedstock in plastics, rubber, and other products.
Current methods for making ammonia produce significant carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions—almost 2% of the global total. Low-carbon production methods can dramatically reduce these emissions. Low-carbon production of ammonia also creates a fuel that could help decarbonize a range of sectors.
In November, a team including several scholars from the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs released the ICEF Low-Carbon Ammonia Roadmap, which explores a number of topics including low-carbon ammonia production options, infrastructure needs, potential uses for low-carbon ammonia, and policy options.
Please join us for a discussion with the report’s co-authors as they present their findings and recommendations.
Moderator:
David Sandalow, Inaugural Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA and Chair, ICEF Innovation Roadmap Project
Panelists:
Zhiyuan Fan, Ph.D. student and Research Associate, Columbia University
Dr. Julio Friedmann, Chief Scientist and Chief Carbon Wrangler, Carbon Direct
Ann-Kathrin Merz, Industry Analyst, First Ammonia and Research Assistant, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA
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This webinar will be hosted via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email with access details. The event will be recorded and the video recording will be added to our website following the event.
This event is open to press, and registration is required to attend. For media inquiries or requests for interviews, please contact Natalie Volk (nv2388@columbia.edu).
For more information about the event, please contact energypolicyevents@columbia.edu.

Free Food from the Dining Halls
2023-01-17 22:00 - 23:00 | Conference Room 1 in the Student Activities Center Basement, 220 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States

EnergyTech University Prize Informational, Team Building, and Networking Event
2023-01-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
College students interested in competing for part of $370,000 in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Technology Transitions’ EnergyTech University Prize (UP) are invited to join an informational session on January 17 at 12:00 pm. As the regional convener for the State of California, Cleantech San Diego will be there to connect with participants and offer guidance on energy tech options, team building, and submissions. The EnergyTech UP submission deadline is January 26.
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Circularity: Innovative Solutions to Address the Plastic Challenge
2023-01-17 10:00 - 11:00 | Online
At VERGE 22, the U.S. Plastics Pact and Walmart announced the winners of the first Sustainable Packaging Innovation Award, showing exciting innovations in the areas of recyclability, compostability, refill and reuse. The importance of circular solutions is twofold: keeping plastic out of the environment and reducing emissions associated with creating virgin packaging materials. In an hour-long webinar, GreenBiz’s Jon Smieja will chat with leaders from the U.S. Pact, Walmart and the four winners to go deeper into their innovations and how they can help accelerate the circular transition. Among the topics they will cover:
Considering the consumer experience when designing for circularity
Areas where we urgently need circular solutions
Getting circularity to scale
Tune in to learn about these exciting innovations and why addressing plastic waste must be a critical component of every business’s climate action strategy.
Moderator:
Jon Smieja, VP, Circularity & Senior Analyst, GreenBiz Group
Speakers
Emily Tipaldo, Executive Director, U.S. Plastics Pact
Ashley Hall, Director, Sustainable Packaging, Walmart
Cheryl Lam, Director, Private Brands Sustainability Initiatives, Walmart
Lauren Sweeney, Co-Founder and CEO, DeliverZero
Ed Haedt, Director of Business Development, Amcor Flexibles North America
Michael Sands, Co-Founder/Ceo, Smile Compostables Solutions
Mark Pszczolkowski, Principal R&D Scientist, The Clorox Company
If you can’t tune in live, please register and we will email you a link to access the webcast recording and resources, available to you on-demand after the live webcast.
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