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SUMMARY:Circular Cities Week
DESCRIPTION:Last fall\, the Circular Economy Club (CEC) celebrated its inaugural “Circular Cities Week” global event (Oct. 28-Nov. 3\, 2019). The goal: to push\, with a united voice\, for the design and implementation of circular economy strategies in cities worldwide. This year\, more than ever\, we need to work towards building resilient cities that recover from environmental\, social and health crisis. We believe in the circular economy as a model that will help cities to become more resilient. The Circular Cities Week will take place on Oct. 26-Nov. 1\, 2020)\, again alongside the UN World Cities Day.\n\nWhat is the #CircularCities Week\n\n“Circular Cities Week” is an annual\, decentralized global event. In 2019\, over 80 CEC Chapters signed up to organize workshops to identify opportunities and next steps to encourage implementation of the circular economy in their cities. Around 30 CEC Chapters organized the workshop and the findings can be found in this the Circular Cities Week REPORT. This process included bringing in stakeholders from city governments\, private and nonprofit sectors\, and academia—and providing a multi-stakeholder call to action. This year\, we are moving to an online format.\n  \nWhy the #CircularCities Week\nThe CEC envisions a world in which every city in every country functions and prospers through circularity\, ending the age of waste. An ambitious goal such as this requires clarity and clearly defined deadlines. “Circular Cities Week” provides this critical framework.\n\nThe condensed timeframe of “Circular Cities Week” encourages a sense of urgency and purpose designed to help stakeholders identify opportunities\, challenges and next steps for supporting the development of circularity at the city government level. The objectives of the week are two-fold;\n\n\nRaise awareness about the potential for the circular economy framework to build more resilient cities\, considering the current COVID-19 pandemic; and\nEngage citizens to design and implement a circular city and gather suggestions to create a global report gathering the top suggestions.
URL:https://sustain.ucla.edu/event/circular-cities-week/
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SUMMARY:High Impact Tea with John Fisher\, MD\, MBA ('09) on Health\, Leadership and Equity
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE\nDr. John Fisher has more than 15 years serving as a practicing emergency room physician and is an expert in the implementation of systems to streamline and modernize the coordination and delivery of quality healthcare. As the CMO\, Dr. Fisher works closely with the administrative team and medical staff to further the hospital’s mission by establishing quality standards\, providing strategic direction\, and facilitating communication. He is also responsible for aligning physician performance and clinical care with the hospital’s goals and objectives so that patients receive the highest quality care and have the best possible patient experience. \nThroughout his career as a medical administrator\, Dr. Fisher continued in clinical practice as a board-certified and active emergency medicine physician. He has supervised and mentored multidisciplinary clinical staff at multiple hospitals and outpatient facilities\, including two Kaiser Permanente-owned facilities in Southern California\, Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank and Lancaster Community Hospital. \nMost recently\, Dr. Fisher was chief medical officer of Kern Health Systems in Bakersfield\, California\, a not-for-profit managed care organization that serves more than 140\,000 Medi-Cal beneficiaries. His responsibilities included ensuring the access to\, quality of\, and proper use of clinical resources for the plan’s members. During his tenure\, he established programs that increased patient access to primary care and specialty physician services while simultaneously implementing significant cost-saving measures. \nPrior to this\, Dr. Fisher was a physician adviser with Executive Health Resources reviewing clinical cases for Medicare\, Medicaid\, and managed care compliance for numerous hospitals throughout the country. He also served as medical director for a critical care transport service and associate medical director of a hospital emergency department. \n 
URL:https://sustain.ucla.edu/event/high-impact-tea-with-john-fisher-md-mba-09-on-health-leadership-and-equity/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201105T163000
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SUMMARY:U. Michigan Prof. of Environment & Sustainability Kyle Whyte presents "Against Crisis Epistemology"
DESCRIPTION:People who perpetrate colonialism often defend their actions as necessary responses to real or perceived crises. Epistemologies of crisis involve knowing the world in such a way that a certain present is experienced as new. In this talk\, Whyte will discuss newness in terms of the presumptions of unprecedentedness and urgency. According to Whyte\, these presumptions often depend on an unquestioned linear conception of time. In contradistinction to an epistemology of crisis\, he suggests that one interpretation of certain Indigenous intellectual traditions emphasizes what he calls an epistemology of coordination. Different from crisis\, coordination refers to ways of knowing the world that emphasize the importance of moral bonds—or kinship relationships—for generating the (responsible) capacity to respond to constant change. Epistemologies of coordination are conducive to responding to expected and drastic changes without validating harm or violence. \n\n\n\nKyle Whyte is Professor of Environment and Sustainability and George Willis Pack Professor at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability\, serving as a faculty member of the environmental justice specialization. Previously\, Whyte was Professor and Timnick Chair in the Department of Philosophy and Department of Community Sustainability at Michigan State University. Whyte’s