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
Environmental Graduate Students Networking Reception
Environmental Graduate Students Networking Reception All UCLA graduate students interested in environmental justice, sustainability, and resilience are invited to a free, cross-campus networking reception. Learn about environmental organizations, student funding…
Fall 2023 Restoration Kickoff at Sage Hill!
Join other UCLA students this Saturday at Sage Hill and help prevent invasive plants from taking over! Meet at Krieger parking lot below Sage Hill (see map) at 10 AM…
The Center for Diverse Leadership in Science Presents: A Meet & Greet with Catalina Martinez
The Center for Diverse Leadership in Science Presents: A Meet & Greet with Catalina Martinez. Ocean Scientist & Equity Advisor for NOAA Ocean Exploration shares her Circuitous Journey Navigating a Sea of Options, Opportunities and Obstacles
Geoengineering and Human Rights
We are learning how to efficiently capture carbon from the atmosphere, fertilize oceans and imitate volcano eruptions to cool the climate. The greatest emitters pride themselves in having found techno-fixes to…
Nature Always Wins: A Photography Exhibit
Nature is active in conquering us not only through the occasional earthquake or flood, but in the subtleties of vegetation that turn every settlement into an ongoing archaeological site. What…
