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Cajetan Iheka on African Ecomedia

Join us for a virtual talk by Professor Cajetan lheka on his new book African Ecomedia: Network Forms, Planetary Politics (Duke UP 2021), followed by a Q&A session.In African Ecomedia, Cajetan Iheka examines...

Saving the Silversword: Native Species & Colonialism in Hawai’i

La Kretz Garden Pavilion 707 Tiverton Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The Haleakalā silversword (or ‘ahinahina in Hawaiian) is one of the most striking and rare plants in Hawai‘i. Learn how efforts to save this plant have sparked a movement to...

Surplus Stop Move Out

Did you know that the average college student creates 640 pounds of trash annually, the majority of which accumulates at move-out? From clothes, to books, to food, to furniture, many...

“Eating Our Way to Extinction” Virtual Screening

Eating Our Way To Extinction takes audiences on a cinematic journey around the world, from the depths of the Amazon rainforests to the Taiwanese Mountains, the Mongolian desert, the US Dust Bowl, the Norwegian Fjords and the Scottish coastlines, telling the story of our planet through shocking testimonials, poignant accounts from indigenous people most affected by...

Protecting the Amazon Rainforest: Averting the Ecological Tipping Point

Hammer Museum

Indigenous leaders and artists lead a conversation on the global significance of the Amazon biome by highlighting how California’s oil imports affect the future of the Amazon rainforest and calling for 80% of the Amazon to be permanently protected by 2025. They will also present the Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative, which seeks to protect the...

Emissions Trading in California: Lessons for China

As countries and subnational jurisdictions begin to orient their climate change policies toward mid-century carbon neutrality goals, market measures have taken a prominent role in many emissions-reductions plans. However, much of the scholarly work on the efficacy of carbon-pricing mechanisms, and particularly emissions-trading systems, has taken place in the realm of theoretical, ex ante analysis....

2022 Sustainability Virtual Summit

The International Urban Sustainability Student Corps (IUSSC) is an interdisciplinary club at UCLA that participates in student-led sustainability passion projects. IUSSC hosts an annual sustainability summit with an international university/organization to discuss the importance of global sustainability efforts. This year, IUSSC is partnering with Engineering X, a project-based organization from the Royal Academy of Engineering...

Net Zero Conference 2022

Los Angeles Convention Center 1201 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA, United States