• Making Merch Sustainable

    How can the proliferation of music industry merchandise align with artists’ and society’s environmental and social expectations? Merch is one of music's fastest-growing revenue streams — and one of its...

  • Get Ready for COP17 in Armenia! Come Together to Learn and Discuss How to Engage

    Armenia takes center stage this October as host to one of the most important global summits for the future of life on earth, COP17 – the UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) 17th Conference of Parties – under the theme “Taking Action for Nature.” You’re invited to a special virtual meeting hosted in collaboration with...

  • How Worried Should You Be About This Air?

    Join L.A. Material’s Antonia Cereijido and Jessica Garrison for a conversation with experts about Los Angeles air quality amid the ongoing Boyle Heights warehouse fire. Guest experts include: - Yifang Zhu, professor at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Department of Environmental Health Sciences - Sam Silva, assistant professor of Earth Sciences, Civil and Environmental...

  • Solution Series: Reuse Wins in Food Service, Stadiums, and Beyond

    For a world overrun by single-use plastics, reuse systems offer a clear path forward. Reuse systems can drastically cut plastic use and pollution and build local economies. Non-toxic, plastic-free reuse is the ultimate solution to protect our health—but is not without its challenges. Plastic Pollution Coalition will host a webinar to present exciting reuse applications...

  • Livestream: APAICS Energy & Commerce Summit

    This is a non-UCLA event posted here as of interest to the community. The APAICS Energy & Commerce Summit brings together industry and community leaders alongside Asian American & Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AA & NH/PI) Members of Congress to discuss top-line energy and commerce concerns that are affecting the AA & NH/PI community and the...

  • Women in Cleantech: Strengthening Sector Expertise Series: Sustainable Cities

    This is a non-UCLA event posted as of interest to the community. The Expertise Series - focused on supporting women leaders in accelerating their sector expertise within transportation electrification, clean energy, and sustainable cities - will focus on Sustainable Cities for its third and final event, where we will provide an overview of the sector,...

  • Community Webinar: Los Angeles Mayor’s Climate Plan

    This is a non-UCLA event posted here as of interest to the community. You are invited to join us for a community webinar to learn about the Mayor's vision for a more climate resilient Los Angeles and actions the City is taking to make this vision a reality. During the webinar, there will be an...

  • Curator Talk: Digital Production of Mountain Spirits

    This behind-the-scenes conversation explores the digital production of Mountain Spirits: Rice and Indigeneity in the Northern Luzon Highlands, Philippines, an exhibition that immerses audiences in the sacred landscapes and living traditions of the Ifugao rice terraces. Featuring Amy Landau and Paul Connor, the online program examines the research, filming, and on-site processes that shaped the...

  • Can the Energy Crisis Finally Unite Us?

    This is an off-campus, non-UCLA event posted here in case of interest to the broader community. Climate debates are going nowhere. Highly ideological, they end in gridlock more often than solutions. Disasters strike, but their media shelf-life is short. And younger generations, long worried about living on a warming planet, are moving from anxiety to...