Events

UPCOMING EVENTS

sea within us event photo

Special Event

The Sea Within Us: Caring for the Deep

Co-presented with the UCLA Hammer, Department of Media Arts and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

To celebrate the 75th anniversary of Rachel Carson’s award-winning and widely influential book, The Sea Around Us, an interdisciplinary group of Indigenous culture bearers, scientists, artists, and ocean storytellers will address…

Out of Plain Sight

Special Event

Out of Plain Sight

Co-presented with the UCLA Hammer Museum, Department of Media Arts and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

From the Los Angeles Times and Pulitzer Prize-finalist Rosanna Xia, Out of Plain Sight is a cinematic exposé of an environmental disaster lurking just off the coast of Southern California.  Not far from Catalina Island,…

On Campus

UCLA-wide sustainability events calendar

For those interested in more campus events on the environment and sustainability, follow our friends at UCLA Sustainability.

PAST EVENTS

Thriving Futures Roundtable: Community Advocacy and Resilience After Natural Disasters

The CDLS Thriving Futures Roundtable Series are informal panel discussions where CDLS Fellows and community members come together to discuss how collective action can create a sustainable economic future. For…

Can Abundance Be Sustainable? Merging Affordability and Climate Policy

UCLA Emmett Institute’s 2026 Spring symposium

Carbon Hunters: Reflections and Forecasts of Climate Markets in the 21st Century

A Conversation with Dr. Richard Sandor and William Boyd

Replumbing the City: Water Management as Climate Adaptation in Los Angeles

The Water Resources Group is excited to host a conversation next month with Sayd Randle, Assistant Professor of Urban Studies at Singapore Management University, to celebrate the publication of her…

Chinese Global Environmentalism: A Book Talk with Alex Wang

Video abstract We find ourselves in a remarkable moment in global environmental governance. China is actively promoting green development on the global stage, while the US under Trump has rejected…