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May 2008
Public Access
Category: All
- User:
- Sustainable Resource Ctr Director
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 7:00pm
- Description:
- Westwood Farmers Market, now taking place in the Veterans' Garden.
- User:
- Sustainable Resource Ctr Director
- Time:
- 4:00pm
- Description:
- On the first of every month, give up your car and walk/bike/skate/bus to work or school. Join a short bike ride around Venice at 4pm.
This event is not specifically sopnsored by the SRC.
- User:
- Sustainable Resource Ctr Director
- Time:
- 7:00pm
- Description:
- People with an interest in the environment getting together to have drinks once a month. Informal atmosphere, no set agenda, just mingling and conversation.
- User:
- Sustainable Resource Ctr Director
- Time:
- 6:30pm
- Description:
- This monthly bicycle ride “to celebrate cycling and to assert cyclists’ right to the road” started off in San Francisco back in 1992, but has now spread all over the world. Santa Monica Critical Mass is on the 1st Fri of every month, Los Angeles and Pasadena have theirs on the last Fri of every month.
- User:
- External Affairs
- Description:
- UCSA Board Meeting
- User:
- External Affairs
- Description:
- UCSA Board Meeting
- User:
- External Affairs
- Description:
- UCLA Lobby Day
- User:
- Graduate Events Director
- Time:
- 7:00pm - 11:15pm
- Description:
- Co-sponsored by GSA, Ballroom Dance Club, International Folk Dance Club, and International Graduate Students Association. Includes live music and performances, dance lessons, food and drink. See Events Website for more details and registration information.
- User:
- External Affairs
- Description:
- UCLA Lobby Day
- User:
- Melnitz Movies Director
- Time:
- 7:30pm - 10:00pm
- Description:
- A bold social experiment with reality entertainment. The filmmakers push their cameras deep into the glitterdome of reality-TV production to emerge with a bold exposé. A shocking, hilarious, bona fide portrait of our celebrity-driven culture and the appalling lengths we’ll go to for entertainment.
Free and open to the public.
Tickets available at James Bridges Theater one hour before screening.
- User:
- External Affairs
- Description:
- UCLA Lobby Day
- User:
- GSA Staff
- Time:
- 5:30pm - 7:30pm
- Description:
- GSA Forum Meeting
- User:
- GSA Staff
- Time:
- 8:00pm - 10:00pm
- Description:
- Banquet to celebrate the end of elections season.
- User:
- Sustainable Resource Ctr Director
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 7:00pm
- Description:
- Westwood Farmers Market, now taking place in the Veterans' Garden.
- User:
- Sustainable Resource Ctr Director
- Description:
- CACI 2008 is a one day conference for professionals and graduate students to explore innovative applications of clean technology. CACI will facilitate a deep understanding of clean technology by bringing together leaders in three key areas: business, policy, and technology. Attendees will learn, discuss, and interact with these leaders vis a vis speaker panels, a technology & career fair, the FastPitch Business Competition and a networking reception.
We are assembling an impressive list of keynote speakers and panelists that will stimulate discussion and cultivate new ideas. We plan to explore a wide range of thought provoking issues, such as:
·Next Generation Solar: Will It Be a Significant Part of the Energy Portfolio?
·Automotive Transportation & Technology: How Can We Answer Consumer Demand & Lower Autos' Environmental Impact?
·Fuel Cell Technology: The Coming of Fuel Cells: How Can They Reduce Fossil Fuel Consumption?
·Solving the Water Crisis: New Technologies in Filtration, Desalinization, Reclamation and Conservation
·Emerging Financial Techniques in Solar and Wind Development
·The Application of Clean Technologies to Fossil Fuels: How Clean Can They Be?
·The Cost and Waste of Nuclear Technology: Is There a Solution?
·Technologies and Profitability of Waste-to-Energy: Can We Achieve Zero Waste?
·Trading Emissions: The Effect on Our Energy Portfolio
·Battery Technology: Can New Battery Technologies Go Far Enough for Cheap Enough?
·Future Biofuel Portfolio: What, How Much and How Efficient?
·The Shaping Forces of VC Investments in Clean Technology
We have also confirmed a notable array of speakers, including:
·Ira Ehrenpreis, General Partner, Technology Partners
·Maurice E. P. Gunderson, General Partner, CMEA Ventures, Nth Power
·Wen Shieh, Partner, Kleiner Perkins
·Bob Burk, Chief Scientific Officer, NanoH2O
·Brian Barnett, VP Technology, TIAX LLC
The CACI 2008 FastPitch Business Case Competition will provide early stage clean technology companies a platform to present their case to a panel of venture capitalist judges and wide array of conference attendees. All day-of participants will receive valuable, interactive feedback and potential investment from industry leaders and professional investors. See www.cacleaninnovation.com/fast_pitch.html or e-mail william.schultz.2009@anderson.ucla.edu for more information on how to participate.
To visit the CACI 2008 website, please go to cacleaninnovation.com.
For all other inquiries, please contact J. Stephen Pollock at j.stephen.pollock.2008@anderson.ucla.edu or (619) 252-3445.
