The students, staff, and faculty from the Office of Sustainability at the University of California, Riverside wholeheartedly support the Black Lives Matter movement, and denounce police brutality and violence against the Black community, including the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, Ahmaud Arbery, and too many others. We recognize their historical...
Climate Solutions: Harnessing the Power of Local Agriculture Speaker: Puja Batra, PhD UC-Riverside - Planetary Health Center Research about the intersection between climate solution and agriculture Works for San Diego County Ecologist; Solves problems on sustainability Academic background in ecology and evolutionary biology Began doing research in honey in India Environmental conservation and eco-diversity Economics...
Jasmine, I, and several of the Office of Sustainability's staff were in the audience of our guest speaker's lecture, here're our notes on the slides and points discussed on the third floor of the H.U.B by Dr. Barbara Haya. The Purpose of her lecture: to bring greater understanding to carbon offsets and a call for...
The "4th Climate Change Presentation: California Inland Desert Region Assessment" by Francesca Hopkins had an excellent turnout. This particular assessment happens every three years and its purpose is to bring greater understanding of California's climate-related vulnerabilities. There are nine regions, each region has an assessment which can be accessed at Caladapt.org For the Inland Desert...
Jasmine's Notes from Day 3 #1 Anti Human-Trafficking The amount of suffering will only get worse if we don't take action. University of Dayton: For the Common Good, Indicators for the Common Good, The SDG’s and Anti Human-Trafficking. Targets: Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labor. Fair and Ethical sourcing: anti human-trafficking class...
By Jasmine Pineda, Madison Reichhold, Kylie Chow, Byron Brooks, and Gabrielle Bronx |
Jasmine’s Notes: From Saturday March 2nd 1# Andrea Dennis/Katherine: Chicago Fair Trade & Fair Trade Towns In order to increase Fair Trade there are 5 steps: Build a team, engage retailers, commit to fair trade, commitments/events, and contact other organizations. Meanwhile, the U.S only has 45 fair trade towns, Europe has hundreds. The largest Fair...
By Jasmine Pineda, Madison Reichhold, Kylie Chow, Byron Brooks, and Gabrielle Bronx |
Jasmine’s Notes: From the evening of Friday March 1st Kick-off Presenters #1: Whitney Young High school Whitney Young is a public high school who is the first public school in Illinois to be fair trade certified. The school is very enthusiastic about being more sustainable and promoting global citizenship. The school offers a global citizenship...
By Jasmine Pineda, Madison Reichhold, Kylie Chow, Byron Brooks, and Gabrielle Bronx |
Jasmine and I were in the audience of our guest speaker's lecture early January, here're our notes on the slides and points discussed on the third floor of the H.U.B by Matt St. Clair, the UC Director of Sustainability. The Purpose of his lecture: Understanding why universities should achieve carbon neutrality by 2025. The University...
