Welcome to Pando.
We create hope through action.
We’re making the world a community of more resilient communities.
Pando is a positive impact accelerator.
We connect diverse people together and to our networks to grapple with big problems and gargantuan ideas.
We generate solutions and practical plans.
We get results — and make courageous things happen at a local level. In solidarity with the Earth and its people.
Programs
Pando Days ’20
2019/20
Ten Southland colleges and universities come together to implement County resiliency.
Magenta House – Events
Pop-up and neighborhood events teach water conservation and power efficiency.
Junk Battle
2018 Season
Countywide architecture and design schools take on big junk. Precursor of Pando Days.
Roots. We’re inspired by Pando, the one-tree forest in remote southern Utah that interconnects and nurtures tens of thousands of trees through a common rootball.
Big ideas. Being Pando means I belong to you, you belong to me, we belong to each other. It includes what Pope Francis describes as “integral ecology” and philosopher John Cobb sums up as “ecological civilization.”
Get with Pando. We’re uniting student designers with women who’ve taken lifelong vows of poverty, urban farmers with social impact entrepreneurs, philosophers, storytellers, producers, educators, activists, and sustainability officers.
We’d love your help!
Blog Posts
Mark VanderSchaaf Pando Days Water Spotlight: 2024-25
A new report by Mark VanderSchaaf provides a framework for LA County’s work on pressing water sustainability issues and the role of regional agencies in support of these goals.
The wisdom of the rainforest in Northridge
“We could easily process almost 100% of the school’s food waste,” says Carlos Marin who is continuing CSUN’s 2023 Pando Days composting project. “Do you understand what that means?”
Bottled at the Source: The Pando Days 2024/25 Blitz
How can we get Angelenos to love recycled sewer water? This year’s Pando Days Blitz got teams together to brainstorm innovative ways to make recycled sewer water sexy — and learn the art of thinking wrong.
Pando Days – the student experience
Mine Ucok Hughes, Cal State LA, and Joseph Burton, Hearts for Sight Foundation, discuss the multi-faceted benefits involved in working with students on meaningful projects.