Events

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Wildfire disaster, recovery, and resilience: what have we learned?

Focus on Environment and Sustainability Series

Wildfire recovery in the U.S., particularly in California, is a slow and complex process hindered by unique post-fire challenges like housing shortages, regulatory hurdles, and underinsurance, but innovative solutions are emerging to improve resilience and equity.

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Optimism, Optopia and Climate Change Stories

Focus on Environment and Sustainability Seminar Series

How can science fiction balance hopeful stories about environmental futures with current realities? What theory of social change should inform these stories? With dire climate change impacts already happening, what kinds of stories can inspire audiences to care about and become active on large-scale environmental issues?

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Managing the Mid-Transition from Fossil to Clean Energy

Focus on Environment and Sustainability Seminar Series

Featuring Emily Grubert Associate Professor of Sustainable Energy PolicyKeough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame Emily Grubert, a civil engineer and environmental sociologist, will share insights on how…

On Campus

UCLA-wide sustainability events calendar

For those interested in more campus events on the environment and sustainability, follow our friends at UCLA Sustainability.

PAST EVENTS

Environmental frontiers in California – the Imperial and Coachella Valleys

An IoES roundtable on issues and impacts of economic development on environment justice.

Center for Tropical Research Social Mixer

🗓️ Date: January 17, 2024. 🕕 Time: 4pm — 6pm 📍 Venue: UCLA La Kretz Garden Pavilion

UCLA TDG x Aioi Cleantech for Mobility Technology Pitch Day

This event promises to be a dynamic forum for exploring the latest advancements in clean technology that are set to revolutionize the mobility and transportation ecosystems. Don’t miss the opportunity…

The Center for Diverse Leadership in Science Presents: A Discussion with Critical Ecology Lab’s Suzanne Pierre & Em Whalen

Please join the Center for Diverse Leadership in Science and Critical Ecology Lab for a lunch discussion on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, from 12:30-1:30pm in Geology Room 4667. Lunch will be provided to attendees.…

Sage Hill Fall Restoration Volunteer Day

Help us restore UCLA’s Sage Hill by removing invasive plants and planting native plants. We’ll be planting native plants such as California brittlebrush, milkweed, black sage, and yucca. Meet at…