Oppenheim Lecture Series
The Oppenheim Lecture Series has been established at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability through a generous gift by Patricia Oppenheim and her family in memory of Rudi Oppenheim. This evening lecture series presents world class speakers to educate, inform, and build community discourse about the critical environmental problems of our time.
2012-2013 Oppenheim Lectures
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L.A.'s Climate Future: What's Coming and What We Can Do
An Oppenheim Lecture featuring Alex Hall, Professor, UCLA Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences & Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Conservation for Our World of Nine Billion People: The End of Nostalgia and Apocaholism
An Oppenheim Lecture featuring Peter Karieva, Chief Scientist, The Nature Conservancy
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Pole to Pole: A Global WarNing - How the Ice Foretells the Next Systemic Transformation
An Oppenheim Lecture featuring Sebastian Copeland, award-winning photographer, explorer, extreme athlete, and environmental advocate.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
2011-2012 Oppenheim Lectures
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America's Climate Choices
An Oppenheim Lecture featuring Albert Carnesale, UCLA Chancellor Emeritus & Professor, Department of Public Policy and Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, held on October 12, 2011 at UCLA's Fowler Museum.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Green Chemistry: Innovations for an Environmental and Economic Prosperity
An Oppenheim Lecture featuring Dr. Paul Anastas, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development Science Advisor to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency held on November 16, 2011.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Arab Media Forum: A Step Towards Change
An Oppenheim Lecture featuring Randa Fouad, President of the Arab Media Forum for Environment and Development, held on January 18, 2012.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Growth, Innovation, and the Accelerating Pace of Urban Life: Are 21st Century Cities Sustainable?
An Oppenheim Lecture featuring Geoffrey West, Distinguished Professor and Past President of The Santa Fe Institute, held on March 7, 2012.
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
“Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time”
A Film Screening and Panel Discussion with Stanley Temple, Senior Fellow and Science Advisor, Aldo Leopold Foundation and Green Fire's Producer/Director Steve Dunsky and Producer/Editor Ann Dunsky.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
2010-2011 Oppenheim Lectures
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Reflections of a Green Business Pioneer, an Oppenheim Lecture by Yvon Chouinard, Founder of Patagonia
Held Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at UCLA Anderson School of Management's Korn Convocation Hall.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Fall Oppenheim Event: Climate Refugees - A private screening and panel discussion after the film
"Climate Refugees" is a documentary film about "the human face of climate change."
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
2009-2010 Oppenheim Lectures
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Dan Kammen: Innovation for a Clean Economy
Daniel M. Kammen, Ph.D.; Class of 1935 Distinguished Professor of Energy, UC Berkeley; An Oppenheim Lecture
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Geography of Air Pollution: Where are Pregnant Women and their Children at Risk?
A joint Oppenheim Lecture by: Beate Ritz, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair, UCLA Department of Epidemiology and John Balmes, M.D., Professor of Medicine, U.C. San Francisco
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Adapting to Wildfires on the Urban Edge in Southern California
Jon E. Keeley, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, UCLA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Resource Ecologist, USGS Western Ecological Research Center
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
2008-2009 Oppenheim Lectures
Penguins as Marine Sentinels
P. Dee Boersma, Ph.D., Wadsworth Endowed Chair of Conservation Science, University of Washington. An Oppenheim Lecture
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Brave New Ocean
Jeremy Jackson, Ph.D., Professor of Oceanography, Scripps Institute of Oceanography. An Oppenheim Lecture, presented in conjunction with the "Darwin Evolving" Speaker Series
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Business of Climate Change
Andrew Hoffman, Ph.D., Holcim Professor, Sustainable Enterprise, University of Michigan. An Oppenheim Lecture
Thursday, February 19, 2009
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
2007-2008 Oppenheim Lectures
What's Good for the Planet and the Economy is Also Good for Health...With the Right Leadership
An Oppenheim lecture held April 14, 2008 by Dr. Richard Jackson, M.D., M.P.H. Professor and Chairman, Professor and Chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, UCLA.
A Blueprint for Healing the Bay
An Oppenheim lecture held February 11, 2008 with Dr. Mark Gold, environmental scientist and President of Heal the Bay.
Energy Efficiency: The first, and most profitable, way to delay Climate Change
An Oppenheim lecture by Arthur Rosenfeld, Ph.D., Member, California Energy Commission held February 25, 2008.
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2012-2013 Oppenheim Lecture Videos
Conservation for Our World of Nine Billion People: The End of Nostalgia and Apocaholism
Please watch this short video of Peter Karieva, Chief Scientist, The Nature Conservancy filmed at UCLA before he gave an Oppenheim lecture February 2013.
Pole to Pole: A Global WarNing - How the Ice Foretells the Next Systemic Transformation
Oppenheim Lecturer Sebastian Copeland discuss his adventures as an environmental advocate.
