Shine LA
2026-02-28 08:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Los Angeles
Let’s come together and make Los Angeles shine! Join the Office of Mayor Karen Bass, our partners, and your neighbors in cleaning, greening, and preparing our city for the world stage. Take pride in your neighborhood and be part of this movement to make LA its best! We hope you will join us on February 28th at various locations across the City.
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The Road to Repair: Transforming Infrastructure to Advance Environmental Justice
2026-03-02 10:00 - 12:30 | Online
A mini-symposium from the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies
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The automobile-dominated transportation system has historically and disproportionately harmed low-income communities and communities of color, dividing neighborhoods, increasing exposure to traffic and noise pollution, and contributing to long-term health and economic disparities. This virtual mini-symposium explores how innovative, justice-focused approaches to freeway removal can repair these harms, reconnect communities, and create more equitable and sustainable urban environments, issues highly relevant to transportation planning, policy, and engineering. The mini-symposium features two panels:
Panel 1: Impacts and Inequities of Freeway Construction
This panel examines the social, environmental, and health impacts of freeway construction, with a focus on racial-ethnic disparities in exposure to traffic-related air pollution, displacement, and community severance. Panelists will discuss how transportation planning and infrastructure policies have marginalized communities of color and created persistent inequities.

Adam Paul Susaneck, AECOM/Segregation By Design
Demetria Murphy, Estolano Advisors
Amy Castaneda, Environmental Health Coalition
Dilia Ortega, Communities for a Better Environment

Panel 2: Solutions and Opportunities in Freeway Removal
The second panel explores innovative strategies to reimagine urban transportation. Panelists will discuss freeway removal, boulevard replacement, and investments in public transit and active transportation as tools to reconnect communities, reduce environmental harm, and promote transportation equity. Case studies, including California examples, will highlight planning, policy, and design strategies to advance environmental justice.

Dr. Ben Crowther, America Walks
Randolph Belle, Outreach Lead for Vision 980
Yesenia Perez, Senior Program Manager for Climate Equity, The Greenlining Institute

Why Attend
Attendees will gain insights into both the systemic challenges posed by freeway construction and the transformative potential of equity-driven transportation planning that prioritizes equity, environmental justice, and community well-being. The mini-symposium is designed to foster dialogue between researchers, students, and policymakers on practical and innovative solutions for more just and sustainable transportation systems.

