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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PAST EVENTS
La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science Annual Lecture
Join us for a live stream of the 2021 Annual ‘La Kretz Center Lecture’ which features our first decade of UCLA La Kretz Center Postdocs. The event will highlight our…
Sustainability in the virtual workplace: Impact of the rise of cloud computing, web conferencing, and big data
One year later, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to radically impact working patterns around the world. In a largely virtual world, it is important to consider the impacts of cloud computing,…
Africa’s Readiness for Climate Change
Register to Attend Submit a Proposal ARCC 2021 will assemble interdisciplinary panels of scholars, scientists, industry leaders, climate change innovators, youth activists, and policy-makers to discuss cutting-edge research and…
Ballona Wetlands and the Future of Southern California Coastal Conservation
With almost all of Southern California’s coastal wetlands degraded or destroyed by development, and a need to provide the public with more opportunities to enjoy nature, the proposed restoration of…
Redefining Ecocide
In collaboration with the new documentary film, The People vs Agent Orange currently streaming at the Laemmle Theater in Los Angeles, The Promise Institute for Human Rights at the UCLA…
