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.

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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

Sustainability Action Research Info Session

Thank you for your interest in applying for the Sustainability Action Research (SAR) program. We’ll be hosting an info session, where you can learn and ask questions about our program,…

The Role of Preferential Sampling

Sponsored by UCLA Departments of Statistics and Biostatistics and the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. Abstract: The notion of preferential sampling was introduced into the literature in the…

Urban Water Conservation in a Drought

During the last drought (2011 -2017), California had to manage through emergency regulation which includes conservation mandates. Since then, new legislation was signed to “Make Conservation a Way of Life”…

The Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award Ceremony

Finalists David Diaz, Farwiza Farhan and Chook-Chook Hillman were selected from a pool of 18 candidates to move on to the final round of judging. Each of them takes a…

A Celebration of Environmental Heroes

Also Featuring: Courteney Cox & Coco Arquette Natasha Bedingfield Gisele Bündchen Harrison Ford Issa Rae Sting & Joe Sumner Boys World Event co-chairs: Lawrence Bender Alexandria Jackson Janice Min Jesse…