As college sports programs plan their recovery from Covid-19 impacts, leveraging existing campus assets and fan preferences opens up sports sustainability operations that generate revenues, cost savings, and significant campus/community support for moving the ball on climate action. As many professional and global sports organizations have learned, taking action to mitigate climate change helps deliver […]

A Discussion on How to Ensure the Right Outcomes with Congressman Ro Khanna, serving California’s 17th Congressional District in the heart of Silicon Valley. REGISTER NOW RSVP Required via Zoom for Webinar Link and Instructions to Join. Open to UCLA students, alumni, faculty, staff and members of the extended UCLA community and general public. Congressman Ro Khanna  California’s 17th Congressional […]

Speaker: Kipp McMichael Break out your rulers, scales and metrics for a tour of California flora with an eye toward maxima and minima. We'll start with familiar status-holders like giant sequoia and duckweed but move on to more esoteric categories and the biggests and smallests therein: The largest flower? The longest vine? The biggest fruit? […]

TRUE Zero Waste and Circular Economy Training Series: HOW TO APPLY CIRCULARITY TO YOUR BUSINESS AND REDUCE OPERATING COSTS Via Zoom Zoom link sent upon completion of registration Register Here   REDUCE, REUSE, AND COMPOSTING HOW TO APPLY CIRCULARITY TO YOUR BUSINESS AND REDUCE OPERATIONAL COSTS Without urgent action, global waste will increase by 70 percent […]

This summer the Nature Gardens and Tar Pits are coming over to your place. Fix yourself a DIY botanical cocktail and join our events happening LIVE. Turn up the DJ tunes and join in on a talk with Museum Staff who’ll be getting to the root of plants from the present day all the way […]

By: Andrea Williams, CNPS Director of Plant Science California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (aka CAL FIRE)'s proposed program to treat vegetation on public and private land across California to improve public safety, protect natural resources, and reduce fire suppression costs. CNPS Chapters have the opportunity to build local relationships to ensure the work […]

Safety is Metro’s top priority while we continue to do the work to chart our path forward, especially as LA County reopens in stages. Throughout the year, Metro is hosting a series of conversations on resiliency concepts and solutions. Metro is seeking innovative, cost effective solutions that will help us reduce our waste streams, like […]

Each year, the LABBC Building Technology Showcase helps property owners quickly get up to speed on the latest building technologies through a combination of live case studies and fast-pitch presentations from technology companies vetted by our Partners. This year’s virtual event will focus on technologies for Multifamily Residential properties, where efficiency investments make the biggest […]

2020 Municipal Green Building Conference + Expo DAY 1 of MGBCE: Municipal Green Friday, August 21st, 2020 MGBCE 2020 is a virtual event--see you online! **(Please note that this date has been rescheduled from the previous date on May 29th. If you had previously registered, your registration will automatically be moved to the new dates. If […]

2020 Municipal Green Building Conference + Expo DAY 2 of MGBCE: Community Green Saturday, August 22nd, 2020 MGBCE 2020 is a virtual event--see you online! **(Please note that this date has been rescheduled from the previous date on May 30th. If you had previously registered, your registration will automatically be moved to the new dates.) This […]

About NetZeroBuild Summit August 25-28, 2020 NetZeroBuild Summit 2020 brings together the key stakeholders involved in the Midwest’s value chain for net-zero construction in residential, commercial, academic and government buildings for the very first time. Hosting the Midwest’s leading architects, policymakers, contractors, system manufacturers, building owners and real estate executives, this essential new event is […]

Nita Winter and Rob Badger take you behind the scenes of their 27-year journey photographing wildflowers throughout California. It began in 1992, when they discovered and fell in love with California’s spectacular wildflower blooms in the Mojave Desert’s Antelope Valley California Poppy Preserve. Photographing these beautiful landscapes and individual flowers evolved into their documentary art […]

To maintain social distancing, this class will be held online. See below for more details. Curious about the best ways to water your native garden? This focused one hour online class covers how, when and where to irrigate, as well as the benefits and drawbacks for overhead, drip and hand-watering equipment. This class will be […]

Professor Kate O'Neill of the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at UC Berkeley charts the rise and fall (and rise again) of scrap plastic on global recycling markets, examining how waste plastic became a global commodity and why this changed so dramatically in recent years. What does the resurgence of plastics during the […]

SAVE THE DATE Presented by Theodore Payne Foundation Outreach Manager Erin Johnson - a virtual presentation via Zoom - login info will be sent at a later date.

ARS Electronica Festival  Telluric Vibrations UCLA Art Sci Center x Botanical Garden September 9th-13th • YouTube Live Tel·lu·ric: being or relating to a usually natural electric current flowing near the earth's surface. UCLA Art Sci Center was invited by ARS Electronica to be the Los Angeles Garden and is presenting a series of events under […]

This webinar is an introduction to a growing suite of equitable adaptation planning and practice resources. ICARP and Office of Emergency Services staff will introduce the 2020 Adaptation Planning Guide and walk through the beta online APG on the Adaptation Clearinghouse. Guest speakers from the Greenlining Institute and the Georgetown Climate Center will present guidance, […]

California is a biodiversity hotspot and your garden can play an important part. We'll take a look at the beauty of California and discuss how native plants are the right plants for your space. Learn about the different palettes of California native plants, how to find the right plants for your garden, and where to […]

Gather your friends and colleagues for a night of trivia all about California's biodiverse plants and habitats! Join the Zoom session promptly to have a better chance of being crowned champion at the end of the night. Teams of 1-4 (can communicate in your own private group chat or use Zoom's private 1 to 1 […]

Join CNPS Conservation Program staff and experts for an introductory advocacy seminar for conservation volunteers. REGISTER HERE Schedule: 9:00 – 9:10 am, Nick Jensen, PhD Introduction 9:10 - 9:35 am, Isabella Langone, JD A primer on California plant conservation laws 9:35 - 10:00 am, Nick Jensen, PhD CEQA 101 10:15 – 10:45 am, David Magney […]