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Environmental Science Practicum 2024-2025 Final Presentations
CNSI Auditorium
Events
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Wildfire disaster, recovery, and resilience: what have we learned?
Focus on Environment and Sustainability Series
Wildfire recovery in the U.S., particularly in California, is a slow and complex process hindered by unique post-fire challenges like housing shortages, regulatory hurdles, and underinsurance, but innovative solutions are emerging to improve resilience and equity.
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Optimism, Optopia and Climate Change Stories
Focus on Environment and Sustainability Seminar Series
How can science fiction balance hopeful stories about environmental futures with current realities? What theory of social change should inform these stories? With dire climate change impacts already happening, what kinds of stories can inspire audiences to care about and become active on large-scale environmental issues?
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Managing the Mid-Transition from Fossil to Clean Energy
Focus on Environment and Sustainability Seminar Series
Featuring Emily Grubert Associate Professor of Sustainable Energy PolicyKeough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame Emily Grubert, a civil engineer and environmental sociologist, will share insights on how…
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PAST EVENTS
LA’s Water Resource Future Workshop Series, Part 1
The first workshop in the LA's Water Resource Future Series was held on February 19, 2016. UCLA faculty and Los Angeles region water managers, planners, and scientists explored the state of stormwater management and planning, the potential to connect surface hydrology and groundwater modeling tools to quantify infiltration, potential ecosystem benefits of stormwater capture, and strategies to incentivize increased capture and infiltration of stormwater. The program consisted of talks and panel sessions by invited speakers, each followed by Q&A periods and discussion by all attendees.
UCLA Green Building Symposium – Resiliency: Managing Energy, Water, and Seismic Risk and Implications for Property Owners
This workshop centered around the nexus of disaster response, sustainability, and resiliency.
Doing Well By Doing Good: What Can Business Learn From Social Entrepreneurship
This workshop explored the notion of putting social good alongside profit.
The Future of Corporate Sustainability Reporting
In this workshop, experts examined existing and emerging standards of responsible reporting.
Greening Business for the Green Consumer: Social Media, Advertising, and Hollywood
This workshop explored how companies best capitalize on and implement green marketing strategies to deliver both sound profits and a healthier planet
