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Guided Garden Tour – February 1

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

Join a Garden Guide for a free tour on February 1, 2025 at 10 am. Explore a living museum featuring collections of plants from around the globe! You’ll hear the...

Can Democracies Deal with the Climate Crisis?

UCLA Law School, Room 1447

The environmental consequences of the 2024 presidential election are coming into sharper focus as the U.S. confronts one of the largest climate-fueled disasters in its history. But the U.S. is...

Wildfire disaster, recovery, and resilience: what have we learned?

California NanoSystems Institute 570 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Join the first event in the 2024-2025 Focus on Environment and Sustainability Series, a three-part special seminar exploring critical environmental challenges. The first seminar in this series, to be given by Prof. Crystal Kolden from UC Merced, has been rescheduled to Monday, February 3 from 2-4 pm in the California Nanosystems Institute (CNSI) auditorium. Light...

Les is More: An Hour with the Mayor

Beverly Hills City Hall, Municipal Gallery 455 N Rexford Dr, Beverly Hills, CA, United States

Come be part of an insightful panel discussion with the City of Beverly Hills’ sustainability experts and Mayor Friedman regarding how the City is preparing for a sustainable and resilient future. This special event will discuss important sustainability initiatives and how to make Beverly Hills even more eco-friendly. Whether you have questions, suggestions, or just...

Marschak Colloquium series: Generationally Parochial Geoengineering?

HYBRID: Charles E. Young Research Library, Main Conference Room 11360 and online 280 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Presented by the UCLA Library and the Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences Speaker: Stephen M. Gardiner, professor of philosophy and Ben Rabinowitz Professor of the Human Dimensions of the Environment at the University of Washington, Seattle Gardiner maintains that the threat of intergenerational tyranny ought to be a core concern...

Grand Theft Eco Screening #1

Darren Star Screening Room 1422 Melnitz Hall, 235 Charles E. Young Dr. East, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Grand Theft Eco: Environmental Futures of Los Angeles repurposes the game engine and design of Grand Theft Auto 5 to creatively imagine environmental change and its consequences for Los Angeles in the year 2050. The first of three “machinima” (video game cinema) episodes, titled “The iBear in the River,” will make its debut on February...

Grand Theft Eco Screening #2

Darren Star Screening Room 1422 Melnitz Hall, 235 Charles E. Young Dr. East, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Grand Theft Eco: Environmental Futures of Los Angeles repurposes the game engine and design of Grand Theft Auto 5 to creatively imagine environmental change and its consequences for Los Angeles in the year 2050. The first of three “machinima” (video game cinema) episodes, titled “The iBear in the River,” will make its debut on February...

Ends of the Earth: Journeys to the Polar Regions

Burbank Buena Vista Branch Library 300 N Buena Vista St, Burbank, CA, United States

In Search of Life, the Cosmos, and our Future Paleontologist Neil Shubin, in conversation with JPL's Alex Gardner, explains the dynamics of ice sheets and glaciers, what they tell us about our past, and what they portend for our future. LEARN MORE AND REGISTER HERE

Psychological First Aid and Communal Support for Acute Stress

Online

Immediately after climate disasters, it is critical to help people who are impacted get access to psychological first aid tips and community support. The University of California is sponsoring a six-part webinar series for the UC community and the public titled “Urban Wildfire Response and Recovery Webinar Series,” focusing on the physical health, mental health...