Showing posts with label Events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Events. Show all posts
40th Anniversary for UCLA's Urban Planning
Pictures from the event will be posted later this week.
Yesterday marked the celebration of 40 years of urban planning at UCLA. The day started off with a panel discussion on the history of the program. Panelists included professors and distinguished students from all decades of the program (see the full list below). Professor John Friedman (the first chair of the program) and Stanley Hoffman (from the first graduating class in 1972) were there. Mr. Hoffman pointed out that there were only 17 students in the graduating class of '72, now we have over 60 each year. In total, 2,500 students have graduated from the program over the years.
Read on for more details.
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Bicycle Roundtable at Metro May 12
If you're in the UCLA Bike Coalition Google group, this is a duplicate message, but for those of you who haven't joined yet, here it is:
At yesterday's pricing and social equity panel discussion at USC, I sat at a table with Stephanie Wiggins, the Executive Officer - Congestion Reduction Initiative at Metro, and Bronwen Trice, the Senior Community Relations Officer for Metro. We talked bikes during one of the breaks. Stephanie acknowledged that Metro hasn't had a particularly good reputation within the cycling community and said they were trying to change that.
Anyways, a bicycle roundtable is scheduled for May 12 at Metro from 5:30 to 7:30 P.M. at Metro's Headquarters. If you plan on attending, RSVP by Friday, May 7 to Jennifer Gill at 213-922-4224 or gillj@metro.net.
http://www.metro.net/around/
At yesterday's pricing and social equity panel discussion at USC, I sat at a table with Stephanie Wiggins, the Executive Officer - Congestion Reduction Initiative at Metro, and Bronwen Trice, the Senior Community Relations Officer for Metro. We talked bikes during one of the breaks. Stephanie acknowledged that Metro hasn't had a particularly good reputation within the cycling community and said they were trying to change that.
Anyways, a bicycle roundtable is scheduled for May 12 at Metro from 5:30 to 7:30 P.M. at Metro's Headquarters. If you plan on attending, RSVP by Friday, May 7 to Jennifer Gill at 213-922-4224 or gillj@metro.net.
http://www.metro.net/around/
Food 2.0
(Heard about this from Heart Beet Gardening but haven't found anything else about it)
Food 2.0, a symposium on Sustainable Agriculture, Social Entrepreneurship and the Future of Food at UCLA on May 5th. Food 2.0 is a first of its kind, this path-breaking event will cast a spotlight on the thought leaders and social entrepreneurs who are reinventing the food we eat, the beverages we drink and the systems that nourish our communities. It is a rare opportunity to explore the connection between profits and purpose and how we can strengthen community through sustainable business.
More details to come (please post 'em if you've got 'em), at least two panels mentioned: "The Future of Food", and Sustainable Food Initiatives on the LA food Scene.
When & Where: May 5th from 4-8pm at the UCLA Anderson School of Management in Westwood, California. Panel events will be held in Korn Hall and the Farmer's Market will take place just outside Korn Hall in Alumni Plaza.
Food 2.0, a symposium on Sustainable Agriculture, Social Entrepreneurship and the Future of Food at UCLA on May 5th. Food 2.0 is a first of its kind, this path-breaking event will cast a spotlight on the thought leaders and social entrepreneurs who are reinventing the food we eat, the beverages we drink and the systems that nourish our communities. It is a rare opportunity to explore the connection between profits and purpose and how we can strengthen community through sustainable business.
More details to come (please post 'em if you've got 'em), at least two panels mentioned: "The Future of Food", and Sustainable Food Initiatives on the LA food Scene.
When & Where: May 5th from 4-8pm at the UCLA Anderson School of Management in Westwood, California. Panel events will be held in Korn Hall and the Farmer's Market will take place just outside Korn Hall in Alumni Plaza.
