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Artificial Intelligence for Energy: AI & Energy Technology Discovery

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Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs for a series of discussions on how the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in the energy sector can advance the discovery of new technologies, aid in the prediction of successful energy-related systems, and optimize operations. The first...

Climate Action Palooza

West Los Angeles College 9000 Overland Avenue, Culver City, CA, United States

This is a 3-day Climate Action Palooza to empower, inspire, and get everyone excited about the many ways in which we all can support climate action, the decarbonization of economies, and environmental justice. Day 1: October 24 | International Climate Day of Action | 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. • Opening ceremony features land acknowledgment...

Decarbonizing the Built Environment, 3-Part Series

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As the urgency to address climate change and halt greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) continues to grow, designers have a responsibility to make smart design decisions to minimize their buildings’ GHG emissions. The steps to designing a carbon-smart building are two-fold: minimize embodied carbon and bring operational carbon to zero. This 3-part course will look at...

Envisioning Affordable Housing and Climate Architectures Across the Pacific

Taper Hall (THH), 309K 3501 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Kelema Lee Moses, Assistant Professor, Urban Studies and Planning, University of California, San Diego Discussant: Ginger Nolan, Assistant Professor of Architecture, USC Second only to California, Hawai‘i has the most expensive housing market in the United States. Real-estate developers in both states point to aging infrastructure, the scarcity of available land, and complicated zoning and...

Free Food from the Dining Halls – *FREE JIN RAMEN @ BRUIN DINE / Much with Ottogi*

Conference Room 1 in the Student Activities Center Basement 220 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Get a plate of free hot dining hall food in the SAC basement. Please bring your own containers and utensils. We are operating Tuesdays, Wednesdays, AND Thursdays this quarter. Bruin Dine will be giving away 300 portions of ramen and rice dishes at food recovery; microwave + kettle will be provided . Line-up starts at...

Third annual “Climate Solutions Now” Conference

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Learn about climate solutions being implemented in real time and the near future to get inspired, become educated, and find opportunities to get involved in this all-virtual 3-day event. Talks run from 8-5 pm PT each day. There will be 6 plenary sessions from 8-9 and 1-2 pm PT each day, and the rest of...

How Medicine Becomes Trash: Healthcare Waste as Environmental Crisis

Student Union (STU), 101 3601 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Jeremy Greene, MD, PhD, William H. Welch Professor of Medicine and History of Medicine; Director, Institute of the History of Medicine; Director, Center for Medical Humanities & Social Medicine, John Hopkins University The modern medical enterprise is distinctively wasteful. This may seem to result inevitably from the hazardous nature of medical substances, whose infection risk,...

HBCU Lunch & Learn Series – Biomimicry

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Join Laura McAlister from LA Sanitation and Environment for an enlightening presentation on "Thinking Biomimicry." Explore the fascinating world of biomimicry, discover how nature's solutions can shape a sustainable future, and learn practical tips for incorporating biomimicry into everyday life. Don't miss this opportunity to reconnect with nature and unlock its potential for a greener,...

Free Food from the Dining Halls

Conference Room 1 in the Student Activities Center Basement 220 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Get a plate of free hot dining hall food in the SAC basement. Please bring your own containers and utensils. We are operating Tuesdays, Wednesdays, AND Thursdays this quarter.

Charting Progress: Regulator Actions on Climate Financial Risks

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Climate change poses a significant and growing threat to the stability of financial institutions and markets of all sizes. Ceres’ annual Climate Risk Scorecard assesses the actions that U.S. federal financial regulators have taken within their existing authority to address the systemic impacts of climate-related financial risk. How have these 10 agencies already integrated climate...