Events

Upcoming Events

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Special Event

Celebrating the Inaugural Issue of LENS: The Journal of Environmental Narratives

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.

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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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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

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.…

Engineering in Action: Transportation Equity

You’re invited to our next installment of our Engineering in Action series, which will bring together a panel of experts from L.A to D.C. to discuss transportation equity. Discover how…

La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science Annual Lecture

Join us for a live stream of the 2021 Annual ‘La Kretz Center Lecture’ which features our first decade of UCLA La Kretz Center Postdocs. The event will highlight our…

Sustainability in the virtual workplace: Impact of the rise of cloud computing, web conferencing, and big data

One year later, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to radically impact working patterns around the world. In a largely virtual world, it is important to consider the impacts of cloud computing,…

Africa’s Readiness for Climate Change

Register to Attend   Submit a Proposal ARCC 2021 will assemble interdisciplinary panels of scholars, scientists, industry leaders, climate change innovators, youth activists, and policy-makers to discuss cutting-edge research and…