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Liane Randolph has been appointed as chair of California Air Resources Board, a position that oversees many of California's innovative climate change and clean air policies. A double Bruin, Randolph earned a B.A. in history and a J.D. from UCLA. Randolph spoke at last year's UCLA Emmett Institute symposium on California's environmental policies. https://www.gov.ca.gov//governor-newsom-announces-liane-r/

Join us next Tuesday for an engaging hour with UCLA Sustainability, guests will learn about common waste misnomers, Winter Quarter office hours, sustainability in the times of a pandemic, understanding your city’s local programs, and more!

The incoming administration has already signaled that it will make climate change one of its central areas of focus, environmental law professor Ann Carlson tells UCLA Newsroom https://newsroom.ucla.edu//biden-environment-rebuild-prote

Join a UCLA Anderson conversation this Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 5 p.m. with Debra Gore-Mann, president of Greenlining Institute, to discuss recent progress and challenges for the #environmentaljustice movement and how business leaders can get involved. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fueling-the-intersectional-env #UCLAEDW

Are you a communications professional who is looking to make an impact on sustainability in Los Angeles? Join the team! The UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge is hiring a full-time communications + PR manager. Job description and application details here: https://bit.ly/3nUPvym

EVENT: Environmental law prof. William Boyd will join UCLA faculty tonight as part of the UCLA Arts "10 Questions" public lecture series to discuss the question, "What is Power?" Oct. 19, 7 p.m. PDT, free registration https://www.eventbrite.com/e/10-questions-what-is-power-tic ... UCLA School of Law UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability #ucla10questions

UCLA Law student Idalmis Vaquero spoke with AirTalk with Larry Mantle today about the impact of toxic contamination from the Exide Technologies lead-acid battery plant on her community: "There's 8,000 homes that need to be cleaned up." https://www.scpr.org//cleanup-faces-uncertainty-as-exide-/ UCLA School of Law Communities For A Better Environment #Exide

SUSTAINIVAL STARTS TODAY! Our first two events are: 1) Zero Waste Tie-Dyeing with Natural Dyes from 5-6 PM PDT 2) LiveWell at Home: Starting Your Container Garden from 6-7 PM PDT... You can register to get the link even while the event is happening! Visit: tinyurl.com/Sustainival See you there (;

UCLA Emmett Institute co-executive director Cara Horowitz spoke with Bloomberg News climate editor today about climate change and the U.S. election on Nov. 3. Watch the video

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Guess who’s back? For the 10th year in a row, SUSTAINIVAL is coming at you this October 12-14th with lots of fun, critical, and engaging virtual content to get you energized around sustainability at UCLA and beyond. Tell your friends. Tell your family. Tell all. These events are for anyone regardless of affiliation to UCLA. We have an amazing line up filled with unique workshops, intersectional environmentalists, and student-activists. We can’t wait for you to experience it! Check out tinyurl.com/Sustainival2020 to register for events

This Weds., Sept 30, UCLA environmental law professor Sean Hecht will speak on the future of California's public lands with California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and experts from Patagonia, Los Padres ForestWatch, and Better World Group. The event will be moderated by Los Angeles Times reporter Sammy Roth. Details/RSVP: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_bTxOz8qxQ8WO_spMOo4wIQ

Are you looking for tips on how to prepare for wildfires and support our ecosystems? UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability is part of a coalition of state and local agencies, fire departments, researchers, and nonprofits that collaborated to create https://defensiblespace.org/, a new website compiling best practices for home hardening and sustainable fire-wise landscaping in southern California, to help homeowners and residents improve fire resilience and resis...tance of homes to wildfire. The project was led by the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains and funded by CAL FIRE as part of the California Climate Investments Program - a state wide program that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment, particularly in disadvantaged communities.