Nature, Urban Development and Sustainability
SpeakerProfessor Stephanie Pincetl, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Events for February 22, 2013 - November 5, 2012
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World EV Cities and Ecosystems Conference
This one-day conference will bring together 300 leaders from across the globe–city and agency decision makers, business executives, and non-profit leaders–to explore best practices and innovative solutions for the deployment of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs).Selected invited cities include: Amsterdam, Netherlands, Los Angeles, California, Barcelona, Spain, Melbourne, Australia, Hamburg, Germany, Paris, France, Houston, Texas, Portland, Oregon, Kanagawa, […]
2012 Alternative Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo
2012 Alternative Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo May 15-17 in Long Beach, California ACT Expo is North America’s largest alternative fuel and advanced vehicle technologies event With soaring gas prices and mobile transportation sources being a major source of air pollution in Southern California, now is the time to plan and invest in an alternatively-fueled future. […]
A World Predominately Powered by Solar and Wind Energy? A Green Family Lecture Featuring Walter Kohn, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
RSVP: www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/kohnABSTRACT:It is widely recognized that the fossil fuels, oil and natural gas, which currently provide almost 60% of the world's energy consumption, will be largely exhausted in a few decades. At the same time world population will have increased by an estimated 30 to 40 percent by mid-century.To avoid a catastrophic energy shortage by mid-century, these […]
Luskin Center Open House and Reception
Come see the newly remodeled Luskin Center office, enjoy light food and drinks, and engage with distinguished members of the Luskin Center Board of Directors and other VIPs from on and off campus.
Plug-In 2012 Conference & Exposition
Brett Williams, Program Director of Electric Vehicles and Alternative Fuels at the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation will be speaking atthe upcoming Plug-In 2012 Conference & Exposition. This will be the 5th annual event which will provide attendees with the latest insights from experts on the technical advances, market research and policy initiatives shaping the future […]
Green LA Confidential
Please join the Luskin Center in supporting Green LA at their event, Green LA Confidential. This promises to be a fun evening of improv and storytelling featuring LA's environmental leaders, and will take place at 7:00 pm at The Last Bookstore in downtown Los Angeles. Jill Bourque, a highly acclaimed comedian, improviser and producer, will […]
Southern California Sustainability Forum
UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation Project Manager of the EV Readiness Project, Ayala Ben-Yehuda will be a panelist discussing - Electric Vehicles AreComing: What Local Governments Need to Know. For more information and to register, please visit the LARC website.
Policy Translation Seminar on Nanotechnology Research: Soybeans, Soil, and Nodulating Bacteria
Article of discussion: "Soybean susceptibility to manufactured nanomaterials with evidence for food quality and soil fertility interruption."Presented by co-author: Patricia Holden of the University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, University of California, Santa BarbaraAbstract:Based on previously published hydroponic plant, planktonic bacterial, and soil microbial community research, manufactured nanomaterial (MNM) environmental buildup could […]