Live Webinar: From Procurement to Governance: Board Oversight of Sustainability Measurement & Reporting
2026-03-04 09:00 - 10:00 | Online
Everyone is part of someone else’s Scope 3, and sustainability performance is rapidly becoming a core factor in procurement, risk, and revenue. As customers increasingly ask suppliers to disclose climate and ESG data, sustainability is moving into the boardroom. How prepared is your organization to respond?
Join this webinar to explore the board’s role in governing sustainability, including oversight structures, accountability, and reporting readiness. Gain practical governance models, escalation triggers, and strategic questions directors can use to guide management and strengthen resilience in an evolving business and regulatory landscape.
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Chinese Global Environmentalism: A Book Talk with Alex Wang
2026-03-04 16:00 - 18:00 | UCLA Law School, Room 1447
We find ourselves in a remarkable moment in global environmental governance. China actively supports green development on the global stage, while the US has rejected the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and actively opposes the development of renewable energy and electric vehicles.
Prof. Alex Wang will discuss his new book Chinese Global Environmentalism, in conversation with Mary Nichols. which examines how China came to embrace green development and the ways in which China promotes a developmental form of environmentalism through green ideology, diplomacy, economic statecraft, and international development cooperation.
The talk will touch on a number of case studies that shed light on China’s approach, including cases of Chinese green investment in Chile, environmental conflicts in Kenya, hydropower development in Southeast Asia, global climate negotiations, and Chinese dominance in clean technology development.
The book can be purchased here and at the following link: https://cup.org/49B6z56. A reception will follow the book talk.
Prof. Alex Wang is a Professor of Law and the Walter and Shirley Wang Chair in US-China Relations and Communications at UCLA Law School. He is also the Faculty Co-Director of UCLA’s Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.
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The Cigarette Surfboard Film Screening
2026-03-04 18:30 - 21:30 | Hershey Hall 158, UCLA
Presented by the California Coastal Commission Whale Tail Grant
Catch the vibe at The Cigarette Surfboard Film Screening – surf, style, and epic waves on the big screen!
Come hang out for an epic in-person screening of The Cigarette Surfboard film! Watch as the surfboard made with 10,000 cigarette butts collected from California beaches turns into a platform for change.
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Exhibition Walk-through: Fire Kinship
2026-03-05 13:00 - 14:00 | Fowler Museum
Join the Fowler for an exhibition walk-through of Fire Kinship. The exhibition focuses on the important kinship ties that connect Indigenous communities to the land, and on the inextricable connection between ecological knowledge, spirituality, and creative expression.
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Book Talk with Professor Sayd Randle - Replumbing the City: Water Management as Climate Adaptation in Los Angeles
2026-03-05 16:00 - 17:30 | HYBRID: LaKretz Hall (Room 300A, the large conference room) and Zoom
The Water Resources Group is excited to host a conversation with Sayd Randle, Assistant Professor of Urban Studies at Singapore Management University, to celebrate the publication of her book Replumbing the City: Water Management as Climate Adaptation in Los Angeles (UC Press, 2025).
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"Life at the City Scale" - Natural History Museum First Fridays 2026
2026-03-06 18:00 - 22:00 | Natural History Museum, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90007, United States
First Fridays returns to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM), continuing the 2026 season and celebrating 20 years as one of Los Angeles’ must-attend after-hours events.
At the center of the night is a signature discussion series, this year featuring a new theme — Life, From Our Guts to the Galaxy: Rethinking the Living World — presented in collaboration with the Planetary Program at the Berggruen Institute.
March kicks off with “Life at the City Scale,” featuring scientist Dr. Christine Wilkinson, Assistant Curator of Community Science, NHM; Nurit Katz, Chief Sustainability Officer, UCLA; and moderator Dr. Yewande Pearse, neuroscientist. Together, they examine how cities are not just built for people, but are complex ecosystems teeming with living beings of every shape and size. Join them to explore how urban life affects other species, and how those relationships shape the city itself.
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Guided UCLA Botanical Garden Tour - March 7
2026-03-07 10:00 - 11:00 | UCLA Mildred E Mathias Botanical Garden, La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095
Explore a living museum, featuring collections of plants from around the globe! Join a Garden Educator for a free guided 1 hour tour, and hear the stories of a selection of plants in the garden, and their relevance to human society. All ages are welcome.
Meet at the La Kretz Garden Pavilion at the northern end of the garden. Restrooms are available there.
Tours are given a grace period of 5 minutes.

Free Food from UCLA Dining Halls!
2026-03-10 22:00, 2026-03-11 22:00, 2026-03-31 22:00, 2026-04-01 22:00 | Conference Room 1 in the Student Activities Center Basement, 220 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Join Bruin Dine for food recovery events every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 10PM in the SAC Basement (unless otherwise announced)! Please bring your own tupperware and utensils!
Follow https://www.instagram.com/uclabruindine/ for additional updates!

Botany Brown Bag with Vikram Tamboli
2026-03-12 12:00 - 13:00 | UCLA Mildred E Mathias Botanical Garden, La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095
Join for another installment of Botany Brown Bag. Vikram Tamboli will give a talk titled “Seeds of Power: Poisoning, Ritual Dance and Afro-Indigenous Knowledge in the Americas.”
“Seeds of Power” restrings the frayed history and geography of an obscure technology, ankle rattles and girdles made of toxic seeds of the Thevetia or yellow oleander plant. At least since the sixteenth century, people of Indigenous and African ancestry have used these seeds in a variety of ceremonial dances from Amazonia to Mesoamerica. Partial knowledge and material evidence of these seeds and rattles circulated through accounts of travelers and explorers, early modern herbals, and cabinets of curiosity and, by the nineteenth century, reached museum and herbarium collections across the globe. The story of these Thevetia seed rattles emerged through Tamboli’s research on the Afro-Indigenous politics of assault in the Guianas for his book manuscript ‘Black Powers and Bush Work: A history of trafficking ideas in Amazonia and the Caribbean, 1722-2022’. This talk gives an overview of the new project and offers some preliminary reflections on the rattles that are housed in U.S. collections and recent conversations with the Akawaio community members in Guyana.
Vikram Tamboli is currently a fellow at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian and creator and co-director of the Healing and Harming Garden at UCLA.
Make sure to bring your lunch!
This event is free and open to the public, no RSVP required!

