Book Talk: “Cheaper, Faster, Better” featuring Tom Steyer

Wallis Annenberg Hall (ANN), Sheindlin Forum (106) 3630 Watt Way, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The USC Annenberg Center for Climate Journalism and Communication is excited to announce an upcoming event featuring Tom Steyer, New York Times bestselling author, globally renowned climate investor, businessman, and environmentalist. Join a conversation between Steyer and Dean Willow Bay as they discuss his new book, Cheaper, Faster, Better: How We’ll Win the Climate War. […]

Talk: “Gender and Los Angeles Residential Water: Use, Knowledge, and Justice in Water Conservation”

IoES Conference Room La Kretz Hall - Suite 300, 619 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, AR, United States

Presenters: Jessica Cattelino and Kelsey Kim, UCLA Center for the Study of Women | Barbra Streisand Center REGISTER HERE Abstract: This study brings feminist anthropological attention to the important but understudied role of gender—as it intersects with migration, class, and race—in residential water use in the United States. We reveal gender justice concerns about water […]

Free Food from UCLA Dining Halls!

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

Join Bruin Dine for our food recovery events every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 10PM in the SAC Basement! Bring your utensils, containers, and appetite! Hit the follow button (https://www.instagram.com/uclabruindine/) to see what we’re serving up each week!

Policy and Wildfires

Online

This webinar is part of a six-part webinar series for the UC community and the public titled “Urban Wildfire Response and Recovery Webinar Series.” More details to come. REGISTER HERE

IoES 2024-2025 Focus on Environment and Sustainability Series: “Optimism, Optopia, and Climate Change Stories,” with Kim Stanley Robinson

HYBRID: Online and Optimist Room, UCLA Luskin Conference Center 425 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Kim Stanley Robinson Author of Ministry for the Future 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? […]

Free Food from UCLA Dining Halls!

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

Join Bruin Dine for our food recovery events every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 10PM in the SAC Basement! Bring your utensils, containers, and appetite! Hit the follow button (https://www.instagram.com/uclabruindine/) to see what we’re serving up each week!

La Kretz Center Seminar: What is Wild Animal Welfare? Exploring the science of wild animal welfare: research, challenges and future directions

5100 Terasaki Life Science Building 610 Charles E. Young Drive, East, Los Angeles, CA, United States

This seminar explores Wild Animal Welfare Science, an interdisciplinary field focused on assessing and improving animal welfare in natural environments. Researchers will present case studies and discuss applications. Agenda Introduction (10 min): Janire Castellano Bueno provides an overview. Presentation + Q&A (40 min): Dave Daversa on wild animal responses to environmental stressors. Presentation + Q&A […]

Graduate Student Farmers Market

Weyburn Terrace Grill Area 3G7X+4H, Los Angeles, United States

Weekly (FREE) produce distribution is still going strong! Show up at the Weyburn Grill every Sunday with your own bag and help yourselves to fresh fruits, veggies, and herbs.

InterActions LA 2025: Advancing Housing And Transportation Solutions

California Endowment 1000 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, California, United States

To achieve California’s ambitious goals of addressing the housing crisis, improving the transportation system, enhancing people’s lives, and mitigating climate change, governments and agencies need to adopt new approaches to longstanding policy challenges. Academic research offers some solutions, but how to best implement these solutions remains a tricky question. At InterActions LA, the Lewis Center […]

High Impact Tea speaker series – “Social Impact Consulting: Bridging Perspectives”

Crown Family Auditorium, Marion Anderson Hall 3rd level UCLA Anderson School of Management, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, United States

4:30-5:30 pm (Discussion), 5:30-6:30 pm (Reception) Join to explore the transformative power of social impact consulting from both consultant and client perspectives. In celebration of 20 years of UCLA Anderson’s commitment to driving community change, this High Impact Tea event will bring together seasoned consultants and nonprofit executives to provide a comprehensive view of the […]

