Events

On Campus

UCLA-wide sustainability events calendar

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UPCOMING EVENTS

UCLA La Kretz Center Fellowship candidate, Billie Beckley, seminar Promotion

Lecture Series

UCLA La Kretz Center and EEB Department Special Virtual Seminar – Billie Beckley

Disturbance and Recovery in California Kelp Forest Ecosystems

Join us to hear from guest speaker Billie Beckley as they present their proposed research for the 2026 UCLA La Kretz Center Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. This seminar is co-sponsored by the UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department.

Jason Williams (left), Jade Knighton, and Tyrus Korecki. Members of the Vet in STEM group, standing next to the US flag, in front of a wall with US military insignia displayed.

Lecture Series

Check-In – Finals

Vets in STEM Fall Quarter Programming (Week 11)

Offers an informal, supportive space for students to bring their questions and challenges, engage in small group discussions, and receive one-on-one guidance from mentors. This is the last of the…

PAST EVENTS

Research Talk: What Climate Change Means for the Sierra Nevada—and California

Over the past few years, Californians have seen first-hand the consequences of hotter-than-normal temperatures and a smaller-than-normal Sierra Nevada snowpack, including historically low reservoir levels, dying trees, and increased wildfire…

Drilling the City

More than 580,000 people live within a quarter mile of these sites, which bring toxic chemicals and air pollution—posing serious health threats to families, schools and communities. Please join UCLA…

Extinction! Fear and Hope at the La Brea Tar Pits

Extinctions happen all the time—evolution can't move forward without them. But mass extinctions are a different beast, wiping out large numbers of species regardless of how well adapted they are. Join us and the La Brea Tar Pits—home to extinct saber-toothed cats, dire wolves and mammoths—for a lively conversation about endangered plants and animals, extinction and the global consequences of mass extinction.

EARTH NOW: EARTH 2050

From public policy to installation art, EARTH NOW: EARTH 2050 explores all facets of modern environmental challenges and highlights efforts to make lives and businesses more sustainable. The program includes talks from top experts, workshops, local and national nonprofit organizations, art, a student film contest—and much more. We will highlight UCLA campus-wide sustainability while showcasing the new Luskin Conference Center and honoring the generosity of Meyer and Renee Luskin.

LA’s Water Resource Future Workshop Series, Part 2

The second workshop in the LA's Water Resource Future Series was held on June 15, 2016, and focused on current and future groundwater basin conditions, management, and rights in the groundwater basins serving Los Angeles County. The event engaged stakeholders and the research community in order to inform both the scientific research and policy analysis and recommendations that UCLA intends to undertake as part of the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge.