Upcoming Events
Special Event
Meet the students shaping the future of environmental storytelling.
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.
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, 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…
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
Join the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability’s Water Faculty and Student Group for an online seminar on the Climate-Wildfire-Stormwater Nexus on Monday, April 10, 2023 from 4:00-5:30 PM.…
Please join us for an informal presentation and lively discussion led by Dr. Jennifer Norris, the California Deputy Secretary for Biodiversity and Habitat at the California Natural Resources Agency, as…
Angela Johnson Meszaros is a Managing Attorney at Earth Justice. Angela’s docket focuses on working with communities of color on issues related to air pollution, energy, and the urban environment. For…
Global climate diplomacy is stalling thanks to the same top-down approach used since the Kyoto Protocol. That’s the argument made by David Victor (UC San Diego) and Charles Sabel (Columbia…
Join Avenue 50 Studio and the Los Angeles Center for Urban Natural Resources Sustainability for a closing reception and panel discussion featuring 3 climate change-themed art shows under one roof...all in the birthplace of Los Angeles, El Pueblo.
