There's still time to register for this timely and important discussion, happening May 8 ⬇️

Greg Pierce@gregspierce.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Check out our @luskininnovation.bsky.social-organized virtual mini-symposium on May 8: "Drought, Disaster, and Decision-Making: Can a Crisis Be Averted in the Colorado River Basin?" Co-hosting w/ lead @edithdeguzman.bsky.social innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/drough...

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!

Greg Pierce@gregspierce.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Check out our @luskininnovation.bsky.social-organized virtual mini-symposium on May 8: "Drought, Disaster, and Decision-Making: Can a Crisis Be Averted in the Colorado River Basin?" Co-hosting w/ lead @edithdeguzman.bsky.social innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/drough...

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.

Faith Kearns, Ph.D.@fkearns.bsky.social · 7mo ago

What are we learning about the role water systems can realistically play during urban wildfires? Our new report out today, a year after the devastating LA fires, synthesizes the outcomes of a recent expert workshop innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/2026/01/07/u...

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

Sustainable LA @ UCLA@uclasustainablela.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Join us for Policymaking Under Uncertainty: Zone 0 and Vegetation Management on Friday December 12, 2025 at 12 p.m. PT 👉 Register today: ucla.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @edithdeguzman.bsky.social | @travislongcore.bsky.social | Max Moritz | Alessandro Ossola | Nurit Katz

Important new work that will help shape LA's approach to bringing more shade to neighborhoods as a legacy of the mega-event era.

UCLA Emmett Institute@uclalawemmett.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Hot off the presses 🔥 We have a new report on how the City and County of L.A. can strengthen their responses to extreme heat. We look at ways to reimagine and remake the outdoor urban environment to reduce risks to vulnerable communities. law.ucla.edu/news/reducin...

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...

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!

UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation@luskininnovation.bsky.social · 9mo ago

What if art could bring water equity to life? What’s On Tap: L.A.’s Water Story… Source to Spigot, co-curated by @edithdeguzman.bsky.social, transformed water issues into immersive public experiences. Read the report: innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/u... #UCLA #UCLALuskin @ucanr.edu

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/...

How Zone Zero, designed to protect California homes from wildfire, became plagued with controversy and delays

California needs new rules to help future wildfires from destroying homes and businesses. But Zone Zero regulations, a key tenet of the state's plans, have roiled homeowners.

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Finally some good news for LA and Eastern Sierra ecology and communities we rely upon

Ian James@ianjames.bsky.social · 9mo ago

A major shift in where L.A. gets water: The city will double the size of a project to transform wastewater into purified drinking water, producing enough for 500,000 people. The recycled water will allow L.A. to stop taking water from creeks that feed Mono Lake. www.latimes.com/environment/...

Yes, it's nearly November. And yes, it's 90ºF at #UCLA today.

Los Angeles Regional Collaborative@laregionalcollab.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Extreme heat is a year-round issue in Los Angeles, especially now with climate change. Check out the hashtag #HeatSafeLA for tips to stay safe on hot days and for staying involved in cooling LA!

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.

Ian James@ianjames.bsky.social · 10mo ago

"I see a different future that is possible, and it is a much healthier city. And because it is possible, I feel compelled to fight for it." — Melanie Winter www.latimes.com/environment/...

www.linkedin.com/events/wptwe...

Let's do this, Los Angeles

Alissa Walker@awalkerinla.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Happy to see Torched's newest sticker now properly immortalized as a Los Angeles city council motion

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...

After Palisades fire hydrants went dry, LAFD faced costly delays in getting more water

A report provides reveals additional ways fire crews were stymied in efforts to get enough water to fight the Palisades fire in January 2025. The call didn't go in for tanker trucks and when these arr...

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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!

Edith de Guzman@edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 11mo ago

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...

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)

Greg Pierce@gregspierce.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Wherein @edithdeguzman.bsky.social & I continue to beat the drum for more system financing support which will indirectly help and customer assistance which will directly help affordability outcomes. Or we could just keep the status quo of measuring and talking about the problem w/o addressing it

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.

UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation@luskininnovation.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Our 2025 SoCal Community Water Systems Atlas sheds light on disparities in drinking water quality, affordability, governance & climate resilience. See the report, map & dataset: bit.ly/3HU5Jqi @edithdeguzman.bsky.social @gregspierce.bsky.social @laurendunlap.bsky.social #UCLA #UCLALuskin @ucanr.edu

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-...

2025 Exhibitions

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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

Alissa Walker@awalkerinla.bsky.social · last yr.

I'll also be in conversation with @samkbloch.bsky.social and many others on 8/2 as part of 'Roots of Cool: A Celebration of Trees and Shade in a Warming World,' the acclaimed exhibition curated by @edithdeguzman.bsky.social at Descanso Gardens. Consider this our kid-friendly summer Torched meetup!

SoCal peeps: come out Friday for a fun and informative evening among folks who give a hoot.

UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation@luskininnovation.bsky.social · last yr.

Celebrate trees and urban shade at Cultivate: Made in the Shade on July 25, 4:30–7 PM at @descansogardens.bsky.social. Live music, workshops & more included with admission. 🌳 Learn more: innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/made-i... #UCLA #UCLALuskin @ucanr.edu @edithdeguzman.bsky.social

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

Alissa Walker@awalkerinla.bsky.social · last yr.

Trees are essential, but LA streets need cooling now. A new initiative, ShadeLA, is launching today — racing to fill shade gaps ahead of looming megaevents with a neighborhood legacy mindset

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!

UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation@luskininnovation.bsky.social · last yr.

Led by @edithdeguzman.bsky.social & @dornsife.usc.edu is teaming up to expand LA’s urban tree canopy & shade infrastructure to address the dangerous impacts of heat. Learn more about #ShadeLA: innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/2025/07/16/l... @weareshadela.bsky.social #UCLA #UCLALuskin @ucanr.edu

And we’re off to the races! Join us as we aim to elevate SHADE to the status of a shared civic resource protected and funded like the essential infrastructure that it is. Learn more + take the pledge at shade-la.com! 😎

UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation@luskininnovation.bsky.social · last yr.

With @edithdeguzman.bsky.social & @dornsife.usc.edu’s leadership, we’re proud to be a part of #ShadeLA. Providing more shade is the most effective way to keep Angelenos cool. Learn more: innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/2025/07/16/l... @weareshadela.bsky.social #UCLA #UCLALuskin @ucanr.edu