Events

Upcoming Events

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The Snail Darter and the Politics of Taxonomy

The Institute of the Environment and Sustainability's Fall 2026 Lecture, presented by Yale Professor Thomas Near

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

How to Tell the Story of a City

Michael Kimmelman, architecture critic, The New York Times

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…

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Special Event

Lessons for a Warming Country

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.

A book hovering over a cityscape in the background. The book is titled Myth of Sustainable Cities: Losing the Holocene

Book Talk | The Myth of Sustainable Cities: Losing the Holocene

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"

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Special Event

Palisades/Eaton Fires Conference

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

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

Fall Volunteer Day at Sage Hill!

Help us restore the native ecosystem of Sage Hill—one of the last natural areas in Westwood!

The 2024 UCLA La Kretz Center Public Lecture

Note: This event will no longer be happening on May 11th, 2024. The date has been postponed and will now occur on September 28th, 2024.

2024 IoES Junior Retreat

🌤️ Happening Tuesday Sept. 24th from 9:30 am to 7 pm at UCLA’s South Bay Campus 🤸‍♂️ Come make new friends, enjoy a scenic hike and good food, play games,…

Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice

The exhibition considers environmental art practices that address the climate crisis and anthropogenic disasters and their inescapable intersection with issues of equity and social justice.

LA Climate Week

The first-ever Los Angeles Climate Week™ will be full of diverse events for the LA community to collaborate, exchange ideas, and foster local climate solutions. Join LA Climate Week to…