Free Food from the Dining Halls

Conference Room 1 in the Student Activities Center Basement 220 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Bruin Dine is a student-run organization founded in 2018 that works to bridge the gap between food waste and food insecurity by recovering food from the UCLA dining halls that would have otherwise been thrown away and redistributing it. Open to everyone, bring your own container and utensils.

Climate Action Night: Your Voice for Our Planet

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

ANNUAL CLIMATE ACTION NIGHT presenting a bunch of environmental bills : there will be tasty food and refreshments provided! Come learn about environmental legislation!

Coastalong Sustainable Music Festival

Sunset Canyon Recreation Center 111 Easton Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Coastalong Festival is a 100% bike and solar-powered eco-friendly concert run entirely by students. Our aim is to demonstrate methods of alternative energy, while providing a fun, entertaining venue to increase awareness about sustainability, clean energy, and the environment.

Philip Rundel Herbarium Library Dedication and Open House

UCLA Botany Building 618 Charles E Young Dr S, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Come visit the Philip Rundel Herbarium Library collection. Explore rare and informative botanical books. Tour our recently renovated herbarium that includes over 150,000 dried and pressed plant specimens which focus on the Western United States, Mediterranean-climate regions of the world, and the Santa Monica Mountain ecosystems. These important materials assist with the study of people, […]

Climate and Wildfire Institute at UCLA Inaugural Event

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

The UCLA Division of Physical Sciences and the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability invite you to the inaugural event for the Climate and Wildfire Institute to discuss UCLA’s work as the leading institution producing actionable solution-oriented research to mitigate the worsening wildfire crisis and to share our vision to launch the Climate and […]

Free Mobile Bike Repairs

Court of Sciences 405 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

As part of UCLA Bike Month, free bike repairs will be available to students and staff with a valid BruinCard. Stop by for a complimentary tune-up provided by Velofix. There will be a charge for additional repairs and replacement parts.

Enhanced Geothermal Shot™ Summit

Online

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will virtually convene stakeholders to discuss the Enhanced Geothermal Shot™—an ambitious initiative to cut the cost of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) by 90% by 2035. Agenda at a glance: • Introductory plenaries • Overview of DOE’s Energy Earthshots™ initiative • EGS in context • Environmental justice and geothermal energy […]

Surplus Stop Yard Sale

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

Come to Bruin Plaza, and find treasures to make spring quarter even better! We have office chairs, lamps, so many school supplies, CDs, clothes hangers, and UCLA MERCH. As per usual, everything is FREE.

May 13 Botanical Garden Tour

UCLA Mildred E Mathias Botanical Garden, La Kretz Garden Pavilion 707 Tiverton Dr, Los Angeles, CA

Explore this living museum featuring collections of plants from around the globe! Join Garden Educators for a free guided tour of the garden. We’ll hear the stories of a selection of plants in the garden, and their relevance to human society. All ages are welcome. We will meet at the La Kretz Garden Pavilion at […]

Westwood Greenway & Democracy Vouchers

Westwood Neighborhood Greenway 2598-2596 Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United States

This event will start with a tour of the Westwood Neighborhood Greenway from 12 to about 12:30. Then there will be some networking and a brief discussion of democracy vouchers, and then weeding. REGISTER HERE

Energy Insecurity & Energy Transitions — Obstacles & Opportunities

Online

Panelists will share takeaways from their research and policy work at the nexus of energy insecurity and energy transitions. After a discussion of how to identify and measure energy insecurity, panelists will share their findings on how the energy security of low-income populations might be affected by different aspects of the energy transition. Panelists will […]

1st Annual Student Vendor Fair

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

Good Clothes Good People (GCGP) and Bruin Bazaar would like to highlight student-run small businesses. As sustainability-based organizations, we want to provide an emphasis on shopping small and local. Multiple students will be able to sell jewelry, clothing, crafts, etc. at this fair, all handmade by each seller. GCGP and Bruin Bazaar presents the 1st […]

Heat Equity Planning Event: Perspectives from Engaged Research and City Leaders on Partnerships to Advance Resilience for All

UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Room 2343 337 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The climate crisis is increasingly felt in communities across California and the nation. But studies find that the impacts of urban heat are particularly severe in areas formerly targeted for disinvestment through redlining. What are large cities like LA doing in response and what else needs to be done to ensure heat resilience for all? […]

Renewable Energy Deployment in China: Accelerating the Path to Carbon Neutrality

Online

Registration is free, but required. Register here. A collaborative research study between the California-China Climate Institute, UC San Diego and Tsinghua University is culminating in the launch of a new research report, Renewable Energy Pathways to Carbon Neutrality in China. For China to decarbonize the power sector and reach carbon neutrality requires a large increase […]

Bike Week Pit Stop

Westwood and Le Conte 900 Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Bike Week Pit Stops (with bike swag and complimentary refreshments)

Building State Capacity to Unlock Federal Climate Dollars: A Discussion with the State Funding Readiness Project

Online

As states across the country get into the full swing of implementing federal climate dollars in their communities, we recognize that sharing lessons learned across state lines is more important now than ever. Building capacity and providing technical assistance is essential to ensure state governments and their partners can effectively and equitably utilize their federal […]

Free Food from the Dining Halls

Conference Room 1 in the Student Activities Center Basement 220 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Bruin Dine is a student-run organization founded in 2018 that works to bridge the gap between food waste and food insecurity by recovering food from the UCLA dining halls that would have otherwise been thrown away and redistributing it. Open to everyone, bring your own container and utensils.

Webinar on Climate Change and Trauma

Online

Our physical and mental health are often directly tied to the environment in which we live. Climate change, if left unaddressed, could have catastrophic consequences on the mental health of entire populations. Join Drs. Dana Rose Garfin (Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA), Betty Lai (Boston College), and Sarah Lowe (Yale School of Public Health) […]

Bike Week Pit Stop

Lu Valle Commons 398 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Bike Week Pit Stops (with bike swag and complimentary refreshments)