UCLA Sustainability

Music Sustainability Summit
2026-04-14 08:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Solotech Studios, 1017 N Las Palmas Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90038, United States
The Music Sustainability Summit returns for its third year, convening professionals from across the live and recorded music ecosystem to advance sustainability in the industry. MSS26 focuses on the ideas and initiatives that reshape how music is made, performed, and experienced. Join artists, venue operators, tour managers, promoters, and more for a day of learning, networking, and action.

Check in/Coffee: 8am
Summit: 9am-5:30pm
Reception: 5:30pm-7pm

MSS26 is produced by the Music Sustainability Alliance (MSA), a 501c3 nonprofit organization. MSA’s mission is to embed sustainability in the music industry’s DNA by convening stakeholders to showcase and accelerate initiatives where sustainability becomes the norm, inspiring audiences to carry those values and empowering artists to advocate for sustainable behaviors by their teams, venues, and fans.
REGISTER HERE
**Music Sustainability Summit Scholarship Application**
MSA is proud to announce the latest round of the MSA Scholarship Program, in partnership with Warner Music Group. The scholarship is designed for those dedicated to the intersection of art and advocacy.
LEARN MORE AND APPLY HERE
Application Deadline: March 6

2026 Luskin Summit, Building Power Through Local Solutions
2026-04-15 07:30 - 14:30 | UCLA Luskin Conference Center, 425 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
The 2026 Luskin Summit, Building Power Through Local Solutions, will examine how California communities can build power to address vulnerability through locally driven policy action that advances equity, and well-being. The Summit will emphasize that lasting change comes not from one-size-fits-all approaches, but from empowering local governments, institutions, and communities to shape solutions that reflect their needs and strengths.
Grounded in UCLA Luskin’s commitment to tackling society’s most urgent challenges, the Summit will explore how vulnerability is shaped by policy choices—and how power can be built through collaboration, accountability, and strategic action at the local and regional levels. Conversations will focus on how communities can leverage policy tools, data, and partnerships to translate broad goals into concrete, on-the-ground outcomes.
UCLA Luskin faculty and researchers will join policymakers, nonprofit leaders, and community partners to analyze the systems that influence everyday life and to identify opportunities for reform. This year’s discussions will examine the local implementation of SB 79, California’s new housing development law; community-centered responses to environmental challenges such as plastics and mega-events; strategies to strengthen transit safety; and approaches to addressing market concentration and intergenerational inequities—highlighting how building power locally can produce durable, equitable solutions across California.
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UCLA AUD presents: "Transitioning Worlds" conference
2026-04-20 09:00 - 2026-04-21 19:00 | UCLA Perloff Hall, DeCafe, 365 Portola Plaza, Room 1302, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
The fourth program in the AUD60 Celebration
Transitioning Worlds is a two-day conference hosted by UCLA Architecture and Urban Design (AUD), reflecting on the changing global conditions that shape architecture and the evolving pedagogies, practices, and technologies through which AUD continues to engage them.
The conference includes a full day of thematic sessions, gathering panels of designers, instigators, and thought leaders to take up and debate the ground shifting beneath us all (Monday, April 20). On Day Two (Tuesday, April 21), they will reconvene with a morning workshop and an afternoon student session, interrogating the insights and proposals from Monday’s sessions and forecasting what we imagine next.
MORE INFO HERE

Clarkia Flower Festival
2026-05-16 10:00 - 16:00 | Botanical Garden, 707 Tiverton Dr
Save the date! The Clarkia Flower Festival will take place on Saturday, May 16, 2026 from 10 am to 4 pm. Check back later for more details!
