Upcoming Events
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.
Special Event
Meet the students shaping the future of environmental storytelling.
Celebrate the launch of LENS: The Journal of Environmental Narratives, a new undergraduate journal at UCLA. Meet the student editors and contributors, explore the inaugural issue, and learn how to get involved. Refreshments will be served.
The Institute of the Environment and Sustainability's Fall 2026 Lecture, presented by 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
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…
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
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Past Events
As the world grapples with escalating challenges such as climate change, pollution and deforestation, UCLA is taking decisive action. Global leaders in philanthropy, entertainment and business will again come together to support that action at…
Abstract: Species interactions structure ecosystems and regulate populations, such as herbivores being limited by predation and competition for food. A notable example is the wolves’ importance in maintaining Yellowstone’s food webs. I will…
In 2013, President Xi Jinping launched the Belt and Road Initiative, an ambitious infrastructure project to create extensive transportation and energy links among China’s neighbors in Asia and eventually to…
The Nature Conservancy and UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES) invite you to LA’s New Abnormal: Mega-Wildfires Reception and Discussion Seemingly every year, California breaks some record for…
Cities may seem to be solely the work of humans—right down to the urban landscape of street trees, ornamental plantings, and manicured lawns that were put in place by human…
