Events

UPCOMING EVENTS

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Special Event

The Sea Within Us: Caring for the Deep

Co-presented with the UCLA Hammer, Department of Media Arts and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

We are pleased to invite you and members of the UCLA IoES community to The Sea Within Us: Caring for the Deep at the Hammer Museum on Thursday, May 21, 2026, featuring UCLA IoES faculty member Tina Treude.

Out of Plain Sight

Special Event

Out of Plain Sight

Co-presented with the UCLA Hammer Museum, Department of Media Arts and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

From the Los Angeles Times and Pulitzer Prize-finalist Rosanna Xia, Out of Plain Sight is a cinematic exposé of an environmental disaster lurking just off the coast of Southern California.

Hills and a stream with rocks and trees either side.

Science, Environment, & Community Spring Symposium 2026

A space for students, faculty, and community members to share ideas, strategies, and stories including research, community, and environmental justice.

[Please note that in-person seats have been filled. However, you can still register to join us via Zoom] Join CDLS for a powerful hybrid gathering bringing together students, faculty, researchers,…

On Campus

UCLA-wide sustainability events calendar

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PAST EVENTS

Now Comes the Hard Part… Implementing Groundwater Management Under SGMA

Presented by: Eric Garner, Managing Partner, Best, Best & Kreiger LLP As one of the leading water attorneys in California, Eric Garner helped to write the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act…

Atlas of (Remote) Islands and Sea Level Rise

In a 2016 lecture titled “Let Them Drown,” Naomi Klein called attention to the nexus of climate change, colonial racism and poverty—as Rob Nixon has done in his book Slow Violence…

Big Coupled Data for Sustainable Urban Systems: Examples from Los Angeles

In an era where cities are actively developing urban sustainability goals, too often, the right kinds of “Big Data” are not adequately gathered to guide new programs and policies. Dr. Stephanie Pincetl, Director of…

2018 IoES Gala | Sea CO2 Change

honoring Keely Shaye Brosnan Director and Producer of Poisoning Paradise Pierce Brosnan Executive Producer of Poisoning Paradise Van Jones Founder of Green For All & Dream Corps and host committee Courteney…

A Conversation on Politics, Ethics and Well-Being in the Anthropocene

Please join our expert panel as we explore the ways democratic politics, law and ethics can serve our collective well-being and public health in a world where climate change and…