research addresses moral and political issues concerning climate policy and Indigenous peoples\, the ethics of cooperative relationships between Indigenous peoples and science organizations\, and problems of Indigenous justice in public and academic discussions of food sovereignty\, environmental justice\, and the anthropocene. He is an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and has partnered with numerous Tribes\, First Nations and inter-Indigenous organizations in the Great Lakes region and beyond on climate change planning\, education and policy. He is involved in a number of projects and organizations that advance Indigenous research methodologies\, including the Climate and Traditional Knowledges Workgroup\, Sustainable Development Institute of the College of Menominee Nation\, Tribal Climate Camp\, and Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. He has served as an author on reports by the U.S. Global Change Research Program and is a former member of the U.S. Federal Advisory Committee on Climate Change and Natural Resource Science and the Michigan Environmental Justice Work Group. Whyte’s work has received the Bunyan Bryant Award for Academic Excellence from Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice and MSU’s Distinguished Partnership and Engaged Scholarship awards\, and grants from the National Science Foundation.\n\n\n\nThe event is free and open to the public.\n\nTo participate\, visit The Humanities Studio Zoom Lounge (https://pomonacollege.zoom.us/j/97855796517) on Thursday\, November 5\, at 4:30 p.m. PT. (If the link above does not take you directly to the registration page for the presentation\, visit zoom.us and enter Meeting ID: 978 5579 6517 when prompted.)\n\n\nFor more information and updates on upcoming Humanities Studio events\, including the Indigeneities Speakers Series\, visit the Humanities Studio events page: \nhttps://www.pomona.edu/administr…/humanities-studio/events
URL:https://sustain.ucla.edu/event/u-michigan-prof-of-environment-sustainability-kyle-whyte-presents-against-crisis-epistemology/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201107T090000
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SUMMARY:7th Annual UC Davis One Health Symposium Registration
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE\nThe 7th Annual One Health Symposium is coming up on Saturday\, November 7th. This is a great event that brings together veterinarians\, physicians\, public health officials\, scientists\, students and staff for discussions on current research projects and issues facing the health of animals\, people\, plants and the environment. \nExciting new things this year! The symposium is going virtual and is FREE.  \nSpend a Saturday learning about bugs\, the amazing world of aquaculture\, COVID-19 in food systems\, and see what students around the world are currently researching!
URL:https://sustain.ucla.edu/event/7th-annual-uc-davis-one-health-symposium-registration/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201110
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201113
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SUMMARY:Greenbuild Virtual International Conference + Expo
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNew for 2020: Greenbuild Goes Virtual\nThe industry’s leading green building event now offers three virtual summits in lead up to International Conference & Expo virtual event. \nSafe\, secure\, sustainable.  Connections without geographic boundaries.   Expanded education courses available in real time or any time.  Interactive supplier sourcing and peer networking forums.   This is Greenbuild’s next chapter.  Join us! \n\n\n\n\nThe Event Dedicated to Sustainability in the Built Environment\nGreenbuild International Conference and Expo is the largest annual event for green building professionals worldwide to learn and source cutting edge solutions to improve resilience\, sustainability\, and quality of life in our buildings\, cities\, and communities. \nAs we turn this new chapter\, Greenbuild – now more than ever before – is where inspiration ignites\, relationships cultivate\, knowledge transfers and the leaders developing the next generation of standards\, policies\, and partnerships gather to turn the promise of a higher living standard into a reality for all. \nREGISTER
URL:https://sustain.ucla.edu/event/greenbuild-virtual-international-conference-expo/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201113T054500
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SUMMARY:Princeton Energy Conference 2020
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE\nOur virtual fall conference 2020 brings together industry professionals\, researchers\, academics\, investors\, analysts\, students\, and other community members that are spirited about the future of the energy industry and new technologies. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic\, economic challenges\, and social injustices\, this conference will emphasize how we will change the energy landscape and drive ourselves forward to a clean\, equitable future for everyone. \nSome of our keynote speakers include: \n\n Dr. Daniel Kammen (Professor of Energy at UC-Berkeley & Chair Goldman School of Public Policy)\nColette Honorable\, Esq. (Partner at ReedSmith\, Former Commissioner at FERC)\nKelly Speakes-Backman (CEO of U.S. Energy Storage Association)\n\nAdditionally\, our conference will feature panels on a wide variety of topics including energy policy\, carbon dioxide removal\, “out-there” technologies\, and renewable business and investment. To see the schedule and full list of keynotes and panels\, check out our website. \nWe will additionally be hosting a resume drop with our sponsors\, small group and personalized discussions with panelists\, and networking sessions for young professionals and college students. Register to stay updated on this information. Please reach out to puea@princeton.edu with any questions or concerns. Hope to see you soon! \nLet’s shape a cleaner and equitable energy landscape together.
