Botany Brown Bag with Dr. Kate Eisen
Join a new Botany Brown Bag Public Lecture Series! The Botany Brown Bag series is continued by Dr. Kate Eisen, who will give a talk entitled “Clarkia Research Past, Present,...
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Events
Energy Transitions in Long Modernity (Day 1)
Conference organized by Robert N. Watson (University of California, Los Angeles), Tiffany Jo Werth (University of California, Davis), and Todd Borlik (Purdue University) Co-sponsored by the UCLA CMRS Center for...
Grow LA Victory Garden Workshop #2: Getting Started
with Master Gardener Dr. James Bassett Build a healthy foundation for your garden with soil preparation, composting, and organic fertilizers. Learn the essentials of starting seeds, transplanting seedlings, and managing...
Sand Acknowledgment in Action: Lazaro Arvizu Jr.
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...
Climate Notes
This unique event invites audiences to an immersive journey into climate change through the powerful interplay of music, science, and dialogue. Featuring original compositions by talented students from the School of Music’s composition area and an interactive Q&A panel with scientists, Climate Notes brings climate science to life in a way that is accessible, emotionally...
Lessons in Leading Mission-Based Innovation in Transportation – The 2025 Wachs Distinguished Lecture, presented as part of the Luskin Lecture Series
5–6 p.m. Check-in & Reception | 6–7:30 p.m. Program Admission is free, but RSVP is required. Featured Speaker: Robert Hampshire, Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, will draw from his experience as the former Chief Science Officer and Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology at the U.S. Department of Transportation. He’ll...
Resilience & Rebuilding: The Los Angeles of Tomorrow
Resilience & Rebuilding is an open ended series of virtual programs exploring the impacts of the recent devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, offering a container for conversation and pathways for rebuilding that foreground ecology, community, and collective wellbeing. The third program in the series will look to a future LA, reimagining a more resilient and...
“Hope Dies Last” – Visionary People Across the World
Having reached a point of no return in our climate confrontation, how do we feel, behave, act, plan, and dream as we approach a future different from what we had expected? Where do we find hope? Environmental journalist Alan Weisman is known for the bestseller The World Without Us, a thought experiment that brought into...
Clean Air Conversations – “Driving the Future: Zero-Emission Bus Fleets”
Join a vital conversation exploring the critical importance and far-reaching impacts of transitioning to zero-emission public transportation. Featuring insights from Doran Barnes, CEO of Foothill Transit, a pioneering agency at the forefront of this movement, This webinar will delve into why zero emissions vehicle are one part of a wider conversation about sustainable transportation. We'll...
High Impact Tea Speaker Series – Sustainability at Scale: Building a Corporate Career That Makes a Difference
Speaker: Yalmaz Siddiqui, Vice President, Environmental Sustainability, The Walt Disney Company Join Yalmaz Siddiqui as he shares insights from his nearly 20 year journey driving environmental and social sustainability at Fortune 500 companies including The Walt Disney Company, MGM Resorts and Office Depot. Learn how to articulate the case for change, navigate complex organizational contexts,...