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Lec 9- Sustainable Living, Environment 185A, UCLA

"Lec 9- 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: Paul Scott, a lifelong environmental advocate, co‐founded Plug In America (PIA) in 2005 to galvanize support and advocate for the manufacture of Electric Vehicles and plug‐in hybrids that reduce Americas dependence on petroleum and improve the global environment. He is a regularly featured speaker at national conventions, universities, schools and elsewhere. Paul helped create DontCrush.com, PIAs predecessor, a grassroots group that single‐handedly prevented some 1,000 production EVs from being destroyed by the auto companies that manufactured them. He is among the key figures featured in Who Killed the Electric Car? the 2006 documentary distributed by Sony Pictures Classics, and has been filmed and consulted for the follow up, "Revenge of the Electric Car" (slated for a 2011 release). Paul works professionally as a consultant for SolarCity, the nation's leading residential solar installation firm. Paul is President of the Electric Vehicle Assn. of Southern California and Vice‐President of Plug In America. 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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