Events
Green Sports Alliance Webinar: How to collaborate between College Athletics, Sustainability, and Facilities
How do ACC, Big Ten, and SEC universities advance sustainable athletics programs through cross-campus collaboration? Learn how athletics departments, sustainability offices, students, and facilities teams work together to drive sustainable programs on game day and beyond. REGISTER HERE
Guided UCLA Botanical Garden Tour – March 21
Explore a living museum, featuring collections of plants from around the globe! Join a Garden Educator for a free guided 1 hour tour, and hear the stories of a selection of plants in the garden, and their relevance to human society. All ages are welcome. Meet at the La Kretz Garden Pavilion at the northern...
Westside Repair Café
Join the Repair Café at Joslyn Hall in Reed Park! This event is open to anyone - not just Santa Monica residents. Bring your items to be repaired by volunteers. Please be prepared to wait for volunteer availability and repairs. The Repair Café will stop taking new repair requests for small appliances, electronics, and clothing around...
2026 BECAP Summit – Rising Tides in the Deep Blue Decade: Building the Workforce Ecosystems of Tomorrow
The Blue Economy and Climate Action Pathways (BECAP) Summit brings together statewide partners to accelerate innovation, expand career pathways, and build the interdisciplinary ecosystems needed for a resilient, sustainable coastal future. The full-day summit at Los Angeles Harbor College will feature keynote speakers, a fireside chat, a leadership panel, and breakout sessions aligned with the...
Ocean Guardians: The Pacific’s Climate Case to the World’s Highest Courts
Join two Indigenous lawyers as they share their experiences taking the fight for climate justice to the world’s highest courts. Julian Aguon, founder of Blue Ocean Law and a leading advocate for Pacific island nations, and Naima Taafaki-Fifita, senior associate at Ocean Vision Legal and founder of The Moana Tasi Project, have been at the...
Can Abundance Be Sustainable? Merging Affordability and Climate Policy
An all-day symposium that will focus on the interplay between affordability and environmental regulation. Affordability concerns are ubiquitous in conversations on environmental and climate policy issues. Policymakers and advocates are wrestling with the question of whether cornerstone environmental laws and regulations, including CEQA and NEPA, can be robustly enforced while still recognizing and addressing cost-of-living...
Guided UCLA Botanical Garden Tour – April 4
Explore a living museum, featuring collections of plants from around the globe! Join a Garden Educator for a free guided 1 hour tour, and hear the stories of a selection of plants in the garden, and their relevance to human society. All ages are welcome. Meet at the La Kretz Garden Pavilion at the northern...
Los Angeles Climate Week
Join Los Angeles Climate Week™ to collaborate, exchange ideas, and develop local climate solutions. Engage with climate organizations, policymakers, innovators, companies, and changemakers from LA and beyond on cutting-edge climate change solutions. See the list of events or get involved at the official Los Angeles Climate Week website.
AILA Earth Summit
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...