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Campus Affairs,
Events,
Food,
Social Justice,
Sustainable
BruinPlanners steering committee info session Tuesday 4/20
As the academic year starts to wind down, it's important that we solidify the future leadership of BruinPlanners and map out what role this site is going to play over the next couple of years. To that end, we're having an info session on campus next week to talk about where we think things ought to be going and what you see as the future of the site.
Topics to be covered include how to formalize and coordinate the production of content, ways of monetizing the blog to pay for operations (i.e. hosting costs), and how to manage the annual funding allocation we receive from the department, among a great many other concerns. BruinPlanners is already a great resource for current and former students to exchange ideas, publicize their work, and promote social events, but we want to ensure that it continues to grow and improve, providing a benefit to students, alumni, the department and the university.
Everyone is encouraged to come, especially current first-years and (if they're around town) incoming students, because you will really be the ones most intimately involved in shaping the future of the site. And to give you a little incentive, there will be a drawing for a couple of UCLA Urban Planning t-shirts. So come get yours!
When: Tuesday, April 20th at 3:00 pm
Where: Public Affairs Building 5th floor faculty lounge Google Map
Hope to see you there...
-- David, Niall, and Jeremy
Topics to be covered include how to formalize and coordinate the production of content, ways of monetizing the blog to pay for operations (i.e. hosting costs), and how to manage the annual funding allocation we receive from the department, among a great many other concerns. BruinPlanners is already a great resource for current and former students to exchange ideas, publicize their work, and promote social events, but we want to ensure that it continues to grow and improve, providing a benefit to students, alumni, the department and the university.
Everyone is encouraged to come, especially current first-years and (if they're around town) incoming students, because you will really be the ones most intimately involved in shaping the future of the site. And to give you a little incentive, there will be a drawing for a couple of UCLA Urban Planning t-shirts. So come get yours!
When: Tuesday, April 20th at 3:00 pm
Where: Public Affairs Building 5th floor faculty lounge Google Map
Hope to see you there...
-- David, Niall, and Jeremy
Reminder. SUN networking event tonight
Our Sustainable Urban Network (SUN) student group is hosting a networking event tonight:
When: Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010; 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: UCLA Public Affairs Bldg. 5th Floor Faculty Lounge. Snacks will be provided!
How does sustainability influence the work of professional planners?
Are there emerging trends in the field related to sustainability?
Please join us for SUN's first networking event of 2010 featuring a panel of planning professionals. They will discuss their work experiences and recent projects that relate to sustainability.
Panelists:
Steve Crosley, Senior Transportation Planner, Fehr & Peers, Transportation Consultants, Santa Monica.
Juan Matute, Director, Program on Local Government Climate Action Policies, Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies (UCLA School of Public Affairs)
Georgia Sheridan, Urban Designer/Planner, Torti Gallas and Partners, Sheridan/Hawkes Collaborative
Join in the discussion! You are invited to ask questions and participate to help create an
interactive event!
When: Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010; 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: UCLA Public Affairs Bldg. 5th Floor Faculty Lounge. Snacks will be provided!
How does sustainability influence the work of professional planners?
Are there emerging trends in the field related to sustainability?
Please join us for SUN's first networking event of 2010 featuring a panel of planning professionals. They will discuss their work experiences and recent projects that relate to sustainability.
Panelists:
Steve Crosley, Senior Transportation Planner, Fehr & Peers, Transportation Consultants, Santa Monica.
Juan Matute, Director, Program on Local Government Climate Action Policies, Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies (UCLA School of Public Affairs)
Georgia Sheridan, Urban Designer/Planner, Torti Gallas and Partners, Sheridan/Hawkes Collaborative
Join in the discussion! You are invited to ask questions and participate to help create an
interactive event!
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Events,
Networking,
SUN
March 4: UC Day of Action
On March 4, the UC Day of Action will organize students throughout the UC system against the fee hikes. More information is available at the March 4 Strike Blog. Here is the schedule for the Day of Action:
- 11:30am-Noon Campus-wide: Any students still stuck in class are encouraged to WALKOUT!
