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.
Accelerating hope
for the Southland,
again!
Join us
Mar. – Dec. 2021
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. Pando means we are interconnected. 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
Fr. Boyle’s Lifetime Achievement: Alternative to Catastrophe
At The Pando Sustainability Awards in April, Fr. Gregory Boyle was presented the Immortal Earthkeeper Award for Lifetime Achievement, honoring legendary efforts he has made through Homeboy Industries for helping young people at the margins of society with reentry.
Welcome to Camp Pando
Camp Pando is where young people who aren’t in school create sustainability projects—to make a difference in neighborhoods where they live—across Los Angeles.
Pando Days ’24 launches with thematic spotlights
Pando Days ’24 has officially started, with applications now open to all Southland higher ed instutions.
The Pando Sustainability Awards 2024: Recap and winners
The Pando Sustainability Awards marked the sustainability event of the year, honoring Panda Days, Magenta House, and Camp Pando participants, and more.