Leaders in
Sustainability
Interdisciplinary Certificate Program
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LiS Kick-Off Event Agenda
1. LiS Certificate Program Presentation
– Introductions and program organization
– Overview and benefits of being part of the
program
– Requirements/what to expect
2. Your questions
3. Reception!
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Administration
Program Director: Colleen Callahan
(Also Deputy Director of the UCLA Luskin Center for
Innovation)
Program Administrator: Myrna Gordon
(IoES)
Student Coordinator: Ariana Vito
(Masters of Urban Planning)
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Faculty
Advisory
Committee
Advisory Board:
• Patrick Allard (EHS)
• Paul Barber (EEB)
• Allison Carruth (English)
• Dana Cuff (AUD)
Co-Chairs and Founders:
• J.R. DeShazo (SPA)
• Charles Corbett (Anderson)
• Tom Gillespie (Geography)
• Magali Delmas (IoES)
• Sean Hecht (Law)
• Jennifer Jay (CEE)
• Timothy Malloy (Law)
•
Cully Nordby (IoES)
• Laurent Pilon (MAE)
• Aradhna Tripati (EPSS)
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LiS Mission
Through leadership development and
multidisciplinary education that integrates
principles of economic health, environmental
quality, and social equity, the UCLA Leaders in
Sustainability Graduate Certificate program
provides students with the knowledge and
skills necessary to advance
sustainability in their fields.
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LiS Objectives
Students in the LiS program will:
• Learn to integrate and apply the
three components of sustainability in their fields
(environment, economy, social equity)
• Receive leadership training
• Gain exposure to best practices, models, and materials
• Have opportunities for practical experience
• Interact and collaborate with students from other
disciplines
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Why Enroll?
• LiS is can help you to broaden, deepen, and
pursue their interests in sustainability as
effective leaders.
• Open and free to all UCLA graduate students
(masters and doctoral).
• Attracts top students who will become decisionmakers in various types of organizations
(businesses, non-profits, governmental,
academic, etc).
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Why Enroll?
• Career edge for next generation of
sustainability leaders
• Tailor made, value adds for students and
alumni
• Nationally award winning, model
sustainability program unique to UCLA
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LiS is an Award Winning Program
Joining faculty from notable
peer schools like Stanford
Graduate School of Business,
Harvard Business School and
Michigan's Ross School of
Business UCLA received the
Page Prize for Sustainability
Issues in Business
Curricula.
The Page Prize encourages
efforts to expose business
students to state-of-the-art
environmental sustainability
knowledge.
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LiS Alum Network of 164 graduates.
Alums are making a difference in the public,
private, philanthropy and academic sectors.
Mentoring and resource connecting provided by
growing alumni network as well as program staff,
affiliated faculty, other students, and broader
network of sustainability professionals who
increasingly view LiS as breeding ground for next
generation of sustainability professionals.
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250
Enrollment in Leaders in Sustainability
193 Students Enrolled Last Year…
number of students
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2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
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…From 2 Dozen Disciplines
African American Studies
Anthropology
Architecture
Atmos & Oceanic Sc.
Biomedical Engineering
Chemistry
Civil & Env Engineering
Ecology & Evol. Biology
Electrical Engineering
EMBA
Engineering
Env Sci and Engineering
1
1
4
5
2
2
3
9
3
1
2
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FEMBA
Information Studies
Law
Management Ph.D.
Materials Science and Eng.
MBA
Mechanical Engineering
Psychology
Public Health (including EHS)
Public Policy
Sociology
Urban and Reg. Planning
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Requirements
(1) 16 quarter units of coursework
• 4 unit core course: Environment 277
•12 units (3 courses) from suggested LiS course list (or by petition)
• Must demonstrate breadth
• 1 course must be outside your home department/school.
(2) Leadership project
(3) Participation in program events
(4) Participate in the LiS email listserve
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The “core” course
• ENV 277. Spring quarter this year (normally winter
quarter). Time TBA, likely in the late afternoon on Tu or W.
• Sustainability overview and current/applied topics, group
simulations, case discussions, lectures, and projects.
• Instructors: Co-taught by LiS director and Madeline
Brozen.
•Guest lecturers: members of the executive committee and
advisory board; professors across disciplines.
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Sample courses at UCLA
•Environmental Law
•China's Urban Sustainability
•Environmental Law Clinic
•Water Law
•California Sustainable Development:
An Economic Perspective Challenge
•Transportation and Environmental
Issues
•Introduction to Sustainable
Architecture and Community
•Environmental Economics
•Economics of Environmental
Regulation
•Urban Environmental Problems:
Water Resources
•Environmentalism: Past, Present &
Future Planning
•Building Climatology
•Business and the Environment
•Management in Public and Private
Nonprofit Sectors
•Social Entrepreneurship
•Green Energy Entrepreneurship and
Strategy
•Industrial Ecology
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Leadership Project Requirements
• Projects should have measurable outcomes/some measurement
of performance.
• Must address at least 2 out of 3 of the components of
sustainability (environment, social equity, economics).
• The student’s role in the project must exemplify leadership- i.e.
leading a team, creating the project, organizing events or
actions.
• Projects, if born out of an assignment for a course or job, must
go above and beyond the original work assigned. For instance,
projects may overlap/coincide with a student’s capstone project,
but LiS component should take project to next level for
measurable outcomes.
• Students are encouraged to collaborate with other LiS students
on a final project but each student will need to demonstrate the
impact/outcomes of their work and their role in the project.
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Leadership Project Examples
• Leading change on campus, for example by starting a rooftop
garden and awareness raising initiatives such as the Green
Screens Film Festival.
• Organized major events that bridge academic with
sustainability professionals , including the Energy Innovation
Conference and the California Clean Innovation Conference.
• Pro bono consulting, for example, for the Los Angeles Mayor’s
Office of Sustainability or the Los Angeles County Bicycle
Coalition to initiate, plan and implement the first Bicycle and
Pedestrian Count for the City of LA.
• Founded a non-profit organization, the Los Angeles
Sustainability Collaborative, that provides fellowships to LiS
and other grad students in LA region in support of leadership
projects.
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Announcements and Schedule
Fall
• Application Deadline: November 2, 2015
Go to: http://www.environment.ucla.edu/lis/
Winter
• Winter social event
• Especially if graduating this year, might want to schedule an
appointment with director to discuss your leadership project and
course portfolio
Spring
• Core course (this year, next year it will be back to the winter
quarter)
• Submit petition to graduate (due date TBD, likely in late April)
• Graduation ceremony in May
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Your Questions and
Our Contact Info
ccallahan@luskin.ucla.edu
mgordon@ioes.ucla.edu
UCLALeadersinSustainability.gmail.org
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• Raising awareness for sustainability
initiatives, events, and opportunities
• Programs such as the Community
Supported Agriculture (CSA Box)
Program
• Assistance with developing,
planning, implementing, and
funding sustainability projects!
Larry Lai,
Co-Director,
Sustainable
Resource Center
Wendy Greene,
Co-Director,
Sustainable
Resource Center
https://sites.google.com/site/uclagsasrc/
src@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu