What’s Next After Graduation? Join an engaging and inspiring panel discussion featuring industry professionals working at the forefront of sustainability and climate action. This event brings together leaders from diverse sectors to share their career journeys, discuss emerging opportunities, and highlight the many pathways available to create meaningful impact in a rapidly evolving field. Through...
Hear from panelists Nicole Steele of Social Justice Learning Institute, Arnali Ray of Hollywood Food Coalition, and Lena Silver of Neighborhood Legal Services LA County. This webinar will focus on a food and nutrition pillar: Ensuring all Angelenos have reliable access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food through strengthened safety net programs, community-driven food...
Join AILA’s 7th Earth Summit, to examine the technologies, policies, and ideas shaping our climate future. From artificial intelligence to breakthrough materials science, from state climate policy to investment strategies— explore the full spectrum of how we adapt to our changing planet. Can we innovate our way to a sustainable future? Earth Summit brings real...
At this community conversation about the new Landscape Recovery Center at Eaton Canyon, you’ll learn how native seed conservation and seed banking are guiding the next phase of restoration and helping to prepare us for a more resilient future. MORE INFO HERE REGISTER HERE
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...
The CDLS Thriving Futures Roundtable Series at UCLA is a public discussion initiative focused on bringing together community members for an open dialogue on building climate-resilient, equitable, and economically sustainable futures. For the second roundtable, CDLS is excited to be hosting a discussion on "Community Advocacy and Resilience After Natural Disasters," with a focus on...
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...
The study of animal consciousness is becoming a respectable domain of study, which has implications for neuroscience, evolutionary biology and ethics. This lecture will discuss the theoretical commitments of different naturalistic approaches to animal consciousness and point to markers of consciousness, ending by discussing the implications of the evolutionary approach for consciousness studies and for...