- Noon-1pm ALL OUT TO BRUIN PLAZA! Rally followed by March around UCLA campus; Speakers, media coverage, chanting, opportunities for circulating petitions, etc.
- 1-3pm Bruin Plaza and Campus Wide Revolution Dance Party- DJ, musical acts, hip-hop artists, student-led teach-ins, etc.
- 3-4pm Bruin Plaza: Teach-in with various faculty members.
- 4:30-5:30pm Bruin Plaza: Rally; Speakers, media coverage, chanting, petitioning, etc. UTLA, CFT, CTA, LAUSD, Community Colleges, and California State Universities join.
Last week, the Social Sciences Council (which includes your Urban Planning Reps) passed a resolution in support of the Day of Action, which you can read after the break...
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Campus Affairs,
Events,
Organizing,
Social Justice
Moving Toward Sustainable Transportation | 16th UCTC Student Conference 2010 at UC Irvine
Information is up online for the 2010 UCTC Student conference, hosted at UC Irvine. This year's theme is Moving Toward Sustainable Transportation. Now that I have graduated, I won't be going, but I wish to encourage current students to attend. The UCTC conference is attended by such a diverse cornucopia of students and professors who are studying transportation from different disciplines.
[Admittedly I had some trouble wrapping my head around the high-level engineering work being done at UC Irvine].
But I found the scholarship being one through the geography department at UCSB and the ITS center up at UC Davis (particularly Susan Shaheen's work on carsharing) absolutely fascinating.
The event is free. There is travel money for those who present and for undergraduate students.
Website: Moving Toward Sustainable Transportation | 16th UCTC Student Conference 2010 at UC Irvine
[Admittedly I had some trouble wrapping my head around the high-level engineering work being done at UC Irvine].
But I found the scholarship being one through the geography department at UCSB and the ITS center up at UC Davis (particularly Susan Shaheen's work on carsharing) absolutely fascinating.
The event is free. There is travel money for those who present and for undergraduate students.
Website: Moving Toward Sustainable Transportation | 16th UCTC Student Conference 2010 at UC Irvine
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Events,
Sustainable,
transportation
Bruins for Traffic Relief launch party « Be A Green Commuter Home
I just blogged earlier this morning on the blog for UCLA Transportation about the launch party for Bruins for Traffic Relief, the student transportation/transit advocacy org on campus. I was a member last year, and learned a LOT about the ins and outs how transportation and land use decisions are made in the city.
Students, I learned, can have an immense amount of influence by bringing up issues that might otherwise be ignored, or simply unaddressed.
The article:
Bruins for Traffic Relief launch party « Be A Green Commuter Home
- Sirinya MA '09
Students, I learned, can have an immense amount of influence by bringing up issues that might otherwise be ignored, or simply unaddressed.
The article:
Bruins for Traffic Relief launch party « Be A Green Commuter Home
- Sirinya MA '09
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Events,
Organizing,
Student Work,
transportation
Fifth Ecology: Los Angeles Beyond Desire
The Fifth Ecology: Los Angeles Beyond Desire.
...An urban planning proposal for the Los Angeles River area in downtown Los Angeles. Developed by the post graduates at The Royal College of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden... Check it out at Gallery 727 in downtown LA. [Preview at ArtWalk 11/12. Opening reception 11/15. Presentation on 11/16.] http://www.gallery727losangeles.com
You can find a copy of the publication here for a preview: The Fifth Ecology
The exhibit will be showed at Gallery 727 on 727 S. Spring Street, Nov 15 to Dec 12
http://www.gallery727losangeles.com
Program for the exhibition:
Sunday nov 15: Opening at G727 5 pm-9pm
Monday nov 16: Discussion and seminar with LADWP planner Carol Armstrong, councilmember Ed Reyes and Lupe Vela of the ad-hoc river comittee at G727 6 pm- 8pm limited number of participants, email mans.tham@gmail.com to sign up
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Architecture,
Design,
Events
Habeas Lounge at Art Walk tonight
How does downtown exist as a hub for MTA riders and bicyclists in the city?
