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As we research physical and practical realities, we explore how cultures, arts and storytelling affect how people experience, think and feel about the environment in communities around the world.

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Stress-relief: How veteran Tyrus Korecki encourages mindfulness and mentorship

Learn about Tyrus Korecki's journey and the CDLS program VSTEM.

Tyrus Korecki, a smiling man in a smart blue and white checked shirt and dark blue blazer.

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Featured in L.A. Times—Edith de Guzman, Ph.D. ’23, reimagines L.A. climate inequities through art at Descanso Gardens

Featured in this week’s Los Angeles Times Climate and Environment coverage, Edith de Guzman, Ph.D. ‘23, brings climate and heat inequities to the spotlight. This summer at Descano Gardens, a…

Edith de Guzman stands inside an art installation of colorful hanging panels, holding a rolled paper. She is co-curator of the “Roots of Cool” exhibition on shade equity at Descanso Gardens, shown in front of artist Cidne Hart’s piece “Traversing the Warming Forest.”

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UCLA IoES Magazine Ranked #2 in California for Sustainability Coverage

UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES) Magazine has been ranked #2 on Feedspot’s list of the Top 30 California Sustainability Blogs. The list recognizes the most influential platforms…

UCLA IoES Magazine Ranked #2 in California for Sustainability Coverage

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UCLA’s highest honor for teaching excellence: Shanna Shaked named 2024–2025 Distinguished Teaching Award recipient

Shanna Shaked, adjunct professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and senior associate director at UCLA’s Center for Education Innovation and Learning in the Sciences, has been…

UCLA’s highest honor for teaching excellence: Shanna Shaked named 2024–2025 Distinguished Teaching Award recipient

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UCLA’s Center for Diverse Leadership in Science hosts climate justice event with the Hip Hop Caucus

UCLA’s Center for Diverse Leadership in Science (CDLS) hosted a packed panel and documentary screening on climate justice with the civic engagement group the Hip Hop Caucus, covered by Spectrum…

UCLA's Center for Diverse Leadership and Hip Hop Caucus hosting a panel discussion on climate justice
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Videos

Governor’s Climate and Forest Task Force: Remote Sensing Workshop at UCLA

The Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF Task Force) held its first Remote Sensing Workshop at the University of California Los Angeles in June, 2023. The workshop was designed…

Climate Lab – Why your old phones collect in a junk drawer of sadness

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Imagining Extinction: The Cultural Meanings of Endangered Species

We are currently facing the sixth mass extinction of species in the history of life on Earth, biologists claim—the first one caused by humans. Activists, filmmakers, writers, and artists are seeking to bring the crisis to the public’s attention through stories and images that use the strategies of elegy, tragedy, epic, and even comedy. Imagining Extinction is the first book to examine the cultural frameworks shaping these narratives and images.

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Publications

Seeking Common Ground Between Theology and Sustainability Science for Just Transitions

Jason Sexton, Stephanie Pincetl

Zygon, 2022.

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Political & Economic Drivers of Wildland-urban Interface (WUI) Development in California

S. Kennedy, S. Pincetl

2018.

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