URL:https://sustain.ucla.edu/event/12284/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201113T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201113T123000
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SUMMARY:Healthy Buildings and Healthy Homes:  Could Indoor Spaces Be Making You Sick?
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE\nAccording to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)\, the average American spends approximately 90% of their life indoors.  Accordingly\, the physical structures in which we work and live—our homes\, schools\, offices\, public buildings—directly impact health outcomes.  By improving the performance of buildings\, in both design and construction\, our health and well-being benefit greatly\, while also reducing health care costs.  Expanding on the progress established by the green building industry\, the next stage is to advance the complementary practice of healthy building and wellness.  This panel brings together leading experts in the fields of healthy buildings and wellness for an informative and timely discussion regarding human health and its direct correlation to the built environment\, and the tools and technologies that deliver healthier indoor environments in which we can flourish. \nModerator: \nMaggie Delmas\nProfessor of Management\, UCLA Anderson School of Management and the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability; and Faculty Director\, Impact@Anderson \nKeynote: \nBill Hayward\nCEO and Chief Sustainability Officer\, Hayward Lumber; and Founder and CEO\, Hayward Score \nPanelists: \nJennifer Berthelot-Jelovic\nPresident and CEO\, A Sustainable Production\, LLC \nAngela Spangler\nDirector\, International Well Building Institute \nBen Stapleton\nExecutive Director\, US Green Building Council – Los Angeles
URL:https://sustain.ucla.edu/event/healthy-buildings-and-healthy-homes-could-indoor-spaces-be-making-you-sick/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201116T050000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201120T080000
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SUMMARY:Maintaining Momentum to COP26 for the Net-Zero Transition
DESCRIPTION:COP26 has been delayed. \nEnvironmental diplomacy put on hold. \nWe cannot postpone the climate emergency. \nMomentum on climate action must be maintained. \n2020 was meant to usher in a decade of action in our fight against the climate crisis. Governments and businesses were poised to raise their ambition but instead have been fighting a difference crisis – the global pandemic. \nAs economies begin to rebuild\, sectors reopen and society returns the decisions governments and businesses make today and the industries we support will decide the future we create. \nEvent Overview\nOver the past decade the Sustainable Innovation Forum has been used as a platform by the United Nations\, Heads of State\, Government Ministers\, Climate Experts and Chief Executives\, to communicate leadership\, raise ambition and forge stronger relationships between the public and private sectors. \nClimate Action has curated a thoroughly researched and validated programme aligned to the key trends and challenges we face in our collective fight against climate change. The programme is design to build momentum on climate action ahead of COP26 in 2021. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://sustain.ucla.edu/event/maintaining-momentum-to-cop26-for-the-net-zero-transition/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201116T150000
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SUMMARY:2020 Biodiversity Symposium
DESCRIPTION:APLD & LASAN present the 2020 Biodiversity Symposium\nREGISTER HERE\nBiodiversity hotspots are home to unique flora and fauna\, many of which are endemic to a particular environment. Our City of Los Angeles is fortunate to be one of only 36 Biodiversity Hotspots on the planet. \nThis designation also means that biodiversity here is threatened\, and we need to come up with protective strategies to safeguard our area’s resilience and sustainability. Our symposium\, which will unfold over the course of the week\, will illustrate the vital importance of an integrated ecosystem of natural biodiversity and sustainable urban landscapes. \nWe are looking to provide a forum for leading area scientists to inform landscape designers and architects\, builders\, nurseries\, growers\, and homeowners on the significance of biodiversity in the Los Angeles area\, which is severely threatened by