How Businesses Are Making a Social Impact in Hollywood
The 2022-2023 Jacobson Family Sustainable Impact Lecture Series addresses the topic “How Businesses are Centering Community in Social Impact.” We are excited to be back in person for a free...
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Fixing the Climate: Rethinking Climate Policy in an Uncertain World
5:30 - 7:00pm; Reception to follow Global climate diplomacy is stalling thanks to the same top-down approach used since the Kyoto Protocol. That’s the argument made by David Victor (UC San Diego) and Charles Sabel (Columbia Law School) in their book “Fixing the Climate: Strategies for an Uncertain World.” Hear them discuss how policymakers should...
T.R.E.E. Talks: Can Art Save Nature?
Join TreePeople for an insightful conversation on how the arts are being used to invoke inspiration as a means to address this dire need. REGISTER HERE While scientists, government, tech and business leaders are typically those called upon to address environmental issues, artists are the ones that help express, inspire, and creatively educate about the...
Healthy Campus Initiative Seed Saving Workshop
Join this Seed-Saving workshop taught by a pair of visiting Master Gardeners! in this workshop, you’ll learn how to save seeds from your garden and discover the value of building...
Eyes in the Sky, Birds in the Heart and Mind: Counterforce Lab’s new lecture series
Knowledge in environmentally-situated AR with Francesca Albrezzi (UCLA OARC). Eyes in the Sky, Birds in the Heart and Mind is Counterforce Lab’s new lecture series. As a point of departure,...
Electrifying the Nation: Promoting Uptime in EV Charging
The EV charging industry is poised to evolve rapidly in the upcoming decade, especially given the recent $5B investment in the NEVI Program following funding as part of Biden’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. However, as EV charging technology scales, issues of system downtime have provoked increasing concern. This event focuses on centering discussion around...
After the Storms – A Timely Update on California’s Water Supply
Join State water leaders as they share an update on the status of drought and water supply after the recent set of fierce winter storms. How has our water supply improved? What are we doing to capture large volumes of snowmelt this spring? How are fish and wildlife faring? When will the drought be over?...
Kiss the Ground Documentary Viewing
Attendance is free and open to all UCLA students. Free vegan snacks (ft. GOMacro & Lesser Evil) & a sustainable items giveaway The screening is hosted by Sustainagoals, the committee within USAC’s Facilities Commission advancing sustainability on the hill and campus.
Climate Conversations: Pathways to Action – Methane
Methane accounts for around 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions, behind only carbon dioxide. As methane is both more potent and shorter-lived than carbon dioxide, near-term efforts to reduce emissions of methane could slow the increase in global temperature in the next few decades. Rebecca Leber (Vox) will moderate a conversation between Fiji George (Cheniere...
Environmental Justice and Community Organizing with the Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN)
Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) is an environmental justice organization with deep roots in California’s Asian immigrant and refugee communities. Since 1993, APEN has built a membership base of Laotian refugees in Richmond and Chinese immigrants in Oakland. Together, they’ve fought and won campaigns to make our communities healthier, just places where people can thrive....