Nurit Katz is UCLA's first Chief Sustainability Officer. She also teaches at UCLA Extension's Sustainability Certificate Program. And she is a first-generation American, a proud daughter of a Serbian-Croatian Israeli immigrant.
In this episode, we talk about how to get people and most important organizations and companies to think and care more about sustainability. And I was pleasantly surprised by Nurits outlook because I have a tendency to get into "all is lost" mode and there is a lot of this doomsday messaging out there and it's actually nice to hear a professional who while being aware of the challenges has a positive and proactive outlook.
Here are a few links from Nurit:
UCLA Sustainability: https://www.sustain.ucla.edu/
UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge: https://grandchallenges.ucla.edu/sustainable-la/
iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/
City Nature Challenge: https://citynaturechallenge.org/
UCLA Extension Sustainability Certificate: https://www.uclaextension.edu/environmental-studies-public-policy/sustainability-environmental-studies/certificate/sustainability
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