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SUMMARY:Environmental Graduate Student Networking Event 2016
DESCRIPTION:All graduate students interested in environmental sustainability and energy are invited to a free\, cross-campus networking reception.Learn about campus environmental organizations\, student funding opportunities\, jobs and internships\, and other resources while you also meet your peers over hors d’oeuvres and refreshments. There is no dress code.*Registration is required. Register here.(Must have a valid UCLA ID. Graduate students/faculty/staff only)Agenda:5:00 		Event begins with food\, drinks\, and networking5:30		Hear from the following UCLA entities that offer funding\, job\, fellowship\, and other opportunities for graduate students:				Luskin Center for Innovation				Sustainable LA Grand Challenge				Institute of the Environment and Sustainability				Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (invited)				UCLA Sustainability						Leaders in Sustainability Graduate Certificate Program				GSA Sustainable Resource Center6:15		More time to socialize and connect7:00		Event ends
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/environmental-graduate-student-networking-event-2016-2/
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SUMMARY:Luskin Innovators Speaker Series: Featuring Jon Christensen
DESCRIPTION:Environmental Bonds for Equitable Community BenefitsREGISTER HERE Walk-ins Welcome!Join renowned UCLA professor and journalist Jon Christensen todiscuss highlights from his new report “Environmental Bonds Should Equitably\nBenefit All Communities: Looking Forward Based on an Analysis of Prop 84.” His\ntalk–with critical importance during this election season–will be followed by\na panel with other leaders:Panel:Alf Brandt\, Senior\nCounsel for Assembly Speaker Anthony RendonAlina Bokde\, Executive Director\, Los Angeles Neighborhood Land TrustAlfredo Gonzalez\, Program Officer\, Resources Legacy Fund (moderator)There will be refreshments and hors d’oeuvres.Synopsis of paper \n“A systematic\nanalysis of spending under Proposition 84\, the last major environmental bond\napproved by California voters\, which in 2006 authorized $5.4 billion to improve\nparks\, natural resource protection\, and water quality\, supply and safety. Most\nof that money has been spent. And for the first time ever\, we have good enough\ndata to ask some crucial questions. \nWhere was that funding spent? Who benefited? And\nwas the spending prioritized as voters expected? The report  analyzed $2\nbillion spent on 2\,174 projects in California communities and found decidedly\nmixed results.”About the authorJon Christensen is an\nadjunct assistant professor in the Institute of the Environment and\nSustainability\, the Department of History\, and the Center for Digital\nHumanities at the University of California\, Los Angeles. He is a\njournalist-in-residence at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability\,\na founder of the Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies (LENS) in\nthe IoES\, and a senior fellow in UCLA’s cityLAB. He is a partner and strategic\nadviser atStamen Design\, an interactive design studio specializing in mapping\,\ndata visualization\, and strategic communications. And he is a regular columnist\nat LA Observed\, a contributor to other newspapers and magazines\, and a\ncommentator on radio and television. \nJon was executive director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West\, an\ninterdisciplinary center for research\, teaching\, new media\, and journalism at\nStanford University before coming to UCLA. He has been an environmental\njournalist and science writer for more than 30 years. His work has appeared in The\nNew York Times\, Nature\, High Country News\, and many other newspapers\,\nmagazines\, journals\, and radio and television shows. Jon was a Knight\nJournalism Fellow at Stanford in 2002-2003 and a Steinbeck Fellow at San Jose\nState University in 2003-2004\, before returning to Stanford to work on a Ph.D.\nin environmental history and the history of science. He was editor of Boom:\nA Journal of California\, a quarterly magazine published by the University\nof California Press\, from 2013 to 2016. \nHe is currently finishing a book entitled Critical Habitat: A History of\nThinking with Things in Nature and is engaged in a multidisciplinary\ndigital environmental humanities research project on nature in cities. And he\nwas a co-coordinator of a Mellon Sawyer Seminar on “Environmental Humanities:\nEmergence and Impacts” at UCLA\, which resulted in A Companion to the\nEnvironmental Humanities\, an edited volume of essays forthcoming from\nRoutledge.
