Oxy Live! Presents: A Conversation with Rebecca Solnit

Choi Auditorium (Johnson Hall 200), Occidental College 1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Occidental College and OXY ARTS are pleased to present Oxy Live!, a conversation series highlighting a diverse lineup of cultural luminaries at the forefront of their fields. Hosted by acclaimed interviewer and cultural interlocutor Paul Holdengräber. Writer, historian and activist Rebecca Solnit is the author of twenty-five books on feminism, environmental and urban history, popular […]

Free Food from the Dining Halls

Conference Room 1 in the Student Activities Center Basement 220 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Get a plate of free hot dining hall food in the SAC basement. Please bring your own containers and utensils. Bruin Dine is operating Tuesdays, Wednesdays, AND Thursdays this quarter.

Air Quality Management in Cities, and Implications for Climate Mitigation

Online

Join Terra.do for this special keynote address from Dr. Sarath Guttikunda on climate change’s effect on air quality on both the urban, regional, and global scales. Dr. Sarath will explore how local data from monitoring and modeling studies were a key factor in climate policy efforts in India and beyond. REGISTER HERE

Electrifying Transportation: A Policy Leadership Series Event with Cathy Zoi

HYBRID: Online and Resources and Conservation Center, 1400 16th Street Northwest Washington, DC 20036

As the recently retired CEO of EVgo, Cathy Zoi has an incredible set of insights about U.S. efforts to electrify our transportation sector. EVgo is among the nation’s largest fast-charging network for electric vehicles serving 140 million Americans living within 10 miles of an EVgo charger. Prior to her time at EVgo, Zoi created several […]

Children, the Constitution, and the Climate Crisis

Online

This year, Held v. Montana—the only constitutional climate litigation to go on trial in the United States—was brought by Our Children’s Trust on behalf of children. The Held case was tried in state judicial district court in Helena, Montana, in June 2023. On August 14, the judge ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in this […]

Grid Modernization: Global Insights & Local Solutions

Online

Hosted in conjunction with the Local Government Sustainable Energy Coalition (LGSEC), this one-and-a-half hour event will showcase an array of speakers from around the globe discussing common challenges and potential solutions as governments worldwide seek to decarbonize their electric grids. Featured topics will include the complex dynamics of grid transformation, challenges with grid capacity, the […]

Free Food from the Dining Halls

Conference Room 1 in the Student Activities Center Basement 220 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Get a plate of free hot dining hall food in the SAC basement. Please bring your own containers and utensils. Bruin Dine is operating Tuesdays, Wednesdays, AND Thursdays this quarter.

Botany of the Holidays

UCLA Mildred E Mathias Botanical Garden, La Kretz Garden Pavilion 707 Tiverton Dr, Los Angeles, CA

Celebrate the season, and see the UCLA Botanical Garden all decked out! Learn about the histories of toyon, marigolds, and kumquats in holiday traditions around the world. De-stress in nature with snacks and a holiday hangout. Looking for a gift for your friends and family? There will be a pop-up plant sale and Garden merchandise.

Free Food from the Dining Halls

Conference Room 1 in the Student Activities Center Basement 220 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Get a plate of free hot dining hall food in the SAC basement. Please bring your own containers and utensils. Bruin Dine is operating Tuesdays, Wednesdays, AND Thursdays this quarter.

Converting Natural Resources: Representations, Performances, Narratives

William Andrews Clark Memorial Library 2520 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles, CA, United States

This conference considers visual, textual, material, and performative engagement with processes of commodification in the early modern world. It explores how images, objects, and practices converted environments into resources, natural resources into lucrative items with commercial and tax-yielding significance, and destructive forces and forced labor into idealized landscapes and aestheticized bodies. The conference shifts the […]

Community Engaged Research for Just Energy Services Transitions

Online

People do not need kilowatts; instead, they need the multitude of services provided by access to energy, including thermal comfort, refrigeration of food and medicine, cooking, lighting, communication, and transportation. As socio-technological systems experience rapid transitions associated with addressing climate change, inequity in access, aging infrastructures, and the negative socio-environmental consequences of current energy systems, […]

Botanical Garden Public Tour

La Kretz Garden Pavilion 777 Tiverton Avenue (Mildred Mathais Botanical Garden), Los Angeles, CA, United States

Explore UCLA's living museum featuring collections of plants from around the globe! Join a Garden Guide for a free tour of the Botanical Garden. You’ll hear the stories of selected plants in the Garden and their relevance to human society. All ages are welcome. Tours meet at the La Kretz Garden Pavilion at the northern […]

Molly Hunker & Kyle Miller present new book, “Building Practice”

UCLA Perloff Hall, DeCafe 365 Portola Plaza, Room 1302, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Molly Hunker (MArch ’10) and Kyle Miller (MArch ’08) present their new book, Building Practice, which features interviews with architects, designers, educators, curators, fabricators, strategists, critics, and activists who are advancing speculative design through the culture and politics of building, capturing critical and formative moments associated with building a practice. Each interview in the book […]

Designing for Decarbonization

Online

Verdical Group is partnering with Southern California Edison (SCE) to present Designing for Decarbonization, a FREE, half-day, virtual workshop that will demonstrate what it means to achieve “decarbonization” for your building projects. Understand the definitions of decarbonization, zero net energy (ZNE), and zero net carbon (ZNC) buildings Learn from case studies of completed projects Understand […]

A Discussion with Critical Ecology Lab’s Suzanne Pierre & Em Whalen

UCLA Geology Building, Room 4667 595 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Join a discussion, with lunch provided to attendees. This is an in-person event and spaces are limited, so an RSVP is required. Dr. Suzanne Pierre (Founder & Director, Critical Ecology Lab) and Dr. Em Whalen (Postdoctoral Researcher, CEL) will discuss their work as part of the Critical Ecology Lab, and the organization’s mission more broadly. […]

Celebration of Climate Success

The Stalking Horse Brewery & Freehouse 10543 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Please join E2’s Los Angeles Chapter and fellow LA-area business and environmental leaders to celebrate the significant climate and clean energy victories we achieved in 2023 – and learn about the opportunities and challenges we’re facing in 2024. Connect with like-minded LA business leaders at a terrific restaurant owned by one of our newest E2 […]

Free Food from the Dining Halls

Conference Room 1 in the Student Activities Center Basement 220 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Get a plate of free hot dining hall food in the SAC basement. Please bring your own containers and utensils. Bruin Dine is operating Tuesdays, Wednesdays, AND Thursdays this quarter.

HBCU Lunch & Learn Series – Machine Language

Online

Kevin Leonard - University of Kansas Associate Professior in Chemical & Petroleum Engineering Discover how you can make a difference in the environment through the work that you do. This series is specifically designed for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) students, but all are welcome to attend. Learn about sustainable practices, innovative technology, environmental […]

Free Food from the Dining Halls

Conference Room 1 in the Student Activities Center Basement 220 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Get a plate of free hot dining hall food in the SAC basement. Please bring your own containers and utensils. Bruin Dine is operating Tuesdays, Wednesdays, AND Thursdays this quarter.