2011-2012 Oppenheim Lecture Videos
America's Climate Choices by Albert Carnesale
In his Fall Oppenheim Lecture on October 12, Dr. Carnesale, UCLA Chancellor Emeritus and Professor, Dept. of Public Policy and Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, gave an overview of this National Academy of Sciences report.
Green Chemistry: Innovations for an Environmental and Economic Prosperity by Dr. Paul Anastas
In this Oppenheim Lecture Dr. Paul Anastas, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development Science Advisor to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency discusses the relationship between people, chemicals, and the environment. November 16, 2011
Arab Media Forum: A Step Toward Change
Oppenhiem Lecturer Randa Fouad, President of the Arab Media Forum for Environment and Development, explains how her organization helps journalists throughout the Middle East learn and write about environment and sustainable development issues.
Growth, Innovation, and the Accelerating Pace of Urban Life: Are 21st Century Cities Sustainable?
In his Spring Oppenheim Lecture on March 7th, 2012, The Santa Fe Institute's Dr. Geoffrey West discussed how quantitative theory and data can explain the environmental sustainability of cities and businesses.
2010-2011 Oppenheim Lecture Videos
Yvon Chouinard: A Reluctant Businessman
Yvon Chouinard recounts his young life, including his start as an innovator and an entrepreneur in the climbing business.
Yvon Chouinard: Stand Up Shorts
Yvon Chouinard gives a humorous account of the trend-setting introduction of clothing to his climbing business.
Yvon Chouinard: Let My People Go Surfing
Chouinard describes the philosophy of his company through something he calls “breaking the rules of business” - creating quality clothing in a relaxed atmosphere that grants his employees both flexibility and the opportunity to develop relationships with each other, as long as the work gets done.
Yvon Chouinard: How to make sustainable clothing
Chouinard examines the risks of using chemicals in the production of clothing, recalls the difficulties faced in his company’s switch from industrial to organic cotton, and tackles the issue of finding safer alternatives which put conservation first and which minimally harm the environment.
Yvon Chouinard: Closing the Cycle - A long term relationship with the customer.
Yvon Chouinard recounted how Patagonia grew from a retail climbing equipment business operating out of the back of his van to a successful global business based on sustainability and social responsibility principles.
2009-2010 Oppenheim Lecture Videos
Dan Kammen: Innovation for a Clean Economy
In his Spring Oppenheim Lecture on March 31, 2010, Dan Kammen talked about if and how we can achieve a low-carbon/no-carbon economy.
The Geography of Air Pollution: Where are Pregnant Women and their Children at Risk?
Winter 2010 Oppenheim Lecture with Beate Ritz, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair, UCLA Department of Epidemiology and John Balmes, M.D., Professor of Medicine, U.C. San Francisco
Adapting to Wildfires on the Urban Edge in Southern California
Watch Professor Jon. E. Keeley give a short introduction to his Oppenheim Lecture, held November 4, 2009.
2008-2009 Oppenheim Lectures
Penguins as Marine Sentinels
Watch Professor Dee Boersma give a short introduction to her Oppenheim Lecture, Penguins as Marine Sentinels, held April 15, 2009.
Brave New Ocean: A Institute of the Environment Oppenheim Series Lecture by Dr. Jeremy Jackson, UCLA
The Business of Climate Change
See a short video where Professor Hoffman gives you the highlights of his Oppenheim Lecture.
Podcasts
Conservation for Our World of Nine Billion People: The End of Nostalgia and Apocaholism
Podcast of An Oppenheim Lecture featuring Peter Karieva, Chief Scientist, The Nature Conservancy
Reflections of a Green Business Pioneer
Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard gave the Winter 2011 Oppenheim Lecture to a packed crowd at Korn Auditorium at UCLA.
Dan Kammen: Innovation for a Clean Economy Lecture Podcast
Daniel M. Kammen, Ph.D. Class of 1935 Distinguished Professor of Energy, UC Berkeley, An Oppenheim Lecture
The Geography of Air Pollution: Where are Pregnant Women and their Children at Risk?
An Oppenheim lecture held January 20, 2010 with Beate Ritz, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair, UCLA Department of Epidemiology and John Balmes, M.D., Professor of Medicine, U.C. San Francisco
Adapting to Wildfires on the Urban Edge in Southern California: An Oppenheim lecture
An Oppenheim lecture held November 4th, 2009 with Professor Jon E. Keeley.
Penguins as Marine Sentinels
An Oppenheim lecture held April 15, 2009 with Professor Dee Boersma.
The Business of Climate Change
An Oppenheim Lecture with Professor Andrew Hoffman held February 19, 2009.
Brave New Ocean
An Oppenheim Lecture with Professor Jeremy Jackson held January 28, 2009.
What's Good for the Planet and the Economy is Also Good for Health...With the Right Leadership
An Oppenheim Lecture by Dr. Richard Jackson held April 14, 2008.
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