We create fun and innovative ways to engage stakeholders in some of LA’s biggest challenges.
Pando’s ongoing programs and single events support the civic engagement of formal and informal learners.
All for the purpose of vitalizing the region we love.
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Ongoing programs
These extend over successive years for higher ed, youth, professional development, and interfaith.
Pando Days | Higher Ed
Yes, there is hope for LA! Because we have a not-so-secret goal. To connect educators and college students to a big plan. The one that really matters. The Los Angeles County Sustainability Plan—the boldest county sustainability plan in the nation. With dedicated courses and labs that implement real-world projects to meet our biggest sustainability challenges.
Pando Days 2019-20
2019/20
HIGHER ED: Southland colleges and universities come together with courses, studios, and labs to build County sustainability.
Pando Days ’21
2021
The most creative minds from higher ed tackle the biggest sustainability challenges facing Southern California.
Magenta House | K-12
A civic engagement program to create a more water-conscious and power-wise future. We bring middle and high schools together with community-based organizations for project acceleration and neighborhood service.
Magenta House – Events
2019
Pop-up and neighborhood events teach water conservation and power efficiency.
Magenta House – Online
2020
Educational outreach provides homeowners and renters alike DIY tools to turn their homes Magenta.
Magenta House Accelerator
2021
YOUTH: Middle School and High School teams innovate a water-wise and power-conscious future for LA.
Magenta House Expo
2022
A middle and high school student showcase for their most innovative water and power sustainability solutions.
Roadtrip to Pando | Professional Development
Peer-to-peer brainstorming meets wilderness adventure at the site of our namesake and one-tree-forest in Utah.
Pandotopia | Interfaith
Professional development for religious communities, this program focuses on developing hubs of interfaith (and no-faith) support around education and service-based projects.
Pando at Maryknoll
2018-21
Prototype to incarnate the vision of Pope Francis’s “integral ecology” at the Maryknoll Monrovia campus.
Pando at SSS HSRC
2021
COMMUNITY: A hub of service and Earth-centered learning for faith (and no faith) communities of every stripe.
Campando | Interfaith
Community leaders unplug, recharge, and make new connections for service.
Events
We produce single events that respond opportunistically to needs and prototype new ideas that might be worth taking for a longer ride.
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INTENDED AUDIENCE
Higher ed
Youth
Professional development
Community
Philosophy & faith
COUNTY GOAL
County Goal #1: Resilience
County Goal #2: Buildings
County Goal #3: Land
County Goal #4: Economy
County Goal #5: Biodiversity
County Goal #6: Re-creation
County Goal #7: Climate
County Goal #8: Mobility
County Goal #9: Resources
County Goal #10: Food
County Goal #11: Governance
County Goal #12: Partnerships