urban development. We hope this forum will aid in building an understanding of how we can affect a change in practices and achieve the goal of “a no-net-loss” biodiversity strategy. \nOur well-being fundamentally depends on nature. We must act quickly to take action with protective strategies to safeguard this unique area that we live in. We can make a difference. Join this community and symposium to protect our biodiversity hotspot. \nPlease join us and help spread the word. Garden by garden\, and park by park\, we can take the steps to change the narrative of environmental degradation. \nWe are happy to be in partnership with LASAN for this important endeavor. \n“The survival and well-being of the City’s residents also depend on ecosystem services provided by biodiversity\, including air pollution reduction\, strongly and rapidly mitigating and adapting to climate change\, mental health and educational opportunities\, water cleansing\, and aesthetic benefits. These services are built directly from an integrated ecosystem of natural biodiversity and sustainable urban landscapes.” — LA Sanitation & Environment
URL:https://sustain.ucla.edu/event/2020-biodiversity-symposium/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201118T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201118T113000
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SUMMARY:Webinar One: Park Equity and Life Expectancy Research Findings
DESCRIPTION:New research about the relationship between parks and life expectancy reveals that increasing park acreage in areas that face park deficits and lack trees could lead to significant population-level increases in life expectancy. It also shows that targeted investments in park infrastructure would significantly benefit the health of Latino and Black community members. \nIn this webinar series\, you’ll hear from the UCLA professor who conducted the research and representatives of community-based organizations that will use its results to push for park equity. The project was based in Los Angeles County\, but it provides insights for cities across the country.\nWebinar One: Park Equity and Life Expectancy Research Findings\nWednesday\, November 18\, 2020\, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Pacific Time \nLearn about the life expectancy predictive model research process\, methodology\, findings\, and possible replication. Register here. \nSpeakers: \n\nManal J. Aboelata\, Deputy Executive Director\, Prevention Institute\nDr. Richard J. Jackson\, Professor Emeritus\, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health\, Department of Environmental Health Sciences\nDr. Michael Jerrett\, Professor\, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health\, Department of Environmental Health Sciences\nElva Yañez\, Health Equity Director\, Prevention Institute\n\n 
URL:https://sustain.ucla.edu/event/webinar-one-park-equity-and-life-expectancy-research-findings/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201118T170000
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SUMMARY:Fueling The Intersectional Environmental Movement with Debra Gore-Mann
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE\nClimate action and racial justice are inextricably linked. However\, while the worst effects of climate change have disproportionately harmed communities of color\, the historical faces of climate action have predominantly been white. The discussion will cover the environmental justice movement\, its progress and challenges\, and how corporations should get involved. \nDebra Gore-Mann is President and CEO of the Greenlining Institute. With an engineering degree and an M.B.A. from Stanford (where she was the only African American woman in a class of 300 graduate students)\, her work has spanned across the private\, public and political sectors in uplifting low opportunity communities with funding\, team building and financial and people resources. Most recently\, she led the San Francisco Conservation Corps\, America’s first urban municipal youth corps. \nAs Greenlining’s President and CEO\, Debra guides the organization’s growth and direction and serves as the unifying voice for multifaceted policy work\, bringing her unique\, intersectional perspective to bear. She works with the board to oversee the organization’s finances\, management and governance and partners with staff and board to develop programs and policy strategies to advance racial and economic justice and to strengthen ties with The Greenlining Coalition.