Celebrate eight weeks of mapping and conversations during the final night of HABEAS LOUNGE: A PLURALISTIC DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES. This event is the last in a series of DTLA explorations building a framework for ideas and exchanges about our shared city, conceived by artist Linda Pollack.
Art Walk night will be all about bicycles and public transportation. Pricey parking lots, scarce street parking, the threat of being towed...bicycle, metro and bus are THE alternative ways to get around DTLA and we want to hear what you think!
Advocates will be on hand to share their experiences and visions for transportation in LA, as well as challenges, from proposed master bike plans to everyday commuting.
Take the Metro Red Line from the Pershing Square station to 7th + Metro or ride up 7th Street from the Art Walk to dialogue, discuss, debate, and learn ways to connect to the carless city.
A bicycle valet service will be provided by the LA County Bicycle Coalition. Show your support for 7+FIG's decision to allow the bike valet by riding your bike so you can use the valet.
During the event, check out the HABEAS LOUNGE, designed by Ilaria Mazzoleni: a cardboard sofa built from bike boxes by architect Nina Marie Barbuto, projections of classic / contemporary DTLA films selected by Linda Pollack and Maryam Hosseinzadeh, maps and bottled specimens from workshops by Katie Bachler, urban placemaking by James Jones, film footage of LA shot from a helicopter and a Pontiac G6 by Italian artists/architects ERGOT, an oversized Metro map, and more.
Plus SNACKS and a DJ too!
Celebrate eight weeks of mapping and conversations during the final night of HABEAS LOUNGE: A PLURALISTIC DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES. This event is the last in a series of DTLA explorations building a framework for ideas and exchanges about our shared city, conceived by artist Linda Pollack.
Art Walk night will be all about bicycles and public transportation. Pricey parking lots, scarce street parking, the threat of being towed...bicycle, metro and bus are THE alternative ways to get around DTLA and we want to hear what you think!
Advocates will be on hand to share their experiences and visions for transportation in LA, as well as challenges, from proposed master bike plans to everyday commuting.
Take the Metro Red Line from the Pershing Square station to 7th + Metro or ride up 7th Street from the Art Walk to dialogue, discuss, debate, and learn ways to connect to the carless city.
A bicycle valet service will be provided by the LA County Bicycle Coalition. Show your support for 7+FIG's decision to allow the bike valet by riding your bike so you can use the valet.
During the event, check out the HABEAS LOUNGE, designed by Ilaria Mazzoleni: a cardboard sofa built from bike boxes by architect Nina Marie Barbuto, projections of classic / contemporary DTLA films selected by Linda Pollack and Maryam Hosseinzadeh, maps and bottled specimens from workshops by Katie Bachler, urban placemaking by James Jones, film footage of LA shot from a helicopter and a Pontiac G6 by Italian artists/architects ERGOT, an oversized Metro map, and more.
Plus SNACKS and a DJ too!
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biking,
Design,
Events,
transportation
SUN Local/Organic Potluck
The Sustainable Urban Network is having a lunch-time potluck on our Veteran's Day Holiday, Nov. 11th. The theme is local and/or organic foods, so go explore your local farmer's market and make something yummy to share. All are invited to attend.
It will start at 1pm, and be held off-campus at Stephanie's house:
3532 Hillcrest Dr. LA, CA 90016
Alex Oster will be coordinating carpools for those who would like - sadly, public transport to this neighborhood is not that easy right now (until they get that Expo line up and running!). Email her at the SUN address - sunetwork@ucla.edu
We hope to see you there!
It will start at 1pm, and be held off-campus at Stephanie's house:
3532 Hillcrest Dr. LA, CA 90016
Alex Oster will be coordinating carpools for those who would like - sadly, public transport to this neighborhood is not that easy right now (until they get that Expo line up and running!). Email her at the SUN address - sunetwork@ucla.edu
We hope to see you there!
