UEC is advancing community-centered climate resilience, responsible environmental stewardship and the revitalization of neglected urban spaces.

We provide educational opportunities, lectures and publications, while developing a model for transforming malls into community centered third-spaces.

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Initiatives

We provide educational opportunities, lectures and publications, while developing a model for transforming malls into community centered third-spaces.

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Core
Values

Urban Ecology Conservatory - Creative Reuse and Regeneration icon: checkerboard of houses and leaves
Urban Ecology Conservatory - Land Stewardship icon: 3 hills and a sun
Urban Ecology Conservatory - Community icon: 4 people standing shoulder to shoulder in pairs
Urban Ecology Conservatory - Intersectional Climate Resilience icon: 6 interlocking rings
Urban Ecology Conservatory - Education and Engagement icon: 3 leaves and an open book
Urban Ecology Conservatory - Cultural and Ecological Integration icon: 2 ripples converging
Urban Ecology Conservatory - Beauty Joy and Healing icon: 3 blooming flowers below a butterfly

Journal of Solastalgia

Hawthorne House Artists in Residence

UEC announces the inaugural cohort for the Hawthorne House – Case Study Residency, Shanita Nicholas & Jason E.C. Wright.

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Soil Testing for Contaminants

On Sunday, March 30, we hosted a virtual workshop titled Soil Testing for Contaminants, led by Dr. Danielle Stevenson.

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Negative
Space

All the days that I have lived in Los Angeles can be charted through the spaces that I have occupied, domestic and institutional.

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Recent News

JANUARY 2026

Explore Our 2024/2025 Annual Report

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