The butterfly effect | Nurit Katz | TEDxUCLA

How do our small actions become powerfully large ripples? Nurit Katz advocates for the study and care of monarch butterflies to ensure a healthier future filled with biodiversity. Altruism and wonder can transform each one of us into a pollinator of change. UCLA Chief Sustainability Officer, Nurit Katz is working to foster partnerships among academic, research, and operational departments to facilitate creating a world class living laboratory for sustainability at UCLA. As Executive Officer for UCLA Facilities Management, Nurit provides strategy support to make the university more operationally efficient and coordinates with Emergency Management on resilience planning. Facilities Management provides energy to the campus through a highly efficient cogeneration plant, as well as managing landscaping, renovations, operations, and maintenance. Nurit is also an Instructor for UCLA Extension’s Sustainability Certificate Program. Before starting in this position she founded the UCLA Sustainable Resource Center to provide resources for the community on sustainability. She then served as President of the Graduate Students Association & assisted Dr.Charles Corbett in developing a new interdisciplinary graduate certificate Leaders in Sustainability. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx