Sustainable Transportation Fair

Bruin Plaza 308 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Every October, UCLA Transportation celebrates the many benefits of sustainable transportation. Commute with confidence when you take a greener way to go during Sustainable Transportation Month!   Take the pledge to walk, ride a bike, share the ride, or take public transit for a chance to win an assortment of exciting prizes, including gift cards from the UCLA Store and businesses in Westwood Village. Also, join us for events on campus, including our […]

MindWell Presents: Reflection, Restoration, Re-emergence

Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden (Outdoor Ampitheater) 707 Tiverton Dr, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The MindWell Team would love to welcome you back to campus with our KickOff event: MindWell Presents: Reflection, Restoration, Re-emergence. Join us at the Outdoor Amphitheater in the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Gardens at 707 Tiverton Drive as we create a safe space for pod members who would like to reflect on what life has […]

Whitewashed Botany

UCLA LaKretz Garden Pavilion 707 Tiverton Dr, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Join Alexandria Douziech, founder of the Center for Plants & Culture, to see her new exhibit on botany’s “whitewashed” and exploitative legacy. This installation will focus on colonial injustices often excluded from plant displays: the forgotten figures of natural history, the cultural erasure of specimen collecting, and how plant commercialization benefited a select few. Viewers will also […]

South Coast AQMD Environmental Justice Conference

South Coast AQMD presents the 7ᵗʰ Annual Environmental Justice Conference, The Fight for Clean Air, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow In-Person and Online In-Person Event at Capacity REGISTER HERE We are excited to announce an exclusive fireside chat with our 2021 Keynote Speaker, Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger! Lou Calanche, Executive Director of Legacy LA, will serve […]

Relational Mindfulness

In relational mindfulness, we practice mindfulness in interactions with other people. Paying attention to others and receiving attention from others can help us deepen concentration and mindfulness. Relational mindfulness is always grounded in the practices of kindness and joy. In these drop-in sessions we will cultivate curious, open attention amid live interactions with other people. […]

Tech+Society Conference 2021 Day 1

These are fascinating times - tech-based innovation offers the promise of disruptive technologies which can lower cost and improve outcomes in critical areas of societal focus. The innovations and the businesses that drive them, however, are often subject to a rapidly emerging "techlash" with a growing set of concerns about potential monopolistic behavior of large tech companies, concerns […]

Tech+Society Conference 2021 Day 2

These are fascinating times - tech-based innovation offers the promise of disruptive technologies which can lower cost and improve outcomes in critical areas of societal focus. The innovations and the businesses that drive them, however, are often subject to a rapidly emerging "techlash" with a growing set of concerns about potential monopolistic behavior of large tech companies, concerns […]

California’s Urban Forests in a Changing Environment

UCLA LaKretz Garden Pavilion 707 Tiverton Dr, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Dr. Ritter will describe his 20 years working to understand patterns and change in California’s diverse urban forests. He will describe research involving the California Urban Forest Inventory project and SelecTree. Climate change has and will continue to affect the state’s urban areas. Can we predict how urban tree species will respond to increasing temperature and variable precipitation? […]

Landscape Architecture and the Science of Climate Change

The Department of Landscape Architecture at Cal Poly Pomona hosts a series of monthly presentations on the science of climate change and landscape architecture solutions. Join the event during your lunch break. It starts at 12pm and ends at 1pm on the first Friday of each month, between October 2021 and June 2022 (except April […]

Coming to Campus: LACI at UCLA

The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) welcomes UCLA staff and faculty to join us for an overview of our programs. LACI is creating an inclusive green economy by: unlocking innovation by working with startups to accelerate the commercialization of clean technologies; transforming markets through partnerships with policymakers, innovators, and market leaders in transportation, energy and […]

Engineering Day 2021

REGISTRATION CLOSES AT 3PM ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4. PLEASE REMEMBER TO USE YOUR SCHOOL-ISSUED EMAIL ADDRESS. ZOOM LINK WILL BE SENT 1-2 HOURS PRIOR TO THE START OF THE EVENT. REGISTER HERE We’re inviting environmental, chemical, and civil engineering students to learn about future career opportunities at LA Sanitation & Environment.  Hear from recent hires […]

Social Innovations Around the World

Join the Centers@Anderson and Professor Chris Tang, in conversation with Cheryl Gregory (’10), senior manager, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Edwin Keh, CEO, Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) and former chief operating officer, global procurement, Walmart; and Shailendra Tyagi, former head, supply chain and logistics, ITC Limited where he led the […]

Efforts to Phase Out Oil and Gas Extraction in California

Register Here: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUpcemppj0sGdCVttEhc4SBijpEPAfjMQ80 Please join us for a panel on "Efforts to Phase Out Oil and Gas Extraction in California," hosted by the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Environmental Law Society. The panel will feature advocates working to address the impacts of oil and gas extraction. Topics will include recent […]

Eatwell 2021 Food Day at UCLA Farmers’ Market

Bruin Plaza 308 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Join Eatwell Pod for our annual food day event at UCLA Farmers’ Market. More details coming soon! The Farmers’ Market is held biweekly at Bruin Plaza for UCLA students, staff, faculty, and community to enjoy. Our team further champions sustainability, community, and education through our events and workshops. Come join us and support your local […]

Leading with Courage and Candor: Inclusive Leadership

Sana Rahim is a Senior HR Business Partner and People Programs Lead at brightwheel. Sana designs work environments where employees are happy and able to do their best work. She has deep expertise in diversity & inclusion, talent management and employee engagement. Sana believes work should be engaging, joyous and inclusive for ALL employees. She […]

People & Pollinators: Panel on Bees, Beekeeping, Gardens, and Our Greater Food System

La Kretz Garden Pavilion 777 Tiverton Avenue (Mildred Mathais Botanical Garden), Los Angeles, CA, United States

Please RSVP below to join us at the La Kretz Garden Pavilion UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden. Maximum capacity for this event is 60 and we encourage participant to arrive by 12pm to have a seat. Latecomers are welcome if space is available. Email eatwell@ucla.edu if you have any questions or accessibility needs for […]

America Recycles Day TRUE Zero Waste Precertification Training

Join USGBC-LA for a special America Recycles Day Training opportunity! REGISTER HERE TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency) is a comprehensive certification program recognizing facilities for minimizing resource consumption, preventing waste, and redesigning material life cycles so that all residual materials are reused in a closed loop. TRUE was developed as a leadership standard to […]

Partnership Models for Increasing Park Access

Parks provide opportunities for people to be physically active, spend time in nature, and connect socially with others. Yet over half of Los Angeles County’s population lives in neighborhoods without access to parks and open space with the majority of high-need areas being concentrated in low-income communities of color. LA County has an opportunity to […]

The Story of Plastic Virtual Screening and Panel Discussion

The Story of Plastic is a searing expose revealing the ugly truth behind plastic pollution and the false solution of plastic recycling. Different from every other plastic documentary you’ve seen, THE STORY OF PLASTIC presents a cohesive timeline of how we got to our current global plastic pollution crisis and how the oil and gas industry […]

Climate Change, Health and the Built Environment Discussion Series, Part 1: California’s Landscape

Hosted by the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate’s Housing as Health Care Initiative, UCLA Center for Healthy Climate Solutions and Impact@Anderson. REGISTER HERE With an increasingly urgent need to adapt to our changing climate, the built environment offers unique opportunities for programs and new practices that can protect and improve human health. In order […]