This event is not sponsored by the SRC.
- User:
- GSA Staff
- Time:
- 4:00pm
- Description:
- The UCLA Graduate Students Association annually gives out two awards. Nominations are sought annually in early Spring quarter and the GSA Executive officers are charged with the selection process.
- User:
- External Affairs
- Description:
- The UC Regents will be voting on the UC Budget at this meeting. For information on the issues at stake, how to participate in the public comments time or whiteline, please visit http://gsa.asucla.ucla.edu/advocacy
- User:
- Sustainable Resource Ctr Director
- Description:
- Deadline for SRC Logo Contest is May 19th! submit your entries now!
SRC Logo Contest- $500 prize - Open to UCLA Graduate Students
Do you have a background in art or a passion for graphic design?
Are you looking to build a portfolio before you graduate?
Do you want to leave your mark on UCLA?
If so--the UCLA Sustainable Resource Center needs your help!
The UCLA Sustainable Resource Center is looking to build a strong graphic
identity, but in order to do that--we need a logo that reflects who we
are. The Sustainable Resource Center Logo Competition will provide a $500
cash prize to the student who assists us in creating a fresh and
professional new look.
See http://www.gsa.asucla.ucla.edu/~src/logo.html for details and entry form
- User:
- Sustainable Resource Ctr Director
- Time:
- 5:30pm - 9:00pm
- Description:
- You're invited to join us at Green Business Networking, serving our city's dynamic and growing green business community by providing the
owners and decision-makers of socially- and
environmentally-consciousness businesses a time and place for connecting, sharing, deal-making and networking.
We'll provide delicious organic snacks, wine and drinks…
The $10 cover charge will allow us to continue improving this event.
This month, please be ready to answer the question: "What new resources will your business need access to in 2007?" Your answer will make it easier for our hosts to connect you with people who may be able to provide those resources.
**Parking**
One public parking lot is located on Arizona just east of the Ambrose Hotel .
A second public parking lot is located on 20th one block south of the Ambrose Hotel.
Please note hours of operation as there may be restrictions.
- User:
- Sustainable Resource Ctr Director
- Time:
- 7:00pm - 8:00pm
- Description:
- The Social Justice Alliance at UCLA and E3 invite you to an evening with Jackie DeCarlo, author of Fair Trade: A Beginner's Guide.
Ms. DeCarlo is doing two LA events to promote her new book and the Fair Trade lifestyle.
Admission is free, complimentary Fair Trade coffee will be served.
This event is not sponsored by the SRC.
- User:
- External Affairs
- Description:
- The UC Regents will be voting on the UC Budget at this meeting. For information on the issues at stake, how to participate in the public comments time or whiteline, please visit http://gsa.asucla.ucla.edu/advocacy
- User:
- Sustainable Resource Ctr Director
- Time:
- 7:00pm
- Description:
- In partnership with the Santa Monica Farmers Market & the Eco Home Network, Eco Umbrella would like to invite you to the Green Gourment Eco Speaker Series:
with esteemed Chef, Ann Gentry who will share her story as a woman entrepreneur and talk about the connection of organic food, the environment and healthy eating. Come and celebrate with us in the new wing of her Santa Monica Real Food Daily Restaurant.
Preview Party Passes for the May 14th Preview Party are = $75/each
If purchased Online by April 15th, save $20! Preview party passes available at $55/each
For Students - Special Student Discount available if you purchase tickets online by Earth Day (April 22) for only = $40
This event is not sponsored by the SRC.
- User:
- External Affairs
- Description:
- The UC Regents will be voting on the UC Budget at this meeting. For information on the issues at stake, how to participate in the public comments time or whiteline, please visit http://gsa.asucla.ucla.edu/advocacy
- User:
- Sustainable Resource Ctr Director
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 7:00pm
- Description:
- Westwood Farmers Market, now taking place in the Veterans' Garden.
- User:
- Sustainable Resource Ctr Director
- Time:
- 7:00pm
- Description:
- Urban Planning Environmental Analysis and Policy Group at UCLA presents
Climate Change and Your Electricity Bill:
Protecting consumers while generating clean energy
Charges on carbon emissions could make coal-fired power more expensive.
Coal-firedpower plants generate 47% of LADWP's electricity. How will
ratepayers in Los Angelesbe affected? Can higher prices be good? How can
we protect low income households?
A panel discussion with:
Jim Caldwell, Assistant General Manager in charge of Environmental
Affairs, LADWP
Jim Stewart, PhD, Co-chair Sierra Club Angeles Chapter Global Warming,
Energy &
Air Quality Committee, and Organizing Director Earth Day Los Angeles Mike
Sandler, Graduate Student Researcher, UCLA
Click here for Directions
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Parking
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(Lot 3 costs $8, some street parking along Charles Young Drive) or
Public Transit info
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>From the 405 Freeway, exit at Sunset Blvd. east. Proceed east on Sunset
for approximately 2 miles. Turn right on Hilgard Avenue and continue to
the Wyton Dr. entrance into campus; turn right. Tell the attendant in the
kiosk that you are visiting the School of Public Affairs. The attendant
will direct you to Parking Lot 3. Walk diagonally
through the Murphy Sculpture Garden to the School.
