The 1.5°C Symposium on Climate Change inspires the AEC community to solve climate change issues and become more harmonious with nature by pinpointing techniques and methodologies to enhance and improve project approaches and better co-exist together. Through expert speakers, we will explore diverse regenerative cultures, best practices for transitioning to a circular economy, re-examine how […]

UCLA's annual Earth Day Fair is held by E3's Earth Month Campaign. This year, our theme is Food Systems, and we aim to educate the community about food related issues and environmental concerns. We would love for you to join us in dedicating April to advocate for the right to clean, safe, and healthy communities […]

“Saging” has become common in movies, TV shows, social media, and cleansing rituals –people burning sage bundles in the hope of purifying space and clearing bad energy. Instead of healing, the appropriated use of saging in popular culture is having a harmful effect. Indigenous communities have tended a relationship with white sage for thousands of […]

Biodiversity is the variety of plants, animals, and other species interacting with their environment to maintain the balance of nature. The goal of the bioblitz is to engage the public in making observations of biodiversity in Los Angeles. This bioblitz event will encourage observations of all wild plants and animals on iNaturalist, a community science platform. […]

Zero Waste UCLA and the Carbon Neutrality Initiative are partnering to highlight the different ways sustainability manifests in different cultures. We are soliciting art from the UCLA community that reflect what sustainability looks like across various cultures and communities. The art will be displayed in the Kerckhoff Art Gallery from April 25th – 29th. Join […]

Join us for the Opening Night on April 26th from 5 – 7pm at Kerckhoff Art Gallery for light refreshments, a chance to meet the artists, and an open mic night to share how you celebrate sustainability in your culture. Don’t forget to bring your own cup!

As Earth Month comes to a close, join B Lab, B Corps and climate justice leaders as we reflect on lessons learned on our journey toward climate and environmental justice. We will discuss what climate justice means to us on the individual, organizational and community levels; hear from leaders in the space about what is […]

Started in 2016 as a competition between San Francisco and Los Angeles, the City Nature Challenge (CNC) has grown into an international event, motivating people around the world to find and document wildlife in their cities. Run by the Community Science teams at the California Academy of Sciences and the Natural History Museum of Los […]

Visit the Botanical Garden any time from 12pm-2pm to participate in an interactive stamp rally where you will visit some of the most iconic trees in the Garden and learn more about the importance of plants to our health and sustainability. Collect all eight stamps and you will have the chance to take home a […]

Join our LA City Council District 5 Candidates in a public forum to discuss policies on climate and sustainability where you can ask questions related to UCLA. Students, staff, and climate leaders are all welcome to attend. REGISTER HERE Candidate Forum: 1:00pm-2:30pm in Luskin School of Public Affairs Room 2353 Meet & Greet: 2:30pm-3:00pm at […]

Electric carsharing holds enormous potential for our cities — they can provide safe, clean, and convenient ways to travel and, for those unable to afford personal vehicles, they increase access to opportunities. Over the past five years, a new wave of carsharing services supported by public funding using electric vehicles has emerged. Nonprofit models have […]

UCLA's bike-powered festival. https://www.coastalongmusicfestival.com/

Often described as the father of environmental justice, TCU professor Robert Bullard is a renowned advocate for those who suffer the earliest and most damaging setbacks from climate change simply because of where they live. His presentation will focus on empowering vulnerable populations in the United States and ensuring that climate change mitigation is fair and equitable. […]

May is National Bike Month, a time here at UCLA we use to highlight the many benefits of bicycling — to acknowledge our riding community and encourage more Bruins to give biking a try. While the pandemic may have halted past celebrations on campus, UCLA Bike Week is back in motion! Join us at pit stops for […]

Sponsored by UCLA's Special Advisor to the Chancellor on Native American and Indigenous Affairs Mishuana Goeman and California Native Plant Society and Indigenous advocates. REGISTER HERE PANELISTS: Heidi Lucero (Acjachemen and Mustun Ohlone) Samantha Morales Johnson (Gabrielino Tongva) Kimberly Morales Johnson (Gabrielino Tongva) Nick Rocha (Gabrielino Shoshone) Craig Torres (Tongva) Sage smudging has become a […]

Heat is a rapidly escalating dimension of the climate change crisis, and requires creative, comprehensive and collaborative strategies to mitigate its negative impacts on human health. Hosted by the BEWell pod at the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative, this lecture series will highlight some of the ways in which UCLA scholars are advancing the discourse on […]

Since its inception in 2001, MyGBCE  has become the longest-running and largest gathering of leading sustainability and green building advocates within both the public and private sectors in Southern California. Attended by over 1500 people in 2021, this conference and trade show provides cutting-edge thought leadership, education, and networking opportunities to inform local government agencies, building industry […]

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 the ecological footprint of media in Africa alongside the representation of environmental issues in visual culture. Iheka shows how, through visual media such as film, […]

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 preserve the islands' unique flora while opening conversation about race, gender, and colonialism in the islands. Refreshments will be provided. This event is free, but […]