Events

Upcoming Events

Alt text: Event graphic for “Lessons for a Warming Country: Climate Politics and Environmental Policy After the Midterms,” featuring headshots of Alejandro Camacho, Marta Segura, Anthony Rendon, and Jon Christensen against a blue background.

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.

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"

A plane dumping orange fire suppressant above a landscape burning.

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

The Sea Around Us

Beneath the glittering surface of the Pacific Ocean lies a world of ancient and ongoing kinship—and a hidden legacy of destruction. Guided by the cosmologies of the Tongva and Acjachemen…

UCLA Environmental Science B.S. 20th Anniversary Alumni Reunion

Celebrating two decades of impact—honoring the community, connections, and careers shaping a more sustainable future.

Science, Environment, & Community Spring Symposium 2026

[Please note that in-person seats have been filled. However, you can still register to join us via Zoom] Join CDLS for a powerful hybrid gathering bringing together students, faculty, researchers,…

Out of Plain Sight

From the Los Angeles Times and Pulitzer Prize-finalist Rosanna Xia, Out of Plain Sight is a cinematic exposé of an environmental disaster lurking just off the coast of Southern California.

UCLA ESN & D. ENV Career Panel

Join UCLA IoES and ESN for a virtual career panel featuring professionals working across environmental health, wildfire science, hazardous substances management, water resources planning, and environmental safety.