Events

Upcoming Events

Two smiling men pictured over a coastal ocean scene, with an orange fish in the lower left, green kelp in the lower right, and the La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science logo in the upper right.

Conserving California’s Coastal Waters

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.

A man standing in a review using nets to fish.

The Snail Darter, Sturgeons, and the Politics of Taxonomy

The Institute of the Environment and Sustainability's Fall 2026 Lecture, featuring 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

How to Tell the Story of a City

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…

A book hovering over a cityscape in the background. The book is titled Myth of Sustainable Cities: Losing the Holocene

Book Talk | The Myth of Sustainable Cities: Losing the Holocene

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

UCLA-wide sustainability events calendar

For those interested in more campus events on the environment and sustainability, follow our friends at UCLA Sustainability.

Past Events

A Scrap of Nature: Rediscovering UCLA’s Native Plants at Sage Hill

Bring your lunch for Botany Brown Bag, “A Scrap of Nature: Rediscovering UCLA’s Native Plants on Sage Hill with Dr. Andy Kleinhesselink Join us on Thursday, February 26 from 12-1…

CTR Lightening Talks

CTR community meetings connect tropical researchers by providing space to discuss research and build community.

Living Minerals: Nature, Trade, and Power in the Race for Lithium

The Climate Politics Working Group invites you to the book talk "Living Minerals: Nature, Trade, and Power in the Race for Lithium" by Professor Javiera Barandiaran (UCSB). Registration: This is a public event. To confirm…

Fire Tender: Documentary Screening and Discussion

Join the UCLA Center for the Study of Women | Streisand Center for a screening of the short film Fire Tender, directed by Roni Jo Draper (Yurok) and Marissa Lila.…

The Barn Owl Project

An Ecological Solution in Agriculture for Israel, Jordan and the Palestinians