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.
PANDO
MEANS
WE ARE
INTER-
CONNECTED.
In times of
unrest and division,
our thought
leaders are
lifting up
these Pando values . . .
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.
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.
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
Blitz: Because our streets are their future
The Pando Days ’23 Blitz asks all participating college and university teams to reimagine LA bus stops.
John Cobb on History and Our Future
We sat down with John Cobb to talk about the importance of historical thinking for bringing about societal change.
And the Pando goes to…
Pando Days ’22 ended with the sustainability event of the year, with awards for student teams, premiering of a new Pando documentary, and more.