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Events,
Food,
Sustainable
Metro Westide Subway Station Information Meeting
This Monday, October 26, 2009, Metro will be holding a Informational Meeting discussing the following stations:
*Wilshire and Crenshaw
*Wilshire and La Brea
* Wilshire and Fairfax
They will be discussing "station locations, entrances, easy connections to and from the stations and other issues."
*Translations in Korean and Spanish will be provided.
Meeting Time:
Monday, October 26, 2009
6:00-8:00pm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) - Terrace Room, 5th Floor
5905 Wilshire Blvd. (at Fairfax)
LA, CA 90036
*Wilshire and Crenshaw
*Wilshire and La Brea
* Wilshire and Fairfax
They will be discussing "station locations, entrances, easy connections to and from the stations and other issues."
*Translations in Korean and Spanish will be provided.
Meeting Time:
Monday, October 26, 2009
6:00-8:00pm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) - Terrace Room, 5th Floor
5905 Wilshire Blvd. (at Fairfax)
LA, CA 90036
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Events,
transit,
transportation
Without a Car in the World
For the fourth and final installment of Almost Utopia, the gallery at 18th Street Arts Center will be dedicated to an unprecedented investigation of 100 Car-Less Angelinos and it will tell their stories of living in Los Angeles.
Public Discussions are as follows (please stay posted to our website for any changes in scheduling and/or change with public speakers:
November 6, 9:30PM
Ride-ARC Ride on Santa Monica Car and Pedestrian Culture with Alex Amerri
November 11, 7:OOPM
“Walking in LA” Panel/Discussion with:
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Professor, UCLA Department of Urban Planning; author of Sidewalks: Conflict and Negotiation Over Public Space
Herbert Medina, Professor, Loyola Marymount University Department of Mathematics
Nigel Raab, Assistant Professor, Loyola Marymount University Department of History
DJ Waldie, author of Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir, Real City:Downtown Los Angeles Inside/Out and Where We are Now: Notes from Los Angeles, Public Information Officer for the City of Lakewood
Damon Willick, Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Art History, Loyola Marymount University
November 14, 2pm
“Transportation and the Future of Los Angeles”
Jessica Meaney, Transportation Planner, Southern California Association of Governments
Browne Molyneux, Journalist and Blogger, Shame Train LA
Claude Willey, Artist, Urbanist and Educator, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, California State University, Northridge
Others to be confirmed
November 14 3:30pm
“How to Live in Los Angeles Without a Car”
Chris Balish, Journalist and Author, How to Live Well Without Owning a Car
Paula Hess, Magazine Editor and Single Mom
Siel, Writer and Blogger, LA Green Girl
December 2 7:30pm
Kristina Wong Comedy Slideshow about Riding the Bus
Public Discussions are as follows (please stay posted to our website for any changes in scheduling and/or change with public speakers:
November 6, 9:30PM
Ride-ARC Ride on Santa Monica Car and Pedestrian Culture with Alex Amerri
November 11, 7:OOPM
“Walking in LA” Panel/Discussion with:
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Professor, UCLA Department of Urban Planning; author of Sidewalks: Conflict and Negotiation Over Public Space
Herbert Medina, Professor, Loyola Marymount University Department of Mathematics
Nigel Raab, Assistant Professor, Loyola Marymount University Department of History
DJ Waldie, author of Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir, Real City:Downtown Los Angeles Inside/Out and Where We are Now: Notes from Los Angeles, Public Information Officer for the City of Lakewood
Damon Willick, Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Art History, Loyola Marymount University
November 14, 2pm
“Transportation and the Future of Los Angeles”
Jessica Meaney, Transportation Planner, Southern California Association of Governments
Browne Molyneux, Journalist and Blogger, Shame Train LA
Claude Willey, Artist, Urbanist and Educator, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, California State University, Northridge
Others to be confirmed
November 14 3:30pm
“How to Live in Los Angeles Without a Car”
Chris Balish, Journalist and Author, How to Live Well Without Owning a Car
Paula Hess, Magazine Editor and Single Mom
Siel, Writer and Blogger, LA Green Girl
December 2 7:30pm
Kristina Wong Comedy Slideshow about Riding the Bus
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transit,
transportation,
Walking
The Society for Moving Images in the Built Environment
The Society for Moving Images
in the Built Environment (SMIBE)
Invites You
to their 2009 Film Competition Screening, Story about a Place
and a Showing of the Feature Documentary, The Cool School
Thursday, October 22, at 6:00 PM
MAK Center for Art and Architecture
at the Schindler House
835 N. Kings Rd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069
SMIBE is pleased to announce a film screening of last year's "Story about a Place" competition winning film shorts and a screening of the film "The Cool School" directed by Morgan Neville.
