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Lecture Series
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
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
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
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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…
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 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
On April 21, 2017, Rep. Adam Schiff held a town hall on climate change at Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium. Center for Climate Science Director Alex Hall joined the panel, along with…
Greening environmental justice communities: Addressing incompatible land-use in Los Angeles
Confirmed panelists include: Dr. Stephanie Pincetl and Dr. Erik Porse | UCLA California Center for Sustainable Communities Tim Becker | Theodore Payne Foundation Janet Hartin | University of California Division of…
Every year, we honor environmental game-changers at the UCLA IoES Gala. Paul G. Allen races the extinction of elephants and flips common paradigms for ocean and climate health. Toyota leads sustainable transportation and reinvents eco-mobility with vehicles like the Prius and Mirai. These 2017 Gala honorees prove that sustainable innovation can surmount the greatest threats of our time.
Creation of a New Environmentalism in California keynote lecture by Barbara Romero Deputy Mayor for City Services Former City of Los Angeles Board of Public Works Commissioner Welcoming & closing…