Events
Special Event
Ajay Singh Chaudhary presents The Exhausted of the Earth
An exploration of how the shared experiences of exhaustion can be the foundation for a new, radical climate politics.
Join us on Wednesday, April 17th, at the UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden, for a conversation with Ajay Singh Chaudhary and learn how he answers this question in his new book, The…
Lecture Series
The 2024 UCLA La Kretz Center Public Lecture
The Endangered Species Act at 50: Is it working for California?
Join us on Saturday, May 11th to hear from leading voices in endangered species listing and recovery speak about what is working best, what is not, and how we can improve California conservation actions in the future.
Special Event
Highly Charged: Panel Discussion
Panel discusses equity in rate design for decarbonizing electric power systems, featuring experts and advocates.
Panel discusses equity in rate design for decarbonizing electric power systems, featuring experts and advocates.
On Campus
UCLA-wide sustainability events calendar
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Special Event
50th Anniversary of the ESE Program: Celebration and Reunion
Join us on Saturday, May 4 to celebrate 50 years of environmental excellence.
Join us on Saturday, May 4 to celebrate 50 years of environmental excellence.
Grand Theft Eco: The iBear in the River
LENS screening of the first episode of Grand Theft Eco: Environmental Futures of Los Angeles.
Grand Theft Eco is a machinima series and pedagogical engine that repurposes the video game Grand Theft Auto to explore possible eco-futures of LA in the year 2050.
Lecture Series
The 2024 UCLA La Kretz Center Public Lecture
The Endangered Species Act at 50: Is it working for California?
Join us on Saturday, May 11th to hear from leading voices in endangered species listing and recovery speak about what is working best, what is not, and how we can improve California conservation actions in the future.
Symposium
11th Annual UCLA Children’s Discovery and Innovation Institute (CDI) Symposium
The Science of Climate Change: Impact on Children
The UCLA CDI Institute is the research home of the Pediatrics Department and was established in 2013. The CDI Institute encourages multidisciplinary child health research and training at UCLA across…
PAST EVENTS
From Tigers to Trees – CTR Seminar with Matthew Scott Luskin
Abstract: Species interactions structure ecosystems and regulate populations, such as herbivores being limited by predation and competition for food. A notable example is the wolves’ importance in maintaining Yellowstone’s food webs. I will…
China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Global Opportunity or Climate Disaster?
In 2013, President Xi Jinping launched the Belt and Road Initiative, an ambitious infrastructure project to create extensive transportation and energy links among China’s neighbors in Asia and eventually to…
LA’s New Abnormal: Mega-Wildfires
The Nature Conservancy and UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES) invite you to LA’s New Abnormal: Mega-Wildfires Reception and Discussion Seemingly every year, California breaks some…
Street Plants: Wild Flora of Los Angeles
Cities may seem to be solely the work of humans—right down to the urban landscape of street trees, ornamental plantings, and manicured lawns that were put in place by human…
RISING SEAS: JELLYFISH JERKY
Join artist Marina Zurkow and chefs Hank and Bean for a climate change conversation over Jellyfish Jerky and an environmental risk Mitigating Tea at their Rising Seas Hawker Stall. On…
