[Sehefac] UCR Bonnie Reiss Leading on Climate Fellows for 2024-2025

[Allison Hedge Coke]

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On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 9:51 AM Chikako Takeshita via Sehefac <
sehefac at lists.ucr.edu> wrote:

> Wow! These are terrific fellows!
> Thank you, Dana and the committee, for all of your work.
> This is very exciting!
>
> Chikako
>
> Chikako Takeshita (she/her)
> Associate Professor
> Department of Society, Environment, and Health Equity
> University of California, Riverside
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>
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 11:24 AM Dana Simmons via Sehefac <
> sehefac at lists.ucr.edu> wrote:
>
>> Dear SEHE affiliates,
>> I'm thrilled to announce the UCR Bonnie Reiss Leading on Climate Fellows
>> for 2024-2025:
>>
>> *Victoria Podakova (Political Science major), Climate Action Student
>> Engagement fellow*, will work with the Office of Sustainability to
>> support efforts to engage students in support of UCR's climate action
>> goals. Victoria will develop and disseminate educational materials to build
>> community awareness and generate support for climate action-related
>> projects. Victoria also will play an important role in communicating
>> student opinions on UC’s climate policy, programs, and actions to
>> university leadership.
>>
>> *Christine Seaman (Masters in Public Policy), Planning
>> (Resilience/Climate Action Policy) Fellow*, will work with the Office of
>> Sustainability on a project related to UCR's Climate Action Plan to achieve
>> campus targets for reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions, as well as campus
>> plans for adaptation, resilience, equity, and climate justice. Christine
>> has a background in disaster resilience and will apply those skills to
>> climate resilience planning.
>>
>> *Aashish Raheja (MS in Computer Science), Decarbonization Fellow*, will
>> work with the Office of Sustainability on a project that supports the
>> development and implementation of the UCR decarbonization study. Aashish
>> experienced the catastrophic impacts of climate change with major flooding
>> in Mumbai and will apply his engineering/ CS skills to reducing those
>> impacts.
>>
>> *Rahul Almeida (Biology major), Sustainable Food and Agriculture Student
>> Engagement Fellow*, will support efforts to engage the UCR community on
>> the environmental and health benefits of sustainable and plant-based foods.
>> Rahul will develop and disseminate educational materials - specifically, a
>> student community cookbook - to build community awareness of the
>> environmental and health benefits of choosing sustainable and plant-based
>> foods, and build awareness of the efforts and projects happening at UCR to
>> reduce food waste and promote sustainable and plant-based foods. Rahul will
>> gather community input, suggestions, issues, and opportunities about UCR’s
>> programs and approaches to promoting sustainable agriculture and food.
>>
>> *Danielle Ma (Political Science major), Sustainable Food and Agriculture
>> Fellow,* will work with the Basic Needs department and Dining Services
>> to expand and maintain the UCR Food Recovery Network chapter, and to reduce
>> food waste on campus.
>>
>> *Shrey Patel (MBA), Sustainable Food and Agriculture Fellow,* will apply
>> his business accounting skills in work with DIning Services to identify
>> challenges and potential solutions related to increasing sustainable and
>> plant-based food procurement and eliminating single use plastics.
>>
>> It's great to see fellows hailing from almost all the schools and
>> colleges, both graduates and undergraduates. There were many other
>> extraordinary applicants and the choice was very difficult. Enormous thanks
>> to Jade, Cassia, Ellen, Francis Mitalo (Office of Sustainability), Cynthia
>> Gonzalez (Basic Needs) and Gustavo Plascencia (Dining Services) for
>> investing considerable time and energy into selecting and interviewing the
>> candidates.
>> Yay!
>> I hope that all of you are doing well. I promise an update on SEHE soon,
>> as we prepare to launch our two new majors and 25 new classes. Mark the
>> afternoon of September 18 on your calendars for a little something.
>> Happy August,
>> Dana
>>
>> --
>> Dana Simmons
>> Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Society, Environment and
>> Health Equity
>> Cooperating Faculty, Department of History
>> University of California, Riverside
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