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
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Managing the Mid-Transition from Fossil to Clean Energy
Focus on Environment and Sustainability Seminar Series
Featuring Emily Grubert Associate Professor of Sustainable Energy PolicyKeough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame Emily Grubert, a civil engineer and environmental sociologist, will share insights on how…
PAST EVENTS
How We Multiply
Our Featured Discussion. The Population Problem and Possible Solutions: The Earth’s human population has reached 8 billion. What does that mean for this planet? Is it catastrophe or more possibilities for…
11th Annual UCLA Children’s Discovery and Innovation Institute (CDI) Symposium
The UCLA CDI Institute is the research home of the Pediatrics Department and was established in 2013. The CDI Institute encourages multidisciplinary child health research and training at UCLA across…
50th Anniversary of the ESE Program: Celebration and Reunion
Join us on Saturday, May 4 to celebrate 50 years of environmental excellence.
CDLS Science Communication Workshop Series: Science Journalism
As part of our ongoing commitment to fostering inclusive and impactful science communication, the Center for Diverse Leadership in Science (CDLS) at UCLA is thrilled to invite you to a…
Edward Struzik Presents Future Arctic
Join us for a special seminar featuring popular science writer and arctic explorer Edward Struzik. This will be held April 24th, from 4:15-5:15 pm, in Terasaki Life Sciences Building 1100. Struzik is an educator and…