This event is free and open to the public.
Light refreshments will be served.
Co-sponsored by the Sustainable Urban Network, with support from the
Graduate Student Association Discretionary Fund and the Climate Protection
Campaign.
- User:
- GSA Staff
- Time:
- 5:00pm
- Description:
- See Appointments page for job descriptions and applications.
- User:
- Graduate Events Director
- Time:
- 10:00pm
- Description:
- GSA is excited to announce the last Grad Club Night of the 2007-2008 academic year! The event will take place THIS FRIDAY, at V Lounge, Santa
Monica's hottest night club. Come celebrate the end-of-the-year with fellow graduate students from UCLA, Cal Tech, and USC.
Details:
Friday, May 16th, 2008
10pm - 2am
FREE before 10:30pm
V Lounge
2020 Wilshire Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90403
Light snacks provided
21+ and student id required at the door
RSVP at: http://gsa.asucla.ucla.edu/reservations/?q=vlounge
One non-student guest per student is welcome to attend.
- User:
- Sustainable Resource Ctr Director
- Description:
- C.I.C.L.E. is organizing the 2008 Bike Week Pasadena Urban Bicycle Commuter Expo. Last year's expo drew thousands from Los Angeles, San Gabriel and the surrounding areas, from novice to expert. The 2008 Urban Bicycle Commuter Expo plans to be a stronger, more promoted collection of local and national bicycle exhibitors. Workshops and entertainment will fill the afternoon as crowds stroll through this commuter-focused expo conveniently located in the One Colorado Courtyard, the heart of shopping in Old Town Pasadena.
- User:
- GSA Staff
- Time:
- 5:00pm - 10:00pm
- Description:
- Appointments Board will interview applicants for 2008-2009 stipended positions.
- User:
- Sustainable Resource Ctr Director
- Time:
- 5:00pm
- Description:
- Do you have a background in art or a passion for graphic design?
Are you looking to build a portfolio before you graduate?
Do you want to leave your mark on UCLA?
If so--the UCLA Sustainable Resource Center needs your help!
The Sustainable Resource Center, a program founded and run by GSA student leaders, is looking to build a strong graphic identity. In order to do that, we need a logo that reflects who we are. The Sustainable Resource Center Logo Competition will provide a $500 cash prize to the graduate student who assists us in creating a fresh and professional new look. Submissions are due by 5:00pm May 19, 2008.
For more details and entry guidelines please visit
http://gsa.asucla.ucla.edu/~src/logo.html
- User:
- Sustainable Resource Ctr Director
- Time:
- All day event
- Description:
- The Green West Expo takes place at the Los Angeles Convention Center May 20-22, 2008. Green West will feature the full spectrum of green, organic, and environmentally-friendly products and services allowing for synergistic purchasing across all categories.
This event is not sponsored by the SRC.
- User:
- Sustainable Resource Ctr Director
- Time:
- 10:00am
- Description:
- Special: Two Part Lecture and presentation:
Part1 Starts at 10:00AM:
Urban Permaculture Design Course Introduction
Part2 Starts at 2:00PM:
"LITTLE HOUSE ON A SMALL PLANET"
Talk and Slide Show with author Shay Salomon & Photographer Nigel Valdez
Live in a small space but have more room to enjoy it!
This event is not specifically sponsored by the SRC.
- User:
- GSA Staff
- Time:
- 5:00pm - 10:00pm
- Description:
- Appointments Board will interview applicants for 2008-2009 stipended positions.
- User:
- Sustainable Resource Ctr Director
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 7:00pm
- Description:
- Westwood Farmers Market, now taking place in the Veterans' Garden.
- User:
- Sustainable Resource Ctr Director
- Time:
- 5:30pm - 7:00pm
- Description:
- This monthly bicycle ride “to celebrate cycling and to assert cyclists’ right to the road” started off in San Francisco back in 1992, but has now spread all over the world!
Santa Monica Critical Mass is on the 1st Fri of every month, Los Angeles and Pasadena have theirs on the last Fri of every month.
Start times vary by location (between 5:30 and 7 pm); check website for your closest location.
This event is not sponsored by the SRC.
- User:
- GSA Webmaster
- Description:
- Memorial Day Holiday
- User:
- Sustainable Resource Ctr Director
- Time:
- 7:00pm - 10:00pm
- Description:
Monthly at 7pm on the fourth Tuesday
EcoTuesday is a "Sustainable Business Leaders Networking Forum" that's spreading to cities around the U.S.
This event is not sponsored by the SRC.
- User:
- GSA Staff
- Time:
- 5:30pm - 7:30pm
- Description:
- GSA Forum Meeting
- User:
- Sustainable Resource Ctr Director
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 7:00pm
- Description:
- Westwood Farmers Market, now taking place in the Veterans' Garden.
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