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
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.
Student voices from Pando Days
We Are Pando, a documentary film by Oscar-nominee Lyn Goldfarb, tells the story of Pando Days through the eyes of students.
Introducing Robyn Eason, strategic sustainability advisor
We sat down with Robyn Eason to discuss interconnection, her journey to Pando and more.
Vision vs. Execution: A reality check-in on climate action with the acting LA County Chief Sustainability Officer
Any Shrader connects with LA Count’y CSO Rita Kampalath to discuss the progress on LA County’s OurCounty Sustainability Plan.