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/luskin-innovators-speaker-series-featuring-jon-christensen-2/
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SUMMARY:Earth Now: Earth 2050 Symposium
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE for this Luskin College Endowment Inaugural SymposiumFrom public policy to installation art\, this event explores all facets of modern environmental challenges and highlights efforts to make lives and businesses more sustainable. The program includes talks from top experts\, workshops\, local and national nonprofit organizations\, art\, a student film contest—and much more. We will highlight UCLA campus-wide sustainability while showcasing the new Luskin Conference Center and honoring the generosity of Meyer and Renee Luskin.October 18 – Keynote AddressKathryn D. Sullivan will deliver the symposium’s keynote address at 6 p.m. Sullivan is Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans & Atmosphere\, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)—and the first American woman to walk in space. Prior to her current appointment\, Sullivan played a central role in directing Administration and NOAA priority work in the areas of weather and water services\, climate science and services\, integrated mapping services and Earth-observing capabilities. She also provided agency-wide direction with regard to satellites\, space weather\, water\, and ocean observations and forecasts to best serve American communities and businesses.October 19 – Next Generation Policies for a Sustainable FutureVisions for a Sustainable Los Angeles in 2050: The Sustainable LA Grand Challenge has goals of 100% renewables\, 100% local water\, and enhanced ecosystem and human health by 2050.  Esteemed architect and faculty member\, Thom Mayne\, Professor Eui-Sung Yi and The Now Institute have mapped out potential scenarios for Los Angeles County in 2050. A round table of city and county leaders will join Mayne in a discussion on potential visions for a sustainable future for Los Angeles. Panelists will discuss how a decarbonized transportation and energy network will enable a projected 11.5 million people to thrive in a hotter Los Angeles.U.S. Climate Regulation—Beyond First Steps: The U.S. will need to make aggressive reductions in its emissions to meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement and limit global warming. But while deep decarbonization is technically feasible\, no one yet knows what mix of laws and policies it will take to achieve the required\, long-term emission cuts. The Emmett Institute will host a discussion of the laws and policy tools needed to make progress on this issue\, both in the mid- and long-term. Do existing tools like the Clean Air Act get us far enough? How do the trade-offs between market-based and regulatory policies change as the environmental goals grow more demanding and look further ahead? Can the states do much more\, or is stronger federal action required? What role will international negotiations play in stimulating innovation? The discussion will feature:Congressman Ted Lieu (invited)David Roberts\, energy and climate change writer\, Vox Media\, Inc.Dr. Jim Williams\, Chief Scientist\, Energy + Environmental Economics (E3)Ann E. Carlson\, Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law\, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment\, UCLA School of LawEdward A. Parson\, Dan and Rae Emmett Professor of Environmental Law\, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment\, UCLA School of LawPhilip S. Barnett\, Managing Director\, Schiliro Barnett LLCThe Future of Environmental Policy in CaliforniaCalifornia has long been at the forefront of environmental policy in the U.S. and globally. This includes pioneering leadership on climate action\, sustainable energy\, clean transportation\, and land conservation. We are now at a turning point and have opportunities to set new goals and innovative strategies for the coming decades. This session\, organized by the Luskin Center for Innovation\, will feature prominent leaders who will provide their visions for a sustainable future\, and discuss what specific policies and innovative strategies are needed to achieve these inspiring visions. This session will cut across agencies and domains to discuss common goals\, visions\, and actions that the public can be a part of to advance environmental health and sustainability in California for the long term.   Speakers include:Senator Fran Pavley\, co-author of the landmark Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006Mary Nichols\, Chair of the California Air Resources BoardMary Luevano\, Commissioner\, California Coastal CommissionRobert Oglesby\, Executive Director\, California Energy CommissionRandall Winston\, Executive Director\, Strategic Growth CouncilJ.R. DeShazo\, Director of the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation (Moderator)October 20 – Environmental Science\, Narratives\, Art and EducationEight Scientific Visions for a Sustainable Planet: Forget the old scary stories of planetary collapse—environmentalism today is about optimism and action. Join eight faculty from UCLA’s Institute for the Environment and Sustainability  to explore their science-based visions for what a sustainable Earth could look like in 2050 and how to get there. We’re talking zero-carbon city-states\, supercharged African scientific networks to fight climate change\, and the Uber-ized transportation systems of the future. Maybe even a jetpack or two. Speakers include:Magali Delmas\, Director – Center for Corporate Environmental PerformanceAlex Hall\, Director – Center for Climate ScienceStephanie Pincetl\, Director – California