Lecture Series
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…
Stories for a Changing Planet
The Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies (LENS) is an incubator for new research and collaboration on storytelling, communications, and media in the service of environmental conservation and equity. We are a diverse network of faculty and students from across disciplines who explore how today’s environmental challenges connect to longer histories of imagining the natural world. At LENS, we begin with the idea that these challenges are as much cultural and political as they are scientific and technological.
Projects
Environmental Storytelling Collaboration with KCET
Coastal Access in California
Climate Change Solutions Video Series
What We Do
Investigate environmental stories across cultures and contexts
Research the impact of environmental media and communications
Teach multimedia storytelling
Mentor diverse future sustainability leaders
Create new narratives for environmental science, policy, and advocacy
Collaborate with nonprofits, artists, communities, and companies to create strategic environmental communication campaigns
Features Articles
Prioritizing equity helps ensure poor communities receive benefits of bond measures
KCET and UCLA launch new season of Earth Focus with Link TV and Thompson Reuters
LENS at UCLA elevates ethnic media perspectives on watersheds
Featured Events
Special Event
A Climate Series for the Ages
This fall, the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, in collaboration with UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, has designed a new kind of climate series: a four-night conversation…
Special Event
Animation and Environment: A Conversation with the Creator of Wall-E, Finding Nemo, and A Bug’s Life
DUE TO OVERWHELMING INTEREST, THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. If you are still interested in attending, we will be starting a waitlist in front of the CNSI auditorium at 6:15…
Featured News
Headline
Ursula Heise in South Pasadena Review: Squawk of the Town
“They always begin to move out at first light and back to their roosts about 45 minutes before sunset. It is a sublime experience to hear and see them,’’ said…
Headline
Jon Christensen in The Half Moon Bay Review: State Considers more Affordable Lodging on Coast
A California Coastal Conservancy study indicates low- and middle-income households, people of color, and younger people are less likely to stay along the coast overnight. “The high-level conclusion is that…
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