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Lec 8- Sustainable Living, Environment 185A, UCLA

"Lec 8- Sustainable Living, Environment 185A, UCLA"Course Description Environment 185A: Sustainable Living is a sub-division of the Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP). ESLP is a student designed, student developed, and student facilitated program offered through the Institute of the Environment. The Speaker Series brings guest speakers from UCLA and across the country to speak on specialized subjects including food systems, green business, organic gardens, sustainable living, the green economy, environmental justice and transportation. Speakers range from authors, professors, community activists, environmentalists, for and non-profit business representatives, and government officials. Lecture Series Student Directors: Spencer Hill, 3rd Year, Applied Mathematics/Atmospheric, Oceanic and Environmental Science Double Major Isis Krause, 4th Year, Geography/Environmental Studies Hayley Moller, 3rd Year, Environmental Science Major Guest Speaker: As Director of Market Research and Educational Learning for Interfaceā€FLOR, Amy's responsibilities include researching and analyzing industry data and trends for the companys sales force and senior management. In addition, her public speaking role falls under Interfaces Social Sustainability mission, which allows Amy to give back to communities and organizations by sharing her invaluable market research. Her current research for the past two years has been focused on the dynamics of having four generations in the workforce for the first time in modern society that is causing a clashing of generational views in the workforce. Amy has discovered this challenge to be a lack of understanding between generations versus a communication issue. Her research is focused on understanding the differences and bridging this gap by leveraging individual talents within the work place while sharing ideas on how to hire and retain this highly educated and fast moving generation. Amy is a certified Strengths Coach through Gallup and is passionate about helping people discover and leverage their natural talents. Her motivational work is a vital part of InterfaceFLORs Strengths Based Culture. Note: Some clips and images may have been blurred or removed to avoid copyright infringement. * See all the UCLA Psychology 116: Neuroscience Lab lectures in this series: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4625A5EA38596A85 * See more courses from UCLA: http://www.youtube.com/uclacourses * See more from UCLA's main channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/ucla

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