Lecture Series
Events
How We Multiply
First Friday's at the LA Natural History Museum
Our Featured Discussion. The Population Problem and Possible Solutions: The Earth’s human population has reached 8 billion. What does that mean for this planet? Is it catastrophe or more possibilities for…
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…
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
For those interested in more campus events on the environment and sustainability, follow our friends at UCLA Sustainability.
UPCOMING EVENTS
CDLS Research and Outreach Symposium Summer 2024
Featuring keynote speakers and lightning talks from fellows and members showcasing research, community-building efforts, and outreach initiatives
We invite you to join us in person or virtually on August 2, 2024 12pm-4pm PT to lift up the research and community engagement efforts of people in the CDLS…
THE CRITICAL ECOLOGY FRAMEWORK
Uncovering systemic drivers of global change to promote just and sustainable futures
As an independent research organization, Critical Ecology Lab investigates the relationships between social power, inequality and global environmental change, highlighting the relevance of this understanding to studies of ecosystem and…
Lecture Series
The 2024 UCLA La Kretz Center Public Lecture
The Endangered Species Act at 50: Is it working for California?
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.
PAST EVENTS
IoES Hollywood for Science Gala
As the world grapples with escalating challenges such as climate change, pollution and deforestation, UCLA is taking decisive action. Global leaders in philanthropy, entertainment and business will again come together to support that action at…
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…
