[Sehefac] Thank you for this community + UCR wildfire relief

[Dana Simmons]

PS. I apologize for the extra email: I wanted to encourage everyone to
please submit a comment to the UCR Chancellor Search
<https://chancellorsearch.ucr.edu/>, urging them to prioritize
sustainability and UC's commitment to total decarbonization by 2045.
Here is a link to the survey on the Chancellor search
<https://ucop.questionpro.com/t/AYY7RZ4a6g>. and here is the UC sustainable
practices policy
<https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/3100155/SustainablePractices> (see
p. 19 for the commitment to achieve a 90% reduction in total emissions by
2045).
Thank you!
Dana

On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM Dana Simmons <danasim at ucr.edu> wrote:

> Dear SEHE affiliates,
> It was so good to see many of you yesterday at the Latinxs & Environment
> seminar and the social hour yesterday. I can't tell you how meaningful it
> was to think through climate anxiety with Jade Sasser, then share snacks
> and conversation around a table, on the other side of a terrible week.
>
> I want to highlight a great interview with SEHE affiliate Francesca
> Hopkins
> <https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2025/01/15/climate-scientists-take-la-fires?utm_source=UC+Riverside+Master+List&utm_campaign=5f4a74d731-newsletter-ucr-life-011625&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-5f4a74d731-87554813>
> about the dynamic interplay between rising temperatures, humidity levels in
> the air, vegetation growth and fire. Here's my takeaway: the
> Clausius-Clapeyron relation is a thing, and it's exponential, not linear.
> And - this we all know here - "we need to think differently." Thank you,
> Francesca.
>
> In case you have not seen this through other channels: there is now a
> website for info about UC support for wildfire-impacted faculty, staff and
> students:
> https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/employee-news/supporting-each-other-through-the-fires/
> .
>
> UCR Leading on Climate Fellow Danielle Ma is organizing a Wildfire Relief
> Drive with the UCR Basic Needs Department. Here's the information from
> Danielle to share with your colleagues and students (flyers attached):
>
> "Currently, I am organizing a Wildfire Relief Drive project with my
> fellowship and the Basic Needs Center. The goal of this project is to
> collect donations from today until next Friday (1/24), and redistribute
> them on 1/29 and 1/31 for students affected by the LA fires. We are also
> asking for volunteers who would be able to help out on packaging and
> distribution days (more information in the volunteer form).
>
> I'm writing to ask if you would be open to sharing these flyers and/or the Instagram
> post <https://www.instagram.com/p/DE276_iSVpn/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==> to
> your classes or anyone else who would be able to promote this drive. Please
> let me know if you'd be interested in promoting. I've attached the flyers
> below for your reference, and the post is linked above. If you know anyone
> else who'd be willing to help spread the word, please send their emails to
> me or send the flyers directly to them."
>
> I'll also attach the flyer for the SEHE Open House on 1/29, just as a
> reminder to share if you are willing.
> Take good care, everyone!
> 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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