Water Quality and Environmental Justice in the Central Valley
Dr. Carolina Balazs, a Switzer Foundation Fellow who is also a post-doctoral scholar working with CRC Director Jonathan London will provide an overview of some of the key health and environmental justice issues regarding water in an upcoming webinar. Carolina will explore a range of possible solutions being implemented to address these problems, focusing on recent integrated regional water management efforts.
Date: November 12 Time: 9:30am Place: Online - Register Here
Global Health Action on a Crowded Earth: Bay Area Perspectives on Population Growth, Environment and Public Health (Seminar Series)
By 2015, it is projected that we will be sharing the planet with 7.3 billion people. While the human population swells - especially in parts of the world where there is more poverty, disease, famine, and political instability - we must continue finding innovative ways to achieve global health goals. For more information and registration, click here.
Date: November 12
Time: 3pm-4:30pm
Place: Sutardja Dai Hall - Banatao Auditorium, UC Berkley Campus
Free Movie Screening: Becoming California
Please join the UCD John Muir Institute of the Environment and the California Environmental Legacy Project for a free screening of Becoming California, a powerful tale of interconnection and environmental change on America's western edge.
Date: November 12
Time: 4:30-7:30pm
Place: Student Community Center Multi-Purpose Room, UCD Campus
Dr. Carolyn Finney's "Black Faces, White Spaces"
The Environmental Justice Project of the UCD John Muir Institute of the Environment will host Dr. Carolyn Finney, assistant professor in Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley in a book launch of Black Faces, White Spaces. In her book Finney looks beyond the discourse of the environmental justice movement to examine how the natural environment has been understood, commoditized and represented by both white and black Americans. This event is co-sponsored by the CRC.
Date: November 18 Time: 4pm-6pm Place: 3201 Hart Hall (Risling Room), UCD Campus
Copies of her book will be sold at the bookstore on campus during this event.
UC Davis GIS Open House and Symposium
The CRC 's Sara Watterson will present its recent interactive mapping sites, the Regional Opportunity Index and Putting Youth on the Map at the UC Davis Geographic Information Systems (GIS) open house and symposium. This day-long event willshowcase UC Davis' vast experience with GIS research and applications used for public service.
Date: November 19
Time: 8:30am-6pm Place: UC Davis Conference Center, UCD Campus
Critical Issues in Food Agriculture: 2014
Karen Ross, Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, will be giving a policy briefing on Critical Issues in Food Agriculture: 2014. Ross created the nationally-recognized Sustainable Winegrowing Program, assisting wine grape growers in maintaining the long-term viability of agricultural lands and encourages them to provide leadership in protecting the environment, conserving natural re-sources, and enhancing their local communities.
Date: November 19
Time: 4pm-5pm Place: UC Center Sacramento, 1130 K Street (Room LL3), Sacramento, CA
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