Building Resilience: Community as the Building Block of Resilience Now Virtual! Tuesday, July 28th, 2020; 10 AM - 11:30 AM PST Join on Zoom Link sent to participants after completed registration Register Here Metro Partners: $75.00 USGBC-LA Members: $75.00 General Public: $90.00 As American communities are confronted by compounded and systematic challenges, we need new models to build […]

REGISTER HERE   Presentation Intros: It can be difficult to talk about climate change in ways that are productive, informative, and engaging — but the scale of the challenge in front of us requires that we find a way to do this. Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be a guessing game. Jessica Moyer, from the […]

Advancing LEED for Cities and Communities in California   Via Zoom https://zoom.us/j/92381724351 On July 30 join the USGBC LA Chapter as we explore the LEED for Cities and Communities rating systems and how California cities and communities are aligned with the program's emphasis on climate, resilience, health and social equity. We'll connect directly with the program […]

Register for our FREE webinar on July 30th! Tune in to hear Gregory Wendt, CFP, Glenda Humiston and Erik Oberholtzer discuss Episode 5: Food and Agriculture Systems Transformation and Rural Inclusive Development At all levels the current systemic crisis is revealing the gaps and opportunities for transformation and resilience in all levels of agriculture and food […]

Via Zoom https://zoom.us/j/92381724351   On July 30 join the USGBC LA Chapter as we explore the LEED for Cities and Communities rating systems and how California cities and communities are aligned with the program's emphasis on climate, resilience, health and social equity. We'll connect directly with the program staff and stakeholders from the LEED Cities […]

As college sports programs plan their recovery from Covid-19 impacts, leveraging existing campus assets and fan preferences opens up sports sustainability operations that generate revenues, cost savings, and significant campus/community support for moving the ball on climate action. As many professional and global sports organizations have learned, taking action to mitigate climate change helps deliver […]

A Discussion on How to Ensure the Right Outcomes with Congressman Ro Khanna, serving California’s 17th Congressional District in the heart of Silicon Valley. REGISTER NOW RSVP Required via Zoom for Webinar Link and Instructions to Join. Open to UCLA students, alumni, faculty, staff and members of the extended UCLA community and general public. Congressman Ro Khanna  California’s 17th Congressional […]

Speaker: Kipp McMichael Break out your rulers, scales and metrics for a tour of California flora with an eye toward maxima and minima. We'll start with familiar status-holders like giant sequoia and duckweed but move on to more esoteric categories and the biggests and smallests therein: The largest flower? The longest vine? The biggest fruit? […]

TRUE Zero Waste and Circular Economy Training Series: HOW TO APPLY CIRCULARITY TO YOUR BUSINESS AND REDUCE OPERATING COSTS Via Zoom Zoom link sent upon completion of registration Register Here   REDUCE, REUSE, AND COMPOSTING HOW TO APPLY CIRCULARITY TO YOUR BUSINESS AND REDUCE OPERATIONAL COSTS Without urgent action, global waste will increase by 70 percent […]

This summer the Nature Gardens and Tar Pits are coming over to your place. Fix yourself a DIY botanical cocktail and join our events happening LIVE. Turn up the DJ tunes and join in on a talk with Museum Staff who’ll be getting to the root of plants from the present day all the way […]

By: Andrea Williams, CNPS Director of Plant Science California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (aka CAL FIRE)'s proposed program to treat vegetation on public and private land across California to improve public safety, protect natural resources, and reduce fire suppression costs. CNPS Chapters have the opportunity to build local relationships to ensure the work […]

Safety is Metro’s top priority while we continue to do the work to chart our path forward, especially as LA County reopens in stages. Throughout the year, Metro is hosting a series of conversations on resiliency concepts and solutions. Metro is seeking innovative, cost effective solutions that will help us reduce our waste streams, like […]

Each year, the LABBC Building Technology Showcase helps property owners quickly get up to speed on the latest building technologies through a combination of live case studies and fast-pitch presentations from technology companies vetted by our Partners. This year’s virtual event will focus on technologies for Multifamily Residential properties, where efficiency investments make the biggest […]

2020 Municipal Green Building Conference + Expo DAY 1 of MGBCE: Municipal Green Friday, August 21st, 2020 MGBCE 2020 is a virtual event--see you online! **(Please note that this date has been rescheduled from the previous date on May 29th. If you had previously registered, your registration will automatically be moved to the new dates. If […]

2020 Municipal Green Building Conference + Expo DAY 2 of MGBCE: Community Green Saturday, August 22nd, 2020 MGBCE 2020 is a virtual event--see you online! **(Please note that this date has been rescheduled from the previous date on May 30th. If you had previously registered, your registration will automatically be moved to the new dates.) This […]

Nita Winter and Rob Badger take you behind the scenes of their 27-year journey photographing wildflowers throughout California. It began in 1992, when they discovered and fell in love with California’s spectacular wildflower blooms in the Mojave Desert’s Antelope Valley California Poppy Preserve. Photographing these beautiful landscapes and individual flowers evolved into their documentary art […]

To maintain social distancing, this class will be held online. See below for more details. Curious about the best ways to water your native garden? This focused one hour online class covers how, when and where to irrigate, as well as the benefits and drawbacks for overhead, drip and hand-watering equipment. This class will be […]

Professor Kate O'Neill of the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at UC Berkeley charts the rise and fall (and rise again) of scrap plastic on global recycling markets, examining how waste plastic became a global commodity and why this changed so dramatically in recent years. What does the resurgence of plastics during the […]