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Can Cities Be Ecosystems? In Conversation with Dr. Stephanie Pincetl
What would it mean to design cities that actually sustain us?
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Introducing POWERLESS: Loudoun County as a Case Study for Data Centers as a Local Paradigm
“I don’t see the birds in the morning anymore.” Gregory Pirio, a longtime Loudoun County resident, explained his experience living near a data center. Greg isn’t the only one reeling…
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Mapping Faith, Flourishing, and the Environment in Los Angeles
Modern scientific research and its discourse fails to adequately embrace the emotional, spiritual and affective impacts of the existential issues of Earth’s future habitability.
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Urban Metabolism: In Conversation with Dr. Stephanie Pincetl
Cities don’t just “grow.” They consume resources, transform them, and generate waste, much as living organisms do.
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California Heat
The real elephant in the room is the historic poor construction of our built environment.
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CCSC hosts a workshop “Mapping the Conversation on Faith, Flourishing, and the Environment”
CCSC hosted a workshop "Mapping the Conversation on Faith, Flourishing, and the Environment," to discuss the conversation between faith and the environment and chart a direction for where the conversations need to go, including critical theoretical work (part historical, part synthetic), and also the empirical work needed for better understanding.
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California Public Utilities Commission project on distributed energy resources led by UCLA’s CCSC and LARC
The California Public Utilities Commission has selected the California Center for Sustainable Communities and the Los Angeles Regional Collaborative at UCLA IoES to lead a Data Working Group on Distributed…
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The California Center for Sustainable Communities at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability strongly condemns the mob attack on our UCLA student encampment.
We object in the strongest possible terms to the University's failure to support our students' right to protest peacefully and to be kept safe while doing so. We are horrified that Chancellor Block did not exercise his responsibility to protect and support students. We believe his statements (and those of President Drake) opened the way to these attacks on our community. The exemplary nature of this encampment made it a target for those who oppose the free exercise of views that differ from their own. Continuing to arrest and jail protesters will not lead to a thoughtful and productive discussion about the very real issues raised by the Israeli invasion of Gaza, and what the University can do to help curb the extraordinary suffering and deaths that are occurring. We call for the convocation of a body to discuss the substantive calls for disclosure and divestment. We also support full legal, academic and disciplinary amnesty for all students, staff, and faculty.
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The Academy Museum is hosting a series of natural disaster film screenings, with discussions about how climate change is portrayed on screen.
Jan. 20,2024: Deep Impact features a post-screening conversation with Stephanie Pincetl, Professor, Director, California Center for Sustainable Communities Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA. Moderated by Sammy Roth, Climate Columnist, Los Angeles Times. Buy tickets now.
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“What Would Be A Just Energy Transition?” Stephanie Pincetl to speak at the Columbia Climate School Signature Speaker Series on Jan. 30 in NYC.
“What Would Be A Just Energy Transition?" Register now for the Columbia Climate School Signature Speaker Series with Stephanie Pincetl on Jan. 30 in NYC.
