Events

Upcoming Events

Two smiling men pictured over a coastal ocean scene, with an orange fish in the lower left, green kelp in the lower right, and the La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science logo in the upper right.

Conserving California’s Coastal Waters

The 2026 La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science Public Lecture

Join us for a public discussion of recent advances in ocean conservation and a chance to interact with current UCLA conservation researchers, Zach and Mark Gold.

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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The Snail Darter, Sturgeons, and the Politics of Taxonomy

The Institute of the Environment and Sustainability's Fall 2026 Lecture, featuring 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

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"

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

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…

USGBC-LA’s Thought Leadership Series: Reducing California’s Fire Risk

USGBC-LA is hosting this event to bring together the sustainability, green building, and fire prevention communities to jointly address wildfire resilience across California. The event will begin with virtual tours…

GreenShorts Award Ceremony

Join us for a live stream for the 2021 annual GreenShorts Award Ceremony where we will celebrate wining short environmental films created by Southern California and Louisiana high school students.…