Lecture Series
Events
How We Multiply
First Friday's at the LA Natural History Museum
Our Featured Discussion. The Population Problem and Possible Solutions: The Earth’s human population has reached 8 billion. What does that mean for this planet? Is it catastrophe or more possibilities for…
Special Event
Ajay Singh Chaudhary presents The Exhausted of the Earth
An exploration of how the shared experiences of exhaustion can be the foundation for a new, radical climate politics.
Join us on Wednesday, April 17th, at the UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden, for a conversation with Ajay Singh Chaudhary and learn how he answers this question in his new book, The…
Special Event
Highly Charged: Panel Discussion
Panel discusses equity in rate design for decarbonizing electric power systems, featuring experts and advocates.
Panel discusses equity in rate design for decarbonizing electric power systems, featuring experts and advocates.
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.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Special Event
CDLS Non-Academic Career Paths Panel Discussion
Non-Academic Career Paths Panel Discussion
The Center for Diverse Leadership in Science (CDLS) is excited to invite you to a virtual panel discussion on exploring non-academic career paths, an event designed to provide valuable insights…
CDLS Science Communication Workshop Series: Science and Art
Workshop on turning your scientific content into something creative for science education with Cosplay for Science Gabriel-Philip Santos
As part of our ongoing commitment to fostering inclusive and impactful science communication, the Center for Diverse Leadership in Science (CDLS) at UCLA is thrilled to invite you to a…
THE CRITICAL ECOLOGY FRAMEWORK
Uncovering systemic drivers of global change to promote just and sustainable futures
As an independent research organization, Critical Ecology Lab investigates the relationships between social power, inequality and global environmental change, highlighting the relevance of this understanding to studies of ecosystem and…
Lecture Series
The 2024 UCLA La Kretz Center Public Lecture
The Endangered Species Act at 50: Is it working for California?
Note: This event will no longer be happening on May 11th, 2024. The date has been postponed and will now occur on September 28th, 2024.
PAST EVENTS
POWERING EARTH 2050:
The UCLA Institute for the Environment and Sustainability invites you to the launch of a brand new format for our flagship public program, the Oppenheim Lecture Series. Join leading authorities…
LA’s Water Resource Future Workshop Series, Part 1
The first workshop in the LA's Water Resource Future Series was held on February 19, 2016. UCLA faculty and Los Angeles region water managers, planners, and scientists explored the state of stormwater management and planning, the potential to connect surface hydrology and groundwater modeling tools to quantify infiltration, potential ecosystem benefits of stormwater capture, and strategies to incentivize increased capture and infiltration of stormwater. The program consisted of talks and panel sessions by invited speakers, each followed by Q&A periods and discussion by all attendees.
UCLA Green Building Symposium – Resiliency: Managing Energy, Water, and Seismic Risk and Implications for Property Owners
This workshop centered around the nexus of disaster response, sustainability, and resiliency.
Doing Well By Doing Good: What Can Business Learn From Social Entrepreneurship
This workshop explored the notion of putting social good alongside profit.
The Future of Corporate Sustainability Reporting
In this workshop, experts examined existing and emerging standards of responsible reporting.
