Upcoming Events
Special Event
Climate Politics & Environmental Policy After the Midterms
The second event in the LENS 10th anniversary series is a post-election discussion about the local, state, and national implications for environmental policy and politics with a panel of UCLA experts.
Professor Stephanie Pincetl discusses her new book with Professor of Anthropology Monica L. Smith
Join us for a conversation with IoES Professor and Founding Director of the California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA Stephanie Pincetl about her new book, "The Myth of Sustainable Cities: Losing the Holocene"
Special Event
A one-day conference on investigations into the destructive 2025 LA fires.
Topics include factors determining structural survival, the impact of zone zero on home survival, the role of fuels management, urban tree survival, landslides, and pathways to reducing future fire risk…
On Campus
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Past Events
The Institute of the Environment and Sustainability invites you to our Fall 2026 lecture with Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University Thomas Near
Michael Kimmelman is the architecture critic at The New York Times and founder of Headway. He has written from more than 40 countries and was for some years a columnist…
Celebrate the launch of LENS: The Journal of Environmental Narratives, a new undergraduate journal at UCLA. Meet the student editors and contributors, explore the inaugural issue, and learn how to get involved. Refreshments will be served.
Join us for a public discussion of recent advances in ocean conservation and a chance to interact with current UCLA conservation researchers, Zach and Mark Gold.
Celebrating a decade of impact of one of the most prestigious environmental prizes in the world for innovators under 40.
