LENS at UCLA

The Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies at UCLA

[LENS at UCLA @LENSatUCLA]

This week we're highlighting Emma Horton's episode on eco-guilt! Listen below, or wherever you get your podcasts.

https://t.co/DfYl3c3phP

[UCLA Environment @UCLAIoES]

In this @LENSatUCLA/Labyrinth Project podcast ep., Emma Horton, a student in human biology and society @UCLA, explores eco-guilt, shame, and how we feel when we don't do our part to save the environment. Check it out wherever you get your podcasts! https://t.co/wYXnSNSnQK

[LENS at UCLA @LENSatUCLA]

This week we're highlighting our first episode co-produced with The Labyrinth Project. In "The Lion and the Rat," @ckelty guides us through a maze that connects rats and mountain lions in life and death. Listen on Apple, Spotify, etc. or below:
https://t.co/DfYl3c3phP

[UCLA Environment @UCLAIoES]

“Because we can't live with rats, it turns out we also can't live with lions.” This @LENSatUCLA & The Labyrinth Project podcast ep. questions why we love some animals & hate others, and how that never works out well. Check it out wherever you listen in.
https://t.co/Mn3MB6HC7s

[LENS at UCLA @LENSatUCLA]

Listen to our conversation with artists and activists from LA's Little Tokyo here! We ask how communities can fight green gentrification, and how attention to justice + culture can lead to new definitions of "sustainability."

https://t.co/TlU2loOHwV

[UCLA Environment @UCLAIoES]

Green infrastructure can be a tool for fighting climate change & a driver of displacement & cultural erasure. This @LENSatUCLA podcast ep. features activists from LA’s Little Tokyo working to ensure that their community has a voice in shaping LA’s future. https://t.co/t6p5LamKDF

[LENS at UCLA @LENSatUCLA]

This week we're highlighting "Heirlooms of Conquest," our LENS.cast episode about LA's trees as symbols of environmental justice and injustice. Listen below or wherever you get your podcasts!
https://t.co/TlU2loOHwV

[UCLA Environment @UCLAIoES]

Look closer & you’ll see that Los Angeles's urban forest is both a record of conquest & a possible tool for a more just future. Check out @LENSatUCLA's podcast wherever you tune in! 🌴🎧 Ep. 1 guests include @geohumanist @RachelMalarich & @LACityForest
https://t.co/wueKlqKlYe

[UCLA Environment @UCLAIoES]

Look closer & you’ll see that Los Angeles's urban forest is both a record of conquest & a possible tool for a more just future. Check out @LENSatUCLA's podcast wherever you tune in! 🌴🎧 Ep. 1 guests include @geohumanist @RachelMalarich & @LACityForest
https://t.co/wueKlqKlYe

[LENS at UCLA @LENSatUCLA]

Check out this excerpt from our podcast episode, "Please take off your shoes." Gregory Toy speaks with activists in LA’s Little Tokyo fighting displacement and advocated for new forms of sustainability.

Listen at https://t.co/TlU2loOHwV or on Apple, Spotify, etc.

[LENS at UCLA @LENSatUCLA]

We co-produced this and five other episodes exploring pathways into LA nature with the Labyrinth Project. Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts!

https://t.co/DfYl3c3phP

[Christopher M. Kelty @ckelty]

Our latest episode tells the story of the No Kill movement in LA (NKLA), the movement to save all cats and dogs #nokill. NKLA is also a direct descendant of the famous 1960s Satanist cult, the Process Church of the Final Judgment. https://t.co/mMuFK0rMvo

[Christy Tidwell @christymtidwell]

Today's #ASLEspotlight is fascinating and inspiring, and I've got lots of new material to read and listen to now! Thanks, @ASLE_US, @TracklessWild, Odile Cisneros, @OlimpiasDance, and Spencer Robins (with @LENSatUCLA)!

[LENS at UCLA @LENSatUCLA]

This Friday at 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern, we will be discussing our podcast and collaboration with the Labyrinth Project led by @ckelty, alongside three other amazing environmental humanities projects. Please join us—register below!

[LENS at UCLA @LENSatUCLA]

You can listen to LENS.cast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app, or at our website below:
https://t.co/TlU2loOHwV

[LENS at UCLA @LENSatUCLA]

LENS.cast episode 2 is live! In "Please Take Off Your Shoes," Greg Toy speaks with activists working to ensure that LA’s Little Tokyo has a voice in building a sustainable future, about how "sustainability" can be defined to focus on justice and culture.
https://t.co/TlU2loOHwV

[LENS at UCLA @LENSatUCLA]

Another new episode co-produced with the Labyrinth Project. List now below, or look for this episode in your LENS.cast feed soon!

[Christopher M. Kelty @ckelty]

You just saw a coyote (on) Nextdoor @bestofnextdoor What should you think? Spencer Robins asks whether you actually saw that coyote or whether maybe you’ve followed a ghost into another political storm in Los Angeles. https://t.co/tt40Ma1c80

[LENS at UCLA @LENSatUCLA]

LENS co-produced this new set of podcast episodes with the Labyrinth Project! Read about the episodes below, and listen on podcast services under the title "The Labyrinth Project" or here: https://t.co/pz6utV9F0E. Look out for these episodes on the LENS podcast feed soon!

[Sustainable LA @ UCLA @UCLASustainLA]

1st ep of a new UCLA #podcast, “The Labyrinth Project,” is now available. The show dives into a range of #ecological conundrums related to LA’s vast natural #ecosystems. Created by @ckelty, this project is partially funded by SLA GC. Read more: https://t.co/82urfXOlAx

[LENS at UCLA @LENSatUCLA]

Join UCLA's Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies for a virtual talk this Friday, November 19th at 4pm Pacific! Kian Goh discusses her new book, Form and Flow: The Spatial Politics of Urban Resilience and Climate Justice. Register here:
https://t.co/JGIMXk2oDV

[LENS at UCLA @LENSatUCLA]

This Thursday Oct. 7 at 7pm: Join Rudy Ortega, Jr. and Pamela Villaseñor of the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians for a conversation about ecological sustainability with LENS's @the_wrangler.

Register for this online event and find details at
https://t.co/YeSblftlDu.

[LENS at UCLA @LENSatUCLA]

Next Thursday Oct. 7 at 7pm: Join Rudy Ortega, Jr. and Pamela Villaseñor of the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians for a conversation about ecological sustainability with LENS's @the_wrangler.

Register for this online event and find details at
https://t.co/YeSblftlDu.

[LENS at UCLA @LENSatUCLA]

You can find Episode 1 on Apple Podcasts, Spotify Podcasts, or your favorite podcast app! You can also listen at our website: https://t.co/PaXEf2WVTW. We hope you enjoy!

[LENS at UCLA @LENSatUCLA]

LENS is excited to announce our new podcast! LENS.cast shares stories of environmental justice and imagination in California and beyond. In Episode 1, we explore how the trees of Los Angeles record the city's colonial past and point to better futures.

https://t.co/PaXEf2WVTW

[LENS at UCLA @LENSatUCLA]

This summer, LENS is co-sponsoring UCLA's first Environmental Humanities Graduate Conference! Our theme is "Environmental Justice: Flashpoints, Forms, Futures." Grad students, you can submit an abstract by Monday, May 3rd!

More details here: https://t.co/8sqDwEfuFB

[LENS at UCLA @LENSatUCLA]

Starting in an hour, at 4pm PST: Join us for "Stories of Fire," a talk by an interdisciplinary team of scientists and humanists who explore how narrative and fire science can support better understandings of wildfire. Register here: https://t.co/0XS7Xg1ZcT