Place It! Workshop on Climate Resiliency and Equity
Place IT! Workshop on Climate Resiliency and Equity

Occidental’s Urban and Environmental Policy Students had a creative opportunity to explore climate resiliency and equity from the comfort of their own home. TinyURL.com/y5vbw5bp

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What's at Stake
What's at Stake in November: Politics in the time of crisis

A recorded webinar with expert panelists discussing "What's at Stake in November: Politics in the time of crisis" moderated by UEP Assistant Professor J. Mijin Cha.

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Climate Equity Network
Recently published!

A Roadmap to an Equitable Low-Carbon Future: Four Pillars for a Just Transition

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How to Run a Progressive City
"How to Run a Progressive City" speakers on 3/19/19 and 3/21/19

Open to the Oxy Community

HOW TO RUN A PROGRESSIVE CITY

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James Rojas
Cities Re-imagined In Innovative Urban Planning Program at Occidental College

Urban planner James Rojas re-imagines cities and he uses random objects to do that. Old Legos and rubber ducks, hair curlers and wine corks. Today, he’s visiting an Urban Planning & Environmental Policy class at Occidental College. Click here to watch the clipping.  

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Pastic Ban PSA

Students in UEP 300: Environmental Law and Policy drafted a regulation to start phasing out use of single-use plastics on campus. In addition to the regulation, and parallel to actual regulatory processes, students also compiled an impact statement to detail the ban's economic, environmental, and health impacts.

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Oxy Grads on the Front Line of the Urban Crisis
Many Oxy alums are working for nonprofit groups, government agencies, and research/policy centers that address the serious issues facing our cities – poverty and unemployment, housing, pollution, immigration reform, transportation, and public health, among them.
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Climate Justice Students Toured Oil Fields and Toxic Sites
UEP 230 Climate Justice: Theory and Practice students toured oil fields and toxic sites in the Central Valley with assistant professor Mijin Cha.
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Bhavna Shamasunder
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