Events
Special Event
Optimism, Optopia and Climate Change Stories
Focus on Environment and Sustainability Seminar Series
How can science fiction balance hopeful stories about environmental futures with current realities? What theory of social change should inform these stories? With dire climate change impacts already happening, what kinds of stories can inspire audiences to care about and become active on large-scale environmental issues?
Wildfire disaster, recovery, and resilience: what have we learned?
2024-2025 Focus on Environment and Sustainability Series
Wildfire recovery in the U.S., particularly in California, is a slow and complex process hindered by unique post-fire challenges like housing shortages, regulatory hurdles, and underinsurance, but innovative solutions are emerging to improve resilience and equity.
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.
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
Novel Ecologies: Nature Remade and the Illusions of Tech
A talk by Professor Allison Carruth
Please join us for a LENS book talk with Princeton Professor Allison Carruth on Wednesday, May 14 at 4pm.
PAST EVENTS
The Future of Corporate Sustainability Reporting
In this workshop, experts examined existing and emerging standards of responsible reporting.
Greening Business for the Green Consumer: Social Media, Advertising, and Hollywood
This workshop explored how companies best capitalize on and implement green marketing strategies to deliver both sound profits and a healthier planet
Footprint Benchmarking and the Bottom Line: Finding the Value in Measurement and Management of Your Environmental Footprint
This workshop featured a discussion on the pros and cons of measuring the footprints of products, operations, and supply chains
