Drought, Disaster, and Decision-Making: Can a Crisis Be Averted in the Colorado River Basin?
2026-05-08 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
Join the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation on May 8th for a critical and timely discussion on the Colorado River Basin. In collaboration with UCLA partners, we are convening a virtual mini-symposium that brings together expert researchers and water managers to take a clear-eyed look at conditions in the Colorado River Basin, where the ability to reliably serve 40 million people across Western states, tribal nations, and Mexico is increasingly in question.
Speakers will examine the climate-driven trends reshaping the Basin, the current state of interstate water negotiations, and what pragmatic, balanced outcomes might look like for the West — including California’s water future. A moderated Q&A will follow each panel.
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‘IN HONOR’ series presents…Finding Edna Lewis: Film Screening & Tasting
2026-05-09 17:00 - 21:00 | Fowler Museum
UCLA Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies (RFI) is proud to continue its series: ‘IN HONOR’. ‘IN HONOR’ honors the complexity, innovation, and brilliance of black foodways. Through the lens of their experiences as members of the Black diaspora, the series features artists, scholars, and activists who have contributed to and reshaped both local and national food conversations.
Join RFI and the UCLA Fowler Museum for a special screening of Finding Edna Lewis. This Emmy Award–winning film explores the life and legacy of the trailblazing chef who brought Southern cuisine to the national stage.
Before the screening, enjoy a tasting inspired by Edna’s iconic dishes prepared by Chef Martin. After the film, stay for a conversation with the film’s Executive Producer Debra Freeman and Chef Martin Draluck.
Schedule
5–6pm: Courtyard Reception featuring light refreshments and curated small bites by Chef Martin Draluck
6–6:30pm: Lenart Auditorium doors open to the public
6:30–7:30pm: Film Screening in Lenart Auditorium begins
7:30–9pm: Conversation and Q&A
*Schedule subject to change
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Free Food from UCLA Dining Halls!
2026-05-12 22:00, 2026-05-13 22:00, 2026-05-14 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!
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Clarkia Flower Festival
2026-05-16 10:00 - 16:00 | Botanical Garden, 707 Tiverton Dr
Join an unforgettable celebration featuring exciting nature activities, a lively beer garden, fantastic live music, amazing community organizations, and so much more! Admission to this event is free and open to the public, no RSVP required. You won’t want to miss out on this blooming good time!
Event Highlights:

Tables from local organizations
Themed Naturalist Walks
Engaging talks and activities about nature
Delicious food trucks
A fun beer garden
Live music
Arts and crafts for everyone

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Live Webinar: Data with Purpose: 2026 State of Corporate Sustainability Disclosure
2026-05-19 09:00 - 10:00 | Online
Join the Open for Good Initiative at the UCLA Anderson Center for Impact for the unveiling of the 2026 State of Corporate Sustainability Disclosure Report – an annual analysis of how S&P 500 companies are reporting on climate and sustainability commitments in a rapidly shifting regulatory and political landscape.
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Book Talk - Forecasts: A Story of Weather and Finance at the Edge of Disaster
2026-05-20 16:00 - 17:30 | Online
About the book: Based in the agrarian world of commercial sesame farming in northern Paraguay, Forecasts tells a story about what happens when global insurance companies promise financial safety nets to local farmers struggling with the effects of climate change. This striking graphic novel brings together original ethnographic research and Paraguayan gothic art to confront the limitations of finance to respond to a deteriorating environment.
Taking a human-centered approach to complex weather and financial models, Forecasts offers new ways of looking at overlapping speculative futures in a more-than-human landscape. Based on more than a year of fieldwork in Paraguay, the book follows one man’s possible journeys through a season of planting and harvesting, buffeted by losses and sustained by the hope that he can cultivate conditions that will help his family thrive. Forecasts makes a sweeping account of environmental and financial risk accessible through the intimate story of one family’s triumphs, heartbreaks, and hopes for the future.
Author: Caroline Schuster
Associate professor in the School of Archaeology and Anthropology at the Australian National University
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The Sea Within Us: Caring for the Deep
2026-05-21 15:00 - 17:30 | Hammer Museum
To celebrate the 75th anniversary of Rachel Carson’s award-winning and widely influential book, The Sea Around Us, an interdisciplinary group of Indigenous culture bearers, scientists, artists, and ocean storytellers will address the legacy of DDT+, industrial, and radioactive waste dumping off the southern California coast. As a visionary marine biologist, Carson represented the science of the ocean alongside an ethic of accountability to what she termed our “mother sea.” To Carson, the ocean was a teacher, agent, and ancestor carried in our briny veins.
This panel will engage a wide range of perspectives about the cultures of ocean knowledge including Indigenous stewardship, the history and science behind the contamination, its impact on ocean ecosystems and marine mammals, and how collectively we might chart a path toward healing and accountability through diverse practices of caring for the deep.
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Out of Plain Sight, Screening and Post-screening conversation
2026-05-21 19:30 - 22:00 | Hammer Museum, Bay-Nimoy Theatre, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
From the Los Angeles Times and Pulitzer Prize-finalist Rosanna Xia, Out of Plain Sight is a cinematic exposé of an environmental disaster lurking just off the coast of Southern California.
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Waste Diversion and Reduction in Athletics
2026-06-11 11:00 - 12:00 | Online
This session will highlight practical strategies, challenges, and successes in reducing waste at athletic events and facilities, including recycling, composting, fan engagement, and operations behind the scenes. Attendees will gain insight into how sports programs can leverage fan energy and engagement to drive broader sustainability awareness and action.
Presentation from:
Chad DeWitt – Sustainability Coordinator at University of Virginia
Meredith Laidly – Resource Stewardship Coordinator, Department of Athletics at The Ohio State University
Logan Gould – Zero Waste Coordinator, Facilities Operations and Development at The Ohio State University
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