UCLA First Thursdays has two parts: daytime activations at the Westwood Village Farmers’ Market and evening block parties with different thematic experiences. We invite you to discover something new in Westwood! Spread the cheer this holiday season by participating in the UCLA Volunteer Center’s Winter Wishlist campaign, a donation drive in partnership with Depaul USA...
To celebrate a successful Fall Quarter, we will be holding a Vegetable Fermentation Workshop led by Chef Julia from the UCLA Teaching Kitchen! This workshop will take place in the garden in the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center and will be followed by a fall potluck. Light snacks will be provided, but feel free to bring...
Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator’s annual Transportation Electrification Partnership (TEP) Summit returns to the La Kretz Innovation Campus to celebrate our progress on electrification and look ahead to 2023. California and Los Angeles are helping drive the zero-emission energy transition with our policies, pilots, funding, and early deployments. The TEP Summit is a chance to reflect...
Want to know more about what it means to achieve “decarbonization” for your building project? Understand the definition of decarbonization, zero net energy (ZNE), and zero net carbon (ZNC) buildings, see case studies of completed projects, and understand the design and construction process necessary to achieve high-performance buildings. Learn about important market trends around energy...
Apple's Vice President of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, and former EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson oversees efforts to minimize Apple's impact on the environment by addressing climate change through...
Construction of major reservoirs and dams is nothing new. While their construction in some countries has slowed down or stopped ( i.e., United States), many nations especially in developing world...
Over the last decade, California has developed a nation-leading suite of clean energy and emissions reduction strategies, building and adjusting a comprehensive fleet of programs across a wide range of...
Speaker: Dan Ruzicka, PhD; Innovation Sourcing Business Partner at Bayer Crop Science Dr. Ruzicka will be speaking on Bayer's different divisions, and will focus on their crop science division with...
For centuries, beavers have been known for their ability to provide ecosystem services. By damming rivers and creating ponds, beavers create new habitats for many plants and animals. In fact,...
Acterra’s Young Professionals Group is excited to co-host a virtual tour of the Shoreway Environmental Center, in conjunction with RethinkWaste! Join us for a fascinating virtual tour of Shoreway’s recycling...
The Sonoran Desert has been home to diverse cultures. Many tangible remains of the interactions between them remain in the landscape in various stages of decay. In this talk, the...
Santa Monica Mountains (SAMO) Fund will be hosting a Career Panel for high school graduates, college level students, or people who are interested in pursuing Conservation, Habitat Restoration, and Nursery...
Registration is free but required. Methane is responsible for approximately 20 percent of current global warming, and methane emissions continue to increase worldwide. For both California and China, one potential...
The National EV Charging Initiative seeks to spur bold actions in the public and private sectors to fully realize the opportunities presented by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Working...
This event will convene energy and environmental leaders from government, industry, academia, and stakeholder groups to showcase the unprecedented opportunities for inclusive electrification created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act and have robust conversations about an updated electrification innovation strategy. The event will be livestreamed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-at3GSBu2Y.
Join California State Parks on Facebook for a live stream to hear from them and the California Department of Water Resources education team! They’ll be discussing the impacts of the current drought and what we can do together to help save water in California - live from Calaveras Big Trees State Park and Millerton Lake...
Sustainable Silicon Valley (SSV) find collaborative solutions to the toughest Bay Area sustainability challenges through Projects, Policies, Events & Education. WET (Water, Environment, Technology) Talks are webinars with leading thinkers within the water space, given the space to present in-depth with considerable time for questions and answers. Tales of the exciting career opportunities fighting climate-change...
Join Veloz for a fireside chat with lead National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) agencies' representatives in California — California Energy Commission's Patty Monahan and California State Transportation Agency Secretary Toks Omishakin — and our host Veloz Executive Director Josh D. Boone. Learn more about NEVI and the program plan, the implementation strategy, how it interacts...
Join Avenue 50 Studio and the Los Angeles Center for Urban Natural Resources Sustainability for a closing reception and panel discussion featuring 3 climate change-themed art shows under one roof…all in the birthplace of Los Angeles, El Pueblo. (more about the 3 shows…) Taking it to the Next Degree: Rising action to meet rising heat,...
Free admission. No registration needed; first come, first served. Of car culture, Joan Didion famously wrote: “Actual participation requires a total surrender, a concentration so intense as to seem a kind of narcosis, a rapture-of-the-freeway. The mind goes clean. The rhythm takes over.” Babette Mangolte offers an outsider’s counterpoint in her elegant meditation on the...
CALPIRG’s upcoming webinar will discuss the importance of limiting waste from packaging, food and electronics during the holiday season. Environmental activists, business owners and a food waste management expert will offer pragmatic suggestions for celebrating sustainability this year. REGISTER HERE