URL:https://sustain.ucla.edu/event/fueling-the-intersectional-environmental-movement-with-debra-gore-mann/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201119T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201119T190000
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SUMMARY:MAI Alumni Panel: Sustainability in Medicine and The Pre-Health Journey
DESCRIPTION:Join Medical Aid Initiative (MAI) on Thursday\, November 19th at 6 PM for our alumni panel: Sustainability in Medicine and The Pre-Health Journey. A team of medical students and pre-health undergraduates will provide insight into their unique undergraduate journeys at UCLA! Along with discussing the significance of medical sustainability\, panelists will share their undergraduate experiences\, give tips on how to balance academics and personal well being\, and describe how their opportunities at UCLA have influenced their career aspirations and prepared them for medical school\, graduate school\, and more.  At the end of the session\, each panelist will host a separate breakout room where participants will be able to ask personalized questions to the individual they resonate with most. RSVP here (https://forms.gle/MZz6ZyHV4B2cAgQs7) to receive the Zoom link\, submit any questions you would like to see answered\, and to review each panelist’s bio. Thank you and please feel free to reach out with any questions and concerns\, as well as share this event with anyone you know who may be interested!
URL:https://sustain.ucla.edu/event/mai-alumni-panel-sustainability-in-medicine-and-the-pre-health-journey/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201130T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201201T173000
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SUMMARY:Carbon-Capture Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a virtual webinar we are planning for November 30 and December 1 on carbon-capture.  This webinar will include leading researchers from UC Irvine\, UCLA\, UC Berkeley\, UC Davis\, MIT\, Carnegie-Mellon University\, Georgia Tech\, Ohio State University\, Arizona State University\, HY-TEK Bio\, Verdox\, and Mosaic Materials.  Several presentations will focus on carbon-capture technologies that are now at the point where scaling-up to mid-scale demonstration projects is the next developmental stage on the path to utility-scale solutions.  As such\, some of the innovations that will be presented may benefit from a CO2 exhaust stream\, for example from a co-generation plant\, in a research university setting where the facilities engineers and faculty researchers can play a role in monitoring and evaluating a CC demonstration project.  I expect that a number of webinar participants will be from universities with CHP plants and an interest in helping to advance carbon-capture solutions that hopefully will prove scalable. \n  \nYou may be curious about our interest in exploring and fostering carbon-capture technologies.  Many leading climate scientists believe that carbon-capture as well as energy de-carbonization may be essential to avoid 2 degree C. overshoot.  Moreover\, we believe that speeding up\, as well as attaining\, carbon-free energy will not be a single-path solution\, but rather a mosaic of technology and  infrastructure solutions that work in synergy to provide resilience and grid stability that will be increasingly critical as weather and seasonal extremes exacerbate the path to carbon-free energy. \nIn the spirit of bi-coastal collaboration on climate solutions\, this virtual colloquium will be co-sponsored by the University of Maryland and the University of California\, Irvine.  Presenters will include: \n  \nShota Atsumi\, Professor of Chemistry\, UC Davis \nJack Brouwer\, Professor of Mechanical\, Aerospace\, and Environmental Engineering and Director of the UC Irvine Advanced Power and Energy Program and National Fuel Research Center \nLiang-Shih Fan\, Distinguished University Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\, The Ohio State University \nChristopher W. Jones\, William R. McLain Chair and Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering\, Georgia Tech \nKlaus Lackner\, Professor\, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering\, Arizona State University and Director of Center for Negative Carbon Emissions \nJeffrey R. Long\, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\, University of California\, Berkeley and Co-Founder\, Mosaic Materials \nRobert “Bob” Mroz\, Founder/CEO of HY-TEK Bio\, a Baltimore tech startup that is operating a demonstration facility of Bob’s algae-based carbon-capture system \nEdward S. Rubin\, Alumni Chair Professor of Environmental Engineering and Science; Professor of Engineering & Public Policy and Mechanical Engineering; Senior Fellow\, Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation\, Carnegie Mellon University \nGaurav Sant\, Professor of Engineering at UCLA \nSahag Voskian\, Chemistry Department\, MIT\, and Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Verdox \nJenny Yang\, UC Irvine Professor of Chemistry \n  \nWe plan to allot ample time for Q&A (more than has been commonplace in recent webinars where one or two questions are possible per speaker).  If you are interested in registering for this virtual colloquium\, please use this link:\nhttps://uci.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4SyXG5nwTT-OIVteh6Iy3w
URL:https://sustain.ucla.edu/event/carbon-capture-symposium/
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