AltaSea Open House: ABC Solar Inc.
2026-03-14 10:00 - 12:30 | AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles, 2451 Signal St, Los Angeles, CA, 90731, United States
Join another AltaSea Open House, centered on solar power. This special edition will feature Bradley Bartz, of ABC Solar Inc.
Learn more at https://altasea.org/event/altasea-open-house-abc-solar/.
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Tour of the Westwood Greenway and Clothing Swap
2026-03-14 12:00 - 15:00 | Westwood Neighborhood Greenway, 2598-2596 Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90064, United States
Friends and neighbors – The Center for Developing Leadership in Science will be hosting a tour and clothing swap at the Greenway! Empanadas and other light refreshments will be provided.
​Come learn about the Greenway’s incredible biodiversity and natural filtration system from Education Outreach Specialist Ella Bogdanski. After a tour of the space, community members will have a chance to swap clothing and enjoy light refreshments.
​*You can find the Greenway on IG @westwoodgreenway*
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VIRTUAL COMMUNITY MEETING - CicLAvia-WEST LA
2026-03-16 17:30 - 18:30 | Online

Green Sports Alliance Webinar: How to collaborate between College Athletics, Sustainability, and Facilities
2026-03-19 09:00 - 10:00 | Online
How do ACC, Big Ten, and SEC universities advance sustainable athletics programs through cross-campus collaboration? Learn how athletics departments, sustainability offices, students, and facilities teams work together to drive sustainable programs on game day and beyond.
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Guided UCLA Botanical Garden Tour - March 21
2026-03-21 10:00 - 11:00 | UCLA Mildred E Mathias Botanical Garden, La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095

Westside Repair Café
2026-03-21 10:30 - 16:00 | Reed Park, 1133 Seventh St., Santa Monica, CA, 90403, United States
Join the Repair Café at Joslyn Hall in Reed Park! This event is open to anyone – not just Santa Monica residents.
Bring your items to be repaired by volunteers. Please be prepared to wait for volunteer availability and repairs. The Repair Café will stop taking new repair requests for small appliances, electronics, and clothing around 3 PM to ensure earlier requests can be filled.
Look below for more information on the repair/other services being provided:

Clothing (max 1 item at a time)
Electronics, computers, small appliances (toasters, lamps, fans, etc.) (max 1 item at a time)
Gluing – to repair wood, ceramics, and more
Jewelry (until 1 PM)
Knife & blade sharpening (max 3 at a time)
Hair Trimming
Guitar Lessons (from 1-4 PM) – No need to bring your own instrument.
Crafting – Learn how to knit or participate in other crafting while waiting for your repair.

The Repair Café is also encouraging folks to bring items to share:

Clothing swap – Only bring items in good working condition.
Potluck snacks

The Repair Cafe is looking for volunteers at any skill level for this event. Sign up using this link! If you have any questions about volunteering, please email westsiderepaircafe@gmail.com
To learn more about the Westside Repair Café, like how to get involved or stay up to date on events go to https://www.ourtimebank.com/repair-cafe

2026 BECAP Summit - Rising Tides in the Deep Blue Decade: Building the Workforce Ecosystems of Tomorrow
2026-03-25 08:00 - 17:00 | Los Angeles Harbor College, 1111 Figueroa Pl, Los Angeles, CA, 90744, United States
The Blue Economy and Climate Action Pathways (BECAP) Summit brings together statewide partners to accelerate innovation, expand career pathways, and build the interdisciplinary ecosystems needed for a resilient, sustainable coastal future.
The full-day summit at Los Angeles Harbor College will feature keynote speakers, a fireside chat, a leadership panel, and breakout sessions aligned with the four BECAP consortia pillars, Regenerative Aquaculture & Aquaponics, Blue Technology & Robotics, Clean Marine Renewable Energy, and Ecosystem Conservation & Restoration, alongside cross-sector workforce development strategies designed to strengthen California’s future workforce in the Deep Blue Decade.
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From Ashes to Action: Growing a More Resilient Landscape, Panel 1
2026-03-25 17:00 - 19:00 | Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, 301 North Baldwin Ave, Arcadia, CA, 91007, United States
The new Landscape Recovery Center at Eaton Canyon is about to begin its important work! Join a community conversation about the continuing recovery from the Eaton Fire. This is an opportunity to learn about the new Center, why it exists, and the work it will do.
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A Force of Nature Climate Café
2026-03-26 11:30 - 12:30 | Online
Join a virtual Climate Café! This call is meant to:

Have dialogue about the climate crisis & how it makes us feel
Hear exciting updates about Climate Cafés coming soon near you!
Be a space to connect and learn from people from all over the world.

