We’re Pando.
We create hope through action.
We’re building a brighter and better future for the 10 million people who call LA home.
Los Angeles County has a plan to create strong, regional resilience. We’re the non-profit developing civic engagement opportunities to implement the plan.
We give people the tools they need to make courageous things happen for the LA basin and its people.
Who
We focus on the ones we can reach. The ones we can inspire. The ones who create and build and fight. The young ones. And all the others who still have hope.
Higher ed. K-12. Sustainability professionals. Intergenerational and interfaith stakeholders.
How
We innovate civic engagement to solve the biggest problems facing Los Angeles and the world:
Shelter, water, jobs, climate, equity, transportation, community, food, trash, poverty, biodiversity, pollution, and more.
Our only goal is to equip people to take our problems on. With creative, can-do spirit.
Pando
Pando is named after the one-tree aspen forest in Utah, the largest organism on Earth–made up of over 47,000 trunks, and millions of leaves, connected through one root system.
It’s the perfect symbol—and a darned good name.
Happening: Pando Days ’22
Some of our successes
Pando Days ’21
2021 Season
Ten of the most creative college and university minds take on four challenges within the LA County sustainability plan.
Magenta House Expo
2022 Season
A middle and high school student showcase for their most innovative water and power sustainability solutions.
CSO Strategic Taskforce
PROFESSIONAL NETWORK: LA’s CSO Taskforce focuses Chief Sustainability Officers from government, business, and civil society on broad regional issues.
Pando at SSS HSRC
2021
A hub of service and Earth-centered learning for faith (and no faith) communities of every stripe.
Blog Posts
CONGRATS to Marcela Oliva, AIA Educator of the Year!
Pando Fellow Marcela Oliva recently named Educator of the Year by the AIA-LA.
EVs and empowerment: interview with Eric Wilson
An interview with Eric Wilson, an educator, author, and participant in the Magenta House program.
We celebrate the life of Sr. Dolores Mitch, MM
We pay tribute and say goodbye to our dear friend, Sr. Dolores Mitch.