Upcoming Events
Special Event
Climate Politics & Environmental Policy After the Midterms
The second event in the LENS 10th anniversary series is a post-election discussion about the local, state, and national implications for environmental policy and politics with a panel of UCLA experts.
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"
Special Event
A one-day conference on investigations into the destructive 2025 LA fires.
Topics include factors determining structural survival, the impact of zone zero on home survival, the role of fuels management, urban tree survival, landslides, and pathways to reducing future fire risk…
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Past Events
Greening environmental justice communities: Addressing incompatible land-use in Los Angeles
Confirmed panelists include: Dr. Stephanie Pincetl and Dr. Erik Porse | UCLA California Center for Sustainable Communities Tim Becker | Theodore Payne Foundation Janet Hartin | University of California Division of…
Every year, we honor environmental game-changers at the UCLA IoES Gala. Paul G. Allen races the extinction of elephants and flips common paradigms for ocean and climate health. Toyota leads sustainable transportation and reinvents eco-mobility with vehicles like the Prius and Mirai. These 2017 Gala honorees prove that sustainable innovation can surmount the greatest threats of our time.
Barbara Romero Deputy Mayor for City Services Former City of Los Angeles Board of Public Works Commissioner Jon Christensen , Adjunct Assistant Professor, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability,…
The City and The River series is the theme of the 2016-17 joint school debate series that began last year with Drought and Beauty. Each event includes two lectures from prominent…
