News and Events
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Events
LA Climate Week: The Housing-Climate Connection
Join us for a panel conversation on how infill housing and land use can be powerful tools in the fight against climate change, and what housing and climate advocates can do together to make it happen.
Co-hosted by Urban Environmentalists Los Angeles, Abundant Housing LA, and YIMBY Los Angeles, this event brings together some of the region's sharpest voices on the housing-climate nexus for an honest conversation about evidence, policy, and coalition-building.
Lightning Talks: Making Space
What does it mean to make space, in our cities, our communities, and ourselves? Join Urban Environmentalists LA for an evening of storytelling, dialogue, and connection. Making Space is the inaugural event of a new series bringing together thinkers, doers, and dreamers at the intersection of urbanism and environmentalism. This event will have two parts: 1. The talks: come learn from experts in LA on a wide variety of topics related to "Making Space" in the built environment. Each talk will last up to five minutes! 2. The discussion: After the talks, up to 15 folks can head upstairs to the Jai Tea Loft for a more intimate discussion with experts, snacks, and free-flowing tea. Secure your $10 ticket at https://www.jaitealoft.com/gatherings. Please RSVP for head counts and to stay tuned about event updates.
UELA Summer Volunteer + Picnic
Come volunteer and picnic with Urban Environmentalists LA on Sunday July 27th. We’ll be volunteering with Monarch Heroes - Watering & Weeding at the LA State Historic Park from 9am-11:30am. Then we’ll picnic in the park (grabbing food from Nick's Cafe across the street). Come for both, or just join at the park to hang out with us. If you’re interested, please RSVP here so we know to expect you! If you want to volunteer, be sure to fill this volunteer waiver: CA State Parks - Special Projects Volunteer Waiver.
After the Fires: Housing and Climate Resilience Meetup
Come join us this Thursday, May 1st, for a discussion with our friends at Westside for Everyone about housing and climate resiliency. In the wake of the devastating Palisades and Altadena wildfires, it is more crucial than ever for us to explore how we can build a safe, fair, and more affordable California.
LA Climate Week: Join or Die Film Screening
The Los Angeles Neighborhood Council Sustainability Alliance, Urban Environmentalists LA, and the Westside Urban Forum are coming together to host this screening of Join or Die during LA Climate Week because it speaks to our present circumstances, with both climate action and democracy itself at a critical juncture. What can we do as local organizations to strengthen democracy and bolster our commitment to a healthy environment, despite unprecedented headwinds?
Join or Die is a film about why you should join a club—and why the fate of America depends on it. In this feature documentary, follow the half-century story of America's civic unraveling through the journey of legendary social scientist Robert Putnam, whose groundbreaking "Bowling Alone" research into America's decades-long decline in community connections could hold the answers to our democracy's present crisis.
Order of Events:
6-7pm: Arrive and mingle; You can enjoy Au Lac’s LA Climate Week menu consisting of three specials offered at $11-$12. (You can also order from their á la carte menu.)
7-8:40pm: Film screening
8:45-9:30pm: Discussion