Stories for Sustainability: Whispers of the Coast and the Path to Impact
A project to uncover forgotten voices of Long Beach through audio storytelling and empower involvement with the city’s unique ocean-urban interface.

Voyage to Sustainability and Shoreline Safari
Building on the legacy of the Queen Mary ocean liner to educate and inspire for sustainability and using augmented reality to transform Shoreline Village into an interactive aquatic experience.

PURE WATER, SHARED FUTURE: EQUITY-CENTERED MARKETING FOR RECLAIMED WATER An equity-driven marketing campaign designed to increase comfort levels around drinking water reclaimed from LA’s sewers and streets.

COUNTY GOAL: OurCountyLA plan
INNOVATION ENGINE: Identifies strategic sustainability needs, fosters collaboration, and predicts impact.

Where LA County’s justice and sustainability leaders go to unplug and recharge.

Second year of our community leadership retreat program.

Outdoor adventure and hands-on preservation at the site of our namesake.

Prototype to incarnate the vision of Pope Francis’s “integral ecology” at the Maryknoll Monrovia campus.

Ten Southland colleges and universities come together to implement County resiliency.

Ten of the most creative college and university minds take on four challenges within the LA County sustainability plan.

Reimagining religious campuses as hubs of community resilience.

Contemplative journey to the home of the largest living organism on Earth.

Citizen-scientist adventure to save the largest living organism on Earth.

Bringing LA’s communities together to focus on issues raised by Pope Francis.

TEST PLOT: RAINBOW CANYON COMMUNITY CROSSROADS Transforming landcare traditions to address modern challenges and unite communities.

A PILGRIMAGE TO THE RIVER
A contemplative journey along the LA River encouraging deep observation, reflection, and action on climate change.

TEST PLOT: Green Ravine
An ongoing hands-on experiment in community-based ecological restoration.