Exhibition Walk-through: Taming the Desert

Fowler Museum

Solsiré Cusicanqui will discuss the fantastic creatures, powerful ancestors, and mythological beings found in this exhibition, which illustrates how ancient Andean societies looked for spiritual meaning and numinous help in an unpredictable and challenging world. Taming the Desert: Resilience, Religion, and Ancestors in Ancient Peru (November 10, 2024–April 13, 2025) showcases 34 Moche and Nasca […]

Stanford Energy Seminar: Karen Scrivener | Realistic Strategies for Decarbonizing Construction

HYBRID: Shriram Center, Room 104, and Online 443 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA, United States

The Stanford Energy Seminar has been a mainstay of energy engagement at Stanford for nearly 20 years and is one of the flagship programs of the Precourt Institute for Energy. Talk abstract: “Construction” contributes around 20% of human related GHGs every year. This is from the embodied emissions of materials, the transportation and construction processes. […]

Sand Acknowledgment in Action: Lazaro Arvizu Jr.

Fowler Museum

The second iteration of Sand Acknowledgment in Action with artist Lazaro Arvizu Jr. will focus on an artist-facilitated meditation and workshop centering on the creation of your own sand painting, in response to the exhibition Fire Kinship: Southern California Native Ecology and Art. Lazaro Arvizu Jr. is an artist, educator, musician, and researcher dedicated to […]

Ireland’s Clean Energy Revolution

Crown Family Auditorium, Marion Anderson Hall 3rd level UCLA Anderson School of Management, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, United States

Join Ireland’s Minister for Climate, Environment and Energy and Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien for an exclusive talk on Ireland’s latest cleantech advancements and future initiatives. Discover how innovation, policy, and investment are shaping a greener Ireland—and how you can be part of it. Presented by: UCLA Anderson's Energy and Cleantech Association (ECA) In collaboration […]

Climate of Contempt: A Book Talk with David Spence

UCLA School of Law, Room 1314 385 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The U.S. was struggling to reduce carbon emissions even before the second Trump administration and David B. Spence offers a compelling voter-centric explanation for the bitter partisanship that has complicated America’s clean energy transition. His timely new book Climate of Contempt: How to Rescue the U.S. Energy Transition from Voter Partisanship explores the effects of […]

Webinar – Natural Disasters and Community Well-Being: A 360-Degree View of Health, Wealth, and Environmental Justice in the Wake of Los Angeles County Wildfires

Online

Join the Latina Futures 2050 Lab on March 20, for a discussion on community-led response to natural disasters examining the intersection of community preservation, environmental justice, and systemic inequality. This event will feature the voices of key experts and community leaders working on the ground to address the multifaceted challenges posed by these catastrophic events. […]

2025 BECAP Summit – Tides of Transformation: Advancing Workforce Solutions in the Blue Economy

UCLA Luskin Conference Center 425 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The 2025 Blue Economy Climate Action Pathways (BECAP) Summit will feature inspiring keynotes, insightful panels and collaborative breakout sessions. This dynamic gathering will focus on advancing workforce development, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and strengthening connections among participants from industry, government, NGOs and higher education—including the California Community Colleges, CSUs, UCs, and private institutions. This event offers […]

Food and Film: The Automat

Billy Wilder Theater 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Food and Film is a quarterly series designed to delight the senses and inspire the mind. Curated with renowned chef, activist and cinephile Alice Waters, who will be in-person with filmmaker Lisa Hurwitz, each program in the series draws on Waters’ philosophy that eating, like art, is a political act and that exploring the intersections […]

Cultural Fire Webinar – Cultural Burn Agreements Senate Bill 310

Online

Please join a webinar to learn more about the landmark cultural burn agreement with the Karuk Tribe and the new law, Senate Bill 310 (Dodd 2024), granting authority to the California Natural Resources Agency and local air districts to enter into cultural fire agreements with federally recognized tribes to honor tribal sovereignty, to heal from […]

Free Food from UCLA Dining Halls!

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

Join Bruin Dine for our food recovery events every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 10PM in the SAC Basement! Bring your utensils, containers, and appetite! Hit the follow button (https://www.instagram.com/uclabruindine/) to see what we’re serving up each week!