Lecture Series
Events
How We Multiply
First Friday's at the LA Natural History Museum
Our Featured Discussion. The Population Problem and Possible Solutions: The Earth’s human population has reached 8 billion. What does that mean for this planet? Is it catastrophe or more possibilities for…
Special Event
Ajay Singh Chaudhary presents The Exhausted of the Earth
An exploration of how the shared experiences of exhaustion can be the foundation for a new, radical climate politics.
Join us on Wednesday, April 17th, at the UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden, for a conversation with Ajay Singh Chaudhary and learn how he answers this question in his new book, The…
Special Event
Highly Charged: Panel Discussion
Panel discusses equity in rate design for decarbonizing electric power systems, featuring experts and advocates.
Panel discusses equity in rate design for decarbonizing electric power systems, featuring experts and advocates.
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.
UPCOMING EVENTS
CDLS Research and Outreach Symposium Summer 2024
Featuring keynote speakers and lightning talks from fellows and members showcasing research, community-building efforts, and outreach initiatives
We invite you to join us in person or virtually on August 2, 2024 12pm-4pm PT to lift up the research and community engagement efforts of people in the CDLS…
THE CRITICAL ECOLOGY FRAMEWORK
Uncovering systemic drivers of global change to promote just and sustainable futures
As an independent research organization, Critical Ecology Lab investigates the relationships between social power, inequality and global environmental change, highlighting the relevance of this understanding to studies of ecosystem and…
Lecture Series
The 2024 UCLA La Kretz Center Public Lecture
The Endangered Species Act at 50: Is it working for California?
Note: This event will no longer be happening on May 11th, 2024. The date has been postponed and will now occur on September 28th, 2024.
PAST EVENTS
The 2017 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award Ceremony
There were originally supposed to be five finalists, but a strong class of candidates led the executive committee to include an extra contestant. On November 8, one of the them will get $100,000…
Spotlight on Sustainability: Emerging Trends in the Built Environment
Join business leaders for an interactive discussion on sustainability in the built environment.
Film Screening: Chasing Coral
It reveals the story of a team of photographers, scientists, and other experts who discover and try to capture one of the world’s largest coral bleaching events. It took 3.5…
Climate Change, the Sierra Nevada, and Our Water Future
Center for Climate Science Director Alex Hall travels to Long Beach to continue his speaking tour about his groundbreaking research on climate change in the Sierra Nevada.
Research Talk: California’s Climate Future
When it comes to water, the Sierra Nevada has always been a feast-or-famine environment. As global temperatures climb with human emissions of greenhouse gases, how will this change? What is the future of the Sierra Nevada, and what does it mean for us?