Center for Sustainable CommunitiesDeepak Rajagopal\, Professor – IoESH. Bradley Shaffer\, Director – La Kretz CenterThomas B. Smith\, Director – Center for Tropical ResearchAradhna Tripati\, Professor – IoESRobert Eagle Tripati\, Professor – IoES Storiesfor a Changing Planet: LENS—the Laboratory for\nEnvironmental Narrative Strategies—will have its public launch at the Earth\nNow: Earth 2050 symposium. The program will include talks by novelist and\nbiodiversity expert Lydia\nMillet\, environmental photographer and writer Subhankar Banerjee\,\nand Outdoor\nAfro founder and CEO Rue Mapp. The session will also feature panel\ndiscussions with journalists and artists along with a dynamic showcase of UCLA\nfaculty and student projects that reflect LENS’s mission to conduct innovative\nresearch on environmental narrative in diverse contexts; to train the next\ngeneration of environmental thinkers\, scientists\, and leaders in multimedia\nstorytelling and strategic communications; and to collaborate with others to\nenhance real-world environmental communications. LENS is also curating public\ninstallations of immersive art projects at the conference site that address\ntimely environmental and ecological topics around campus\, including Marina Zurkow’s hand-drawn\,\nsoftware-driven animation Mesocosm (image\nbelow)\, a collaboration between photographer Adam Nadel and UCLA anthropology\nprofessor Jessica Cattelino on the cultural politics of water in the\nEverglades\, and Tree Lines\, an exhibit on ancient bristlecones by\nartist Valerie Cohen and writer Michael Cohen. LENS is also installing artworks\naround campus during the conference in collaboration with the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA (CAP\nUCLA). Inspiring projections of images of LA as an “Animal Land” by artists\nKendra Sollars and Lauren Strohacker will occupy the outdoor walls of student\nresidences on The Hill\, while the artists engage students in creating\ntheir own art. And an original video artwork\, Holoscenes/Anthropocene\n1 \, conceived\nby performance artist Lars\nJans about climate change\, sea-level rise\, and our everyday lives\nwill be unveiled at an after-party co-sponsored by LENS and CAP UCLA at the\nFowler Museum at the end of the symposium. ScheduleTuesday\, October 186:00pmKeynote address by Kathryn Sullivan: Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans & Atmosphere\, NOAA Administrator (Centennial Hall) Wednesday\, October 198:30am – 10:00amSustainable L.A. Grand Challenge: “Visions for a Sustainable L.A. in 2050” (Centennial Hall)9:00am – 6:30pmPoster Session (Legacy A&B)10:00am – 10:30amBreak10:30am – 12:30pmEmmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment: “U.S. Climate Regulation – Beyond First Steps” (Centennial Hall)12:30pm – 2:00pmBreak1:00pm – 1:30pmScience Communications Lecture (Randy Olson\, Centennial Hall)2:00pm – 5:00pmScience Communications Training (Randy Olson) for pre-registered graduate students and faculty (Enlightenment)2:00pm – 5:00pmLuskin Center for Innovation: “The Future of Environmental Policy in California” (Centennial Hall)5:00pm – 6:30pmPoster Session Reception (Legacy A&B)Thursday\, October 209:00am – 5:00pmScreening of winning high-school student environmental short-films; LENS artist’s videos (Laureate Room)9:00am – 5:00pmHigh-school student mentoring (Legacy A&B\, Exploration\, and UCLA Campus Sustainability tour)10:30am – 12:30pm  Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES): “Eight Scientific Visons for A Sustainable Planet” (Centennial Hall)12:30pm – 2:00pmBreak2:00pm – 5:15pmLaboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies (LENS):  “Stories for a Changing Planet” (Centennial Hall)5:30pm – 6:30pmGreenShorts: screening of winning Los Angeles area high-school student environmental short-films and Awards Presentation (Centennial Hall)6:30pm – 7:30pm Closing reception (Centennial Terrace) 7:30pm – 10:00pm After-party and art exhibit at the Fowler Museum sponsored by LENS and CAP UCLA with music\, dancing\, food\, and drink.   
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/earth-now-earth-2050-symposium-2/
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SUMMARY:Luskin Innovators Speaker Series Double Feature: Benjamin Barber and Andrew Revkin
DESCRIPTION:6:00pm – 7:20pm Benjamin BarberDemocratic political theoristBenjamin Barber has written in books like Strong Democracy and Jihad\nvs McWorld about the crisis in liberal democracy and the nation-state. In\nrecent years\, he has focused on the extraordinary role cities are playing in\nboth local and global governance and in the revival of democracy. Coming from\nhis book If Mayors Ruled the World\, the idea for a Global Parliament of\nMayors (GPM) has taken root. Last month in The Hague\, the GPM was formally\ninaugurated with 70 cities and 25 urban networks participating. The voice of\ncities now has a global megaphone and a platform for common action\, and offers\na powerful response to the paralysis of gridlock nation-states and national\npolitical parties. 7:30pm – 8:50pm Andrew Revkin \nSurviving the\nAnthropocene – An insider’s view of the emergence of humanity’s planet-scale\npower surge and the many prescriptions for avoiding calamity. \nThrough an odd set of circumstances\, Andrew Revkin is both\none of the leading chroniclers of Earth’s human- dominated age and\, as one of 35\nmembers of the Anthropocene Working Group\, one of those tasked with assessing\nwhether it deserves status as a geological epoch. 
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/luskin-innovators-speaker-series-double-feature-benjamin-barber-and-andrew-revkin-2/
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