• “Pollution is Colonialism” – A talk by Professor Max Liboiron

    HYBRID: Haines 352 and Online Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    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...

  • Webinar | The Plastic Detox: A Conversation About Plastic & Health

    Online

    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...

  • The Housing-Climate Connection @ LA Climate Week

    Mithun 758 New High St, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    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...

  • “Smog and Sunshine” – A Book Talk with Ann Carlson

    UCLA School of Law 385 Charles E. Young Drive East , Los Angeles , CA, United States

    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...

  • Where Youth and Government Meet: Aligning Climate Priorities in Los Angeles

    HYBRID: UCLA and Zoom

    Are you curious about what the future of climate policy is going to look like in Los Angeles? Join for an evening that will bring together youth climate leaders and government representatives from LA County to explore how their perspectives on climate action compare and connect. The panel will feature youth advocates under 18 alongside...

  • Food, Culture, Climate: Exploring Food Justice with Isaias Hernandez

    Miles Memorial Playhouse 1130 Lincoln Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA, United States

    Learn and discuss how food justice can help build a more just and regenerative future! Join an engaging evening to explore the intersections of food, culture, and climate with environmental educator Isaias Hernandez, founder of QueerBrownVegan. Isaias will delve into key food justice topics including community land stewardship and local food systems. He will reflect...

  • Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts Earth Day 2026 Festival

    Sanitation Districts' Joint Administration Office 1955 Workman Mill Road, Whittier, CA, United States

    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

  • Opening Celebration: Mountain Spirits

    Fowler Museum

    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...

  • Exhibition Walk-through: Mountain Spirits

    Fowler Museum

    Join an exhibition walk-through of Mountain Spirits: Rice and Indigeneity in the Northern Luzon Highlands, Philippines, led by guest co-curators Stephen Acabado (UCLA) and Marlon Martin (Save the Ifugao Terraces...