We’re back to paint the town Magenta

Magenta House for middle school comes with a suite of free resources to help students create the change they want to see.


We’re back to paint the town Magenta

By   |  Feb. 13, 2026

Magenta House is launching twenty real-world sustainability projects across Los Angeles middle schools this spring — and that’s just what’s happening during the program’s soft-launch. Prepare to be astonished over what you’ll see in the fall. 

If you’ve followed Magenta House over the years, you know that release follows extensive development-prototyping-testing of the tools 6th, 7th and 8th graders need to build their own futures for water conservation and power efficiency. Magenta House students don’t just write papers or produce dioramas; they create genuine, on-the-ground and implemented sustainability solutions for the communities where they live. 

Twenty projects are in development at LA middle schools right now. If they are anything like projects from previous seasons, they’re tackling waste, prototyping sustainable fashion, designing their own approaches to educational outreach, and much more.

Then, full scale Magenta House distribution kicks in over the summer and fall.

Would you like to be a part? We’re looking for volunteers. Drop a note to Magenta House producer Alexi Caracotsios (alexi@pandopopulus.com) to see what you can do to support the next generation of changemakers.

And watch this page for updates.

Members of the Pando writing team include Rich Binell, Alexi Caracotsios, and Eugene Shirley.