Join for a public discussion of recent advances in ocean conservation and a chance to interact with current UCLA conservation researchers at the 15th Annual La Kretz Center Public Lecture. The Center is honored to have two Bruin alums, the father/son team Zack and Mark Gold, speak about their work monitoring and protecting California marine...
Marine microbiologist and explorer Jeffrey Marlow takes readers on a fascinating journey into the deep sea in The Dark Frontier, exploring one of Earth’s last largely unexplored frontiers. Join a conversation between author Jeffrey Marlow and Kevin Hand, director of JPL's Ocean Worlds Lab, on the hidden world of the deep sea, whose secrets can...
Join for another installment of Botany Brown Bag with Dr. Rachel Shahan. Make sure to bring your lunch! This event is free and open to the public, no RSVP required! More information to be announced.
The Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES) is honored to welcome Thomas Near, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University, for its Fall 2026 lecture. RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeH2IX80si2GR8Hap2B9HoqHpOqy_F9pWCdrABkDDN5iIU7ZQ/viewform.
Organized with UCLA's Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies and cityLAB-UCLA Michael Kimmelman is the architecture critic at The New York Times and founder of Headway. He has written from more than 40 countries and was for some years a columnist based in Berlin covering culture and politics in Europe and the Middle East. He teaches...
Industrial pollution is driving a triple crisis: a warming planet, poisoned ecosystems, and sick communities. Confronting these challenges requires evidence of the decisions behind the damage, and newsrooms are increasingly stepping up to investigate and hold those responsible accountable. Hosted by Red Canary Magazine, The Examination, and UCLA Center for Occupational & Environmental Health, this...
About the Talk Toxic exposures. Emergency evacuations. Endocrine disruption. Miscarriage. Threats to healthy pregnancies and safe births. Guilt, anxiety, depression, and grief. Climate change poses unique challenges to the health, well-being, and everyday lives of pregnant people, mothers, and those who would like to have children. This talk addresses those challenges – and highlights how...
Join a conversation with UCLA Institute of the Environment & Sustainability (IoES) Professor, and Founding Director of the California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA, Stephanie Pincetl, about her new book, The Myth of Sustainable Cities: Losing the Holocene, followed by an audience Q&A. Professor Pincetl will be in conversation with Professor of Anthropology Monica...
This is a Zoom webinar, part of a series exploring the broader context around wildfire resilience in California and Defensible Space regulations. This third and final webinar of the series focuses around the question of land use. It will ask how California has come to build where it did, and what should we do now...