This call is open to the public, so you don’t need to be a member of our community to join. So bring yourself and a friend!
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Fowler Curator Talk: Archival Research Behind Fire Kinship
2026-03-26 12:30 - 13:30 | Online
Join a conversation with exhibition co-curators Daisy Ocampo Diaz and Lina Tejeda, who will discuss the archival research that behind the making of the exhibition Fire Kinship: Southern California Native Ecology and Art.
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Webinar: Introduction to Composting
2026-03-26 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
Join a free, live webinar on how to turn yard clippings and kitchen scraps into nutrient-rich compost for your lawn and garden. Webinars are approximately 45 minutes followed by a 15-minute period to answer questions and take orders for compost bins.
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Marina Del Rey Household Hazardous & Electronic Waste Drive-Thru Collection
2026-03-28 09:00 - 15:00 | Dock 52 Parking Lot, Fiji Way, Marina del Rey, CA, 90292, United States
The Household Hazardous Waste and Electronic Waste Collection Program (HHW) gives Los Angeles County residents a legal and cost-free way to dispose of unwanted household chemicals that cannot be disposed of in the regular trash.
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Things You CAN Bring

Motor oil, antifreeze
Paint, paint thinner
Turpentine, cleaners with acids or lye
Pesticides and herbicides
Household and car batteries
Old computers and television sets
Sharps or used needles
Expired pharmaceuticals and mercury thermometers
Fluorescent light bulbs

Things You CANNOT Bring

Explosives, ammunition or radioactive materials
Waste from businesses will not be accepted
Trash or old tires
White goods such as washers, stoves, refrigerators or air conditioners

How to Prepare

In general, there is a limit of 15 gallons or 125 lbs. per vehicle.
Bring items in a sturdy box, preferably in their original labeled containers.
Be prepared to leave your containers.
Do not mix products together.

For more information, contact (800) 238-0173 or info@lacsd.org.

The Fumes of Mars: Book discussion with artist and writer Katerina Angelopoulou
2026-03-28 10:00 - 11:30 | Online
One of the deadliest wildfires ever recorded took place on July 23, 2018 in Mati, just 30 km from the historical center of Athens. Writer and artist Katerina Angelopoulou survived the fire, and her book, The Fumes of Mars, combines her photographs with personal testimonies from other survivors, timelines, maps, and reports. With these materials, Angelopoulou attempts to weave a collective narrative of the events to better understand the violent disconnect between her own experience and the “official” account of the disaster in which facts were concealed and victims held culpable.
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Ocean Guardians: The Pacific’s Climate Case to the World’s Highest Courts
2026-03-30 12:15 - 13:15 | HYBRID: UCLA School of Law and Zoom
Join two Indigenous lawyers as they share their experiences taking the fight for climate justice to the world’s highest courts. Julian Aguon, founder of Blue Ocean Law and a leading advocate for Pacific island nations, and Naima Taafaki-Fifita, senior associate at Ocean Vision Legal and founder of The Moana Tasi Project, have been at the forefront of historic legal victories like the ICJ and ITLOS climate advisory opinions, where the highest courts in the world have ruled that States have a binding legal duty under international law to prevent climate harm, protect human rights, and act urgently to cut emissions.
Please note that the panelists will be speaking through Zoom (Zoom presentation hosted on the big screen).
Lunch will be provided.
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Webinar: Introduction to Composting
2026-03-30 18:00 - 19:00 | Online
Want to learn how to turn your kitchen scraps into garden gold? This online event is perfect for beginners eager to dive into the world of composting.
Get ready to make your waste work for you—all from the comfort of your home. Don’t miss out on this fun and eco-friendly session!
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Foundations of Green Building Hybrid Training (Los Angeles)
2026-04-02 10:00 - 14:00 | Metro Talent Hub, 8501 S Evermont Place, Los Angeles, CA, 90044, United States
Join to learn about the foundations of green building design, materials, and jobs.
Buildings wield significant influence over our environment, neighboring communities, and the individuals who inhabit them. Recognizing and mitigating these impacts through building modernization is crucial. In this course, you will delve into the intricacies of green, high-performing buildings, exploring elements such as building design, operational strategies, project location, and materials selection. You’ll also gain insights into the expanding realm of green jobs, a vital component of this sustainable transition. Upon successful completion of a 25-question exam following the class, attendees will receive a certificate of completion.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1. Learn the concepts and causes of Climate Change with an emphasis on how the built environment contributes to climate change.
2. Learn designs, techniques, and strategies to minimize a building’s environmental impacts, including reducing emissions, increasing energy, water, and waste efficiency, materials life cycle impacts, and strong Indoor Environmental Quality.
3. Learn about the spectrum of green jobs needed to design, build, maintain, and occupy high-performance, sustainable buildings.
4. Learn about third-party green building rating systems and their associated credentials, including LEED, WELL, LBC, and BREEAM.

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