At the event they will launch the 2010 film competition "Places that Matter." The 2010 competition is made possible by a grant from the Graham Foundation.
The 2009 film competition called for moving image stories (under 6 minutes) that investigate, explore, and entertain our communities about social, environmental, political, technological, and economic issues that designers of the built world should be discussing. In their inaugural competition they received over 90 entries from 13 countries. There were 4 submissions selected as finalists from the general category and 4 from the student category. Selections from these 8 shorts will be screened at the MAK Center.
The Cool School is an abject lesson in how to build an art scene from scratch and what to avoid in the process. The film focuses on the seminal Ferus Gallery, which groomed the LA art scene from a loose band of idealistic beatniks into a coterie of competitive, often brilliant artists, including Ed Kienholz, Ed Ruscha, Craig Kauffman, Wallace Berman, Ed Moses and Robert Irwin. Ferus also served as launching point for New York imports, Andy Warhol (hosting his first Soup Can show), Jasper Johns, and Roy Lichtenstein, as well as leading to the first Pop Art show and Marcel Duchamp's first retrospective. What was lost and gained is tied up in a complex web of egos, passions, money, and art. This is how LA came of age.
in the Built Environment (SMIBE)
Invites You
to their 2009 Film Competition Screening, Story about a Place
and a Showing of the Feature Documentary, The Cool School
Thursday, October 22, at 6:00 PM
MAK Center for Art and Architecture
at the Schindler House
835 N. Kings Rd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069
SMIBE is pleased to announce a film screening of last year's "Story about a Place" competition winning film shorts and a screening of the film "The Cool School" directed by Morgan Neville.
At the event they will launch the 2010 film competition "Places that Matter." The 2010 competition is made possible by a grant from the Graham Foundation.
The 2009 film competition called for moving image stories (under 6 minutes) that investigate, explore, and entertain our communities about social, environmental, political, technological, and economic issues that designers of the built world should be discussing. In their inaugural competition they received over 90 entries from 13 countries. There were 4 submissions selected as finalists from the general category and 4 from the student category. Selections from these 8 shorts will be screened at the MAK Center.
The Cool School is an abject lesson in how to build an art scene from scratch and what to avoid in the process. The film focuses on the seminal Ferus Gallery, which groomed the LA art scene from a loose band of idealistic beatniks into a coterie of competitive, often brilliant artists, including Ed Kienholz, Ed Ruscha, Craig Kauffman, Wallace Berman, Ed Moses and Robert Irwin. Ferus also served as launching point for New York imports, Andy Warhol (hosting his first Soup Can show), Jasper Johns, and Roy Lichtenstein, as well as leading to the first Pop Art show and Marcel Duchamp's first retrospective. What was lost and gained is tied up in a complex web of egos, passions, money, and art. This is how LA came of age.
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art,
Events,
sense of place
Big City Forum
Big City Forum is a conversation project of creative types, architects, artists, curators, designers, writers, and planners getting together on a regular basis to discuss issues around a creative cities agenda and urbanism.
