Special Event
Events
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.
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.
Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice
Exhibition runs from Sep 14, 2024 to Jan 5, 2025
The exhibition considers environmental art practices that address the climate crisis and anthropogenic disasters and their inescapable intersection with issues of equity and social justice.
On Campus
UCLA-wide sustainability events calendar
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PAST EVENTS
Overheated: What to watch for, and ignore, at the UN climate talks
Join the Emmett Institute’s faculty experts, including several who will be on the ground in Dubai, for a panel discussion that previews the top challenges and opportunities for international negotiation,…
Designing our Future: Environment, Community and Technology
DataX presents Professor of Information Studies, Ramesh Srinivasan, in conversation with an interdisciplinary group of UCLA professors focused on environmental issues such as climate change and their intersection with questions of…
LiS Kick-off Information Session
What is the LiS Program? Leaders in Sustainability is a free certificate program offered through the IoES that attracts graduate students across all disciplines who are interested in sustainability and multi-disciplinary opportunities. At the…
CDLS Photography Post-Production Workshop for Science Communication with Randall Adsit
Please join us at the Center for Diverse Leadership in Science and Randall Adsit in a workshop on Photography Post-Production for Science Communication on Friday, October 27, 2023 from 12pm-2pm…
Lunch with the Pritzker Award Finalists
All under the age of 40, the finalists are building strong relationships between human communities and the natural world on three continents. Food will be provided; please register to ensure…
