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

Climate Change and Sustainability

In the conversation about how to address climate change, the focus is often on the technologies that can help us lower heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions. But in reality, addressing climate…

The Future of Fire in Santa Barbara County

A conversation with leaders who study climate change and wildfire, manage fires and evacuations, and work to understand the economic and policy dimensions of increased fire risk in a changing…

Turning Climate Science Into Action

Join us as we kick off our California Climate Expedition with a party and discussion about climate science and action in California! As climate change continues unabated and California communities…

2019 California Climate Expedition

From June 8 to 24, 2019, the UCLA IoES Center for Climate Science is partnering with OnePulse to bring you the California Climate Expedition: a first-of-its-kind cycling tour and educational experience.…

Charting California’s Course on the Environment from Brown to Newsom and Beyond

Over the period spanning Governor Brown’s four terms in office, California cemented its identity as a pioneer of forward-thinking environmental law. California’s stance on climate and energy policy has marked…