Events

Ajay Singh Chaudhary

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…

Lecture Series

The 2024 UCLA La Kretz Center Public Lecture

The Endangered Species Act at 50: Is it working for California?

Join us on Saturday, May 11th to hear from leading voices in endangered species listing and recovery speak about what is working best, what is not, and how we can improve California conservation actions in the future.

Highly Charged Panel Discussion

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

Grand Theft Eco: The iBear in the River

LENS screening of the first episode of Grand Theft Eco: Environmental Futures of Los Angeles.

Grand Theft Eco is a machinima series and pedagogical engine that repurposes the video game Grand Theft Auto to explore possible eco-futures of LA in the year 2050.

Lecture Series

The 2024 UCLA La Kretz Center Public Lecture

The Endangered Species Act at 50: Is it working for California?

Join us on Saturday, May 11th to hear from leading voices in endangered species listing and recovery speak about what is working best, what is not, and how we can improve California conservation actions in the future.

PAST EVENTS

Annual Gala

We face unprecedented stresses on food, water and energy systems. Fresh ideas, breakthrough technologies and heightened public engagement are urgently needed. The UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability represents…

POWERING EARTH 2050:

The UCLA Institute for the Environment and Sustainability invites you to the launch of a brand new format for our flagship public program, the Oppenheim Lecture Series. Join leading authorities…

LA’s Water Resource Future Workshop Series, Part 1

The first workshop in the LA's Water Resource Future Series was held on February 19, 2016. UCLA faculty and Los Angeles region water managers, planners, and scientists explored the state of stormwater management and planning, the potential to connect surface hydrology and groundwater modeling tools to quantify infiltration, potential ecosystem benefits of stormwater capture, and strategies to incentivize increased capture and infiltration of stormwater. The program consisted of talks and panel sessions by invited speakers, each followed by Q&A periods and discussion by all attendees.

UCLA Green Building Symposium – Resiliency: Managing Energy, Water, and Seismic Risk and Implications for Property Owners

This workshop centered around the nexus of disaster response, sustainability, and resiliency.

Doing Well By Doing Good: What Can Business Learn From Social Entrepreneurship

This workshop explored the notion of putting social good alongside profit.