The next event will be on Nov. 12th at Otis Institute featuring Monica Nouwens (photographer), Marcelo Spina (PATTERNS Arch.) and Ted Kane (Polar Inertia).
The next event will be on Nov. 12th at Otis Institute featuring Monica Nouwens (photographer), Marcelo Spina (PATTERNS Arch.) and Ted Kane (Polar Inertia).
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art,
Events,
Urbanism
Sustainable Urban Network (SUN) Meeting on Monday
(copied from SUN email)
Here is a list of possible working group topics and activities. Let's think of this as a place to start our conversation on Monday:
1. EAP Curriculum Advisors
2. Green Building Tour
3. Green Careers Outreach
4. Food Class Participation
5. SUN Poster Session/End-of-year social around sustainable thesis/client projects
6. Critical assessment of trends in sustainability:
8. New policies and technologies that may shift the argument in favor of non-oil options:
10. Converting part of the UCLA Campus to native vegitation to reduce water consumption (a project).
11. If the green building class runs again in the spring, it would be nice to offer sun students first crack at getting in. It would likely be competitive among planning students.
12. bike/ped class working group
13. I'd be interested in bringing Larry Santoyo to speak - possibly even organize a workshop with him. He's a very dynamic Permaculture Design teacher. He's also brilliant - and hilarious.
14. Dialog surrounding sustainability. Potential to look at how academics and the press/general public, through contemporary articles and news pieces, are framing the concept.
15. Gated communities publicity campaign?
16. Green landscaping advocacy on campus?
The SUN meeting next week will be Monday (Oct. 19th) at 5pm. We will be discussing the director positions and working groups for the 2009-2010 school year. Meeting location: 3rd floor student lounge.
Here is a list of possible working group topics and activities. Let's think of this as a place to start our conversation on Monday:
1. EAP Curriculum Advisors
2. Green Building Tour
3. Green Careers Outreach
4. Food Class Participation
5. SUN Poster Session/End-of-year social around sustainable thesis/client projects
6. Critical assessment of trends in sustainability:
o Policy
o Energy
o Transportation
7. Seminar on the classical economics of oil; emphasis on the cost-advantage and why price plus oil infrastructure trump current sustainability options.
8. New policies and technologies that may shift the argument in favor of non-oil options:
o Solar feed-in-tariffs (& funding sources for FITs)
o Chinese ?Golden Sun? as model to emulate
o Where is the Green Revolution? Overlooked companies and programs with good odds for success.
9. Tour of Los Angeles Eco Village (Not a project, but fun).
10. Converting part of the UCLA Campus to native vegitation to reduce water consumption (a project).
11. If the green building class runs again in the spring, it would be nice to offer sun students first crack at getting in. It would likely be competitive among planning students.
12. bike/ped class working group
13. I'd be interested in bringing Larry Santoyo to speak - possibly even organize a workshop with him. He's a very dynamic Permaculture Design teacher. He's also brilliant - and hilarious.
14. Dialog surrounding sustainability. Potential to look at how academics and the press/general public, through contemporary articles and news pieces, are framing the concept.
15. Gated communities publicity campaign?
16. Green landscaping advocacy on campus?
Labels:
Events,
Sustainable
UCLA Public Affairs AIDS Walk Team!
Hey All!
There are a group of us that are doing the AIDS Walk LA this weekend as the team "UCLA School of Public Affairs" It'll be this Sunday, October 18 in West Hollywood.
Please feel free to join our team and walk with us or if you can't make it out but want to help, please donate on our TEAM WEBPAGE.
Thanks and hope to see you out there!
- Shelma
There are a group of us that are doing the AIDS Walk LA this weekend as the team "UCLA School of Public Affairs" It'll be this Sunday, October 18 in West Hollywood.
Please feel free to join our team and walk with us or if you can't make it out but want to help, please donate on our TEAM WEBPAGE.
Thanks and hope to see you out there!
- Shelma
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Organizing,
Volunteering
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