Skip to Main Content

Sustainability Action Research (SAR) Final Presentations

Event Schedule 4:00pm Program Introduction 4:10pm Research Project Presentations ASUCLA Licensing (4:10-4:25pm) Academic Waste Diversion (4:25-4:40pm) Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (4:40-4:55pm) Green Games (4:55-5:10pm) Green Labs (5:10-5:25pm) Plastic Policy Implementation (5:25-5:40pm) Outdoor Spaces (5:40-5:55pm) 5:55pm Concluding Thoughts ZOOM LINK Sustainability Action Research (SAR) is a student-initiated, student-designed, and student-facilitated research program offered through the Institute of...

California Native Ecological Knowledge, Culture, and Stories

We're hosting another class on traditional ecological knowledge led by native plant expert and cultural educator Nicholas Hummingbird! The class will be Thursday, May 27 at 7-9 pm via Zoom. Fill out this form to reserve your spot in the class. All are welcome to attend! The first 70 UCLA-affiliated sign-ups can reserve a spot for free. We ask...

GreenShorts Award Ceremony

Join us for a live stream for the 2021 annual GreenShorts Award Ceremony where we will celebrate wining short environmental films created by Southern California and Louisiana high school students. With Greenshorts, high school students get a chance to sit in the director’s chair and win cash prizes. The contest invites two-minute-or-less films to showcase...

Freedom and Fugitivity

The closing event of the Sanctuary Spaces Sawyer Seminar, Freedom and Fugitivity, thinks across Black feminism and Indigenous studies to foreground “beautiful experiments” of flight, refusal, and rebellion. Featuring: Saidiya Hartman, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University; 2019 MacArthur Fellow In conversation with: Aisha K. Finch, Associate Professor of Gender Studies and African...

USGBC-LA’s Thought Leadership Series: Reducing California’s Fire Risk

USGBC-LA is hosting this event to bring together the sustainability, green building, and fire prevention communities to jointly address wildfire resilience across California. The event will begin with virtual tours and expert interviews provided by local green building chapters in Northern and Southern California, lead to multiple keynotes from community leaders, feature panels from industry...

Why We Care About Pollinators

Dr. Tallamy is a professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, where he has authored 100+ research articles and taught Insect Taxonomy, Behavioral Ecology, Humans and Nature, and other courses for 40 yrs. His book Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens was published...

Pollinator Art, Music, Culture

Jane Breckinridge is the director of the Euchee Butterfly Farm located in Leonard, Oklahoma, and an enrolled citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She has spent the last twenty years raising and exhibiting butterflies throughout the United States and Canada, as well as providing community and youth education on butterflies. In 2013, Ms. Breckinridge founded...

Pollinator-Friendly Cooking Demo and Interview with Celebrity Chef, Helen Cavallo

Helen Cavallo is of Colombian and Italian descent, and that background has dictated her love of food and family. Helen's cooking style focuses on big, bold flavors, while always highlighting the main ingredient. Her culinary education came from her upbringing, having learned to cook from some of the best...her family, pros at feeding an army...

When You Are Sleeping: Bat Magic

Mylea Bayless leads Bat Conservation International (BCI) Network & Partnerships Division with more than 20 years of experience in building collaborative teams for conservation, research, and wildlife management. “If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” The wisdom of this African proverb defines her approach to conservation....