Around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic significantly altered both plastic generation and plastic waste management systems. With increased demand for household products, takeout dining, and personal protective equipment, came increased generation of plastic, and particularly single-use plastic. Consequently, many of the existing environmental problems related to plastic generation, disposal, and management were exacerbated. Even before...
Economic relief to individuals is playing a major role in helping people in LA make ends meet during the COVID-19 pandemic. Expanded unemployment payments and sporadic federal relief checks provided cash to people struggling to make rent and buy food. These pandemic-related cash supports are drawing attention to the role that guaranteed income programs can...
The Semel Healthy Campus Initiative & MindWell team invites you to the 5th annual Eudaimonia Event! REGISTER HERE
Join us for a live stream of the 2021 Annual ‘La Kretz Center Lecture’ which features our first decade of UCLA La Kretz Center Postdocs. The event will highlight our panelists’ current conservation work and goals.Our postdoctoral program has been one of the main accomplishments at the La Kretz Center. Our awardees are an incredibly...
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to leave many of us grieving all that we've lost in its wake. We might find ourselves longing for a much-needed hug, the holding of a fearful hand, or the joy of sharing a belly laugh with one another. There is also the uneasiness & fear of living with uncertainty. How do I make plans for the future? Where will my...
This is the third session of the series: Now, More Than Ever: Movement Building for Climate, Racial, and Health Justice. There has never been a more critical time for advancing...
You're invited to our next installment of our Engineering in Action series, which will bring together a panel of experts from L.A. to D.C. to discuss transportation equity. Discover how...
Our 2021 theme is The Time is Now! The unprecedented events of 2020 punctuated the urgency of the climate crisis, the pervasiveness of racial inequities and environmental injustices, the deep impacts...
Love and laughter are essential to sustain our visions of futures beyond settler colonial borders. Join us on zoom for performances of poetry, song, and movement by acclaimed queer migrant...
Do you want to save the environment while jamming out to music? How about learning what you can do to be more sustainable? Coastalong Music & Sustainability Festival has you covered....