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
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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
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…
The Green Way 3: Career Paths for Environmental Science Alumni
UCLA’s Environmental Science Alumni Association and Environmental Student Network are co-hosting an environmental careers discussion. This event features four Environmental Science alumni participating in a panel discussion where they will…
Universities Fighting World Hunger Virtual Summit
The University of California, Davis’ World Food Center will co-host the virtual student summit 2021 of Universities Fighting World Hunger (UFWH) alongside the University of California Global Food Initiative and…
