Join me and @gregspierce.bsky.social on May 8 as we host a timely virtual event featuring an all-star panel of experts digging into the water+climate conditions and decision-making processes affecting 40 million people in the American West. This will be an informative, eye-opening morning!
Have a say in the future of shade design by voting for the ShadeLA Fan Favorite Award. Vote for the design you'd like to see keeping fans cool as they move from transit to venues hosting LA’s mega events.
🗳️ Voting open through Feb. 16 at 11:59pm
shade-la.com/fan-favorite/
Thanks to co-authors including Faith, @edithdeguzman.bsky.social and @ucanrwater.bsky.social folks and the 44 workshop participants who contributed their expertise.
And so much support and polishing from @luskininnovation.bsky.social & @uclasustainablela.bsky.social teams.
Join us 12/12 @ 12pm! I can't think of a better bunch to be in conversation with on a controversial topic that is impacting all corners of our diverse state.
@ucanr.edu
@luskininnovation.bsky.social
Important new work that will help shape LA's approach to bringing more shade to neighborhoods as a legacy of the mega-event era.
Our peer-reviewed, Open Access perspective is out in IOP Publishing's Environmental Research Letters:
"Adapting urban water supply infrastructure and policies for wildfire in the 21st century"
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Would love to see this analysis done for Eaton
Hoping to do more of this type of art+science engagement on water in the future. Open to expanding collaboration for those interested in exploring options!
Big news: LA City Council has formally endorsed #ShadeLA, building on the Mayor's commitment & authorizing the City to expand, maintain, and fast-track both natural and built shade. Thanks to the leadership of @dornsife.usc.edu Public Exchange, in partnership with @luskininnovation.bsky.social
Great piece about why Zone Zero rulemaking is complicated for a state as big and diverse as CA. Thanks @nohaggerty.bsky.social for the clarity, and to the many (mostly) SoCal voices of reason including Max Moritz @ucanr.edu for improving the outcomes.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Finally some good news for LA and Eastern Sierra ecology and communities we rely upon
Yes, it's nearly November. And yes, it's 90ºF at #UCLA today.
Got to check out Festival Trail’s new modular shade prototype at Grand Ave Arts this weekend — complete with immersive VR art experience. Great to see such concepts come to fruition despite many site-specific restrictions, and thrilled to have them as a ShadeLA partner.
Thanks @ianjames.bsky.social for honoring Melanie’s legacy. LA has never had a fiercer watershed advocate.
www.linkedin.com/events/wptwe...
Let's do this, Los Angeles
New story by @ianjames.bsky.social + highlights options for ground-based, mobile water deployment before, and in early hours of, major fires.
An important space given frequent high winds.
And with currently zero systematic evidence on options and cost effectiveness
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Thank you for your tremendous contributions, Sammy! Looking forward to following your next chapter
With @gregspierce.bsky.social @edithdeguzman.bsky.social and others, and institutional support via @luskininnovation.bsky.social @ucanrwater.bsky.social
Just ✌️ weekends left to see Roots of Cool @descansogardens.bsky.social before it's uprooted! 🌳☂️
Come check it out if you haven't had a chance yet. We'll be doing a final walkthrough on the last day Sun. 10/12 @ 9:45am. Meet at the tables by the entrance. @luskininnovation.bsky.social @ucanr.edu
⬇️ happening next Tuesday. Register now and think about it later!
Spend your lunch hour with me, @gregspierce.bsky.social and accomplished panelists for a webinar on 10/7 introducing the 2025 Southern California Community Water Systems Atlas, a joint project of @luskininnovation.bsky.social and @ucanr.edu.
Register at ➡️ innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/how-do...
Just a spoonful of political will could make a profound difference for those least able to afford the most basic of resources 💧
Let's get get some policy champions to address this -- both bottom-up (low-income rate assistance) and top-down (system financing)
Proud to join @gregspierce.bsky.social & our research team in unleashing this new resource for SoCal communities after 1 ½ years of work! Water equity begins with knowing where your community is starting from and where it’s going. If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.
The first ½ of the run of the exhibit I co-curated combining science-inspired art with civic participation at beautiful @descansogardens.bsky.social has been off the charts. Only 5️⃣ weeks remain. See it before it's gone! @luskininnovation.bsky.social @ucanr.edu www.descansogardens.org/visit/sturt-...
In today’s @latimes.com:
‘It needs more water’: Calls grow for boosting Mono Lake www.latimes.com/environment/... @myungchun.bsky.social
This is coming up Saturday...join us! 🌳☂️🍦😎 Details at www.descansogardens.org/event/a-cele...
@luskininnovation.bsky.social @ucanr.edu
SoCal peeps: come out Friday for a fun and informative evening among folks who give a hoot.
Because there is no one better than @awalkerinla.bsky.social to help us better understand our city and its potential. Thank you Alissa for this great story on @weareshadela.bsky.social's launch day! @luskininnovation.bsky.social @ucanr.edu
It's not every day that one gets the Chancellor to endorse their work. Now we need all of YOU to be part of the @weareshadela.bsky.social campaign to 🆒 LA's most heat-vulnerable neighborhoods!
