The Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies, in collaboration with the UCLA Department of Anthropology’s Culture, Power, and Social Change speaker series, invites you to a book talk with Max Liboiron, Professor of Geography at Memorial University of Newfoundland. In this book talk, Professor Liboiron will present a framework for understanding scientific research methods as practices...
In the new documentary The Plastic Detox, six couples experiencing infertility embark on a journey to lower their plastic intake in hopes of improving their health and chances of pregnancy. The documentary features scientists and community organizers, as they explore how microplastics and their chemicals are impacting our health and the wider issue of plastic...
LA faces twin crises — a housing shortage and a climate emergency — and the solutions are more connected than most people realize. Join a panel conversation on how infill housing and land use can be powerful tools in the fight against climate change, and what housing and climate advocates can do together to make...
Join a conversation about an exciting environmental success story that too few Americans know in detail. In Smog and Sunshine, UCLA Law professor and LA native Ann Carlson recounts the dramatic policy fights and the determined scientists, lawyers, and community members who worked alongside public officials to face off against major polluters and save their...
Rain or shine- it's Earth Day time! Join a fun-filled day to learn how you too can help protect the environment. MORE INFO HERE
Celebrate the opening of Mountain Spirits: Rice and Indigeneity in the Northern Luzon Highlands, Philippines, with an evening of music and dance honoring cultural pride and the enduring connections between the Philippines and Los Angeles. LEARN MORE HERE
Tour of Athens Services Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in the City of Irwindale, providing waste services to millions of residents in Greater Los Angeles. Tour hosted by Los Angeles Climate Reality Project and Los Angeles Neighborhood Council Sustainability Alliance. LEARN MORE AND REGISTER HERE
Join for another installment of Botany Brown Bag. Dr. Theresa Ambo will give a talk titled “Moving Beyond Land Acknowledgements.” Formal land acknowledgments are an evolving practice designed to recognize local Indigenous Peoples and lands. Despite this uptake, land acknowledgements remain understudied and often misunderstood with regard to purpose, tone, responsibility, significance for educational equity,...
The Music Sustainability Summit returns for its third year, convening professionals from across the live and recorded music ecosystem to advance sustainability in the industry. MSS26 focuses on the ideas and initiatives that reshape how music is made, performed, and experienced. Join artists, venue operators, tour managers, promoters, and more for a day of learning,...
Water For Life tells the story of three extraordinary individuals: Berta Cáceres, a Lenca Indigenous leader in Honduras; Francisco Piñeda, a subsistence farmer in El Salvador; and Alberto Curamil, an Indigenous Mapuche Chief in Chile, all of whom refused to let government-supported industry and Transnational Corporations take their water and redirect it to mining, hydroelectric,...