THE EMERGENCY WATER CHEST: Staying Clean When Disaster Strikes
A portable sanitizing solution for personal use during water-scarce emergencies.

THE X FOLIATE SHOWER PROJECT: When Water Is in Short Supply
Water-efficient solutions that address cleansing needs during emergencies.

FROM HERE TO THERE IN 2045: Reimagining Transportation
A bold vision to move away from a car centric culture through sustainable mobility solutions with Long Beach as a case study.

COUNTY GOAL #10
FOOD WITHIN REACH: Foodways every quarter mile across the County.

COUNTY GOAL #6
WE ARE THE SEA: Engaging families and neighborhoods with local waterways.

Mutual Blue Futures
Using art to creatively translate key climate strategies and objectives.

MUSHROOM LAB: Developing a Regenerative Future
Experimenting with mushrooms to expand circular and regenerative agriculture and product creation.

GATHERING AROUND THE LYLE CENTER
A youth education project on urban wildlife, biodiversity, habitat, and conservation done through educational signage, sculpture, and website integration.

BAG/GET: Alleviating Food Insecurity Through Software
A software solution designed to help food banks and pantries get food faster to the people who need it most.

BAG/GET: PHASE 2 Software that builds on last year’s success to get fresher food faster to 46 million of our neighbors in need.

CONFLUENCE: The Turtle Connection
A novel multi-sensory experience telling the story of endangered green sea turtles at the confluence of San Gabriel River and Coyote Creek.

S.H.A.P.E.: Sustainable Hubs and Public Engagement
Creating a trash-free Long Beach through community, research and technology.

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.

KEEPING NATURE ACCESSIBLE
Helping a greater number of blind and visually impaired people get out in nature by removing obstacles to their participation.

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.

Hydrogen Station Marketing
Rebranding and revitalizing the Cal State LA Hydrogen Research and Fueling Facility through strategic marketing and outreach.

IT’S ELEMENTARY: Composting to Reduce Organic Waste
A science-based composting program for elementary schools.

ORIGINLA
Got more homegrown produce than you can eat? Use a digital platform to distribute it among neighbors.

SECOND BITE: LOS ANGELES
Harvesting large-scale, regional events for excess food and getting it to people in need.

FROM ORGANIC WASTE TO ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION
You knew there had to be a better way to compost. This is it!

Stories of Sustainable San Fernando Valley
A project that uses storytelling to thicken the connective tissue of LA’s San Fernando Valley, promoting healing, restoration, and more resilient communities.

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

THE STIRLING ENGINE: A Table-top Alternative to Solar Panels
A renewable energy solution designed to augment solar panel energy production for individual home and off-the-grid use.

ADOBE WALL
An innovative wall system that maintains a constant temperature of 68-72 degrees fahrenheit within a single family residence.

SHOWER OF GRACE Transforming a trailer into a mobile shower station for the unhoused.

Countywide architecture and design schools take on big junk. Precursor of Pando Days.

COUNTY GOAL # 4
REPURPOSING LAND: Transforming back-alley wasteland into thriving community space

THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT: Linking Pierce College to the LA River Through Biodiversity
A network of butterfly planters, bird boxes, and beehives designed to link the massive Pierce College campus to the LA River and rebuild biodiverse systems.

SUPER SHADE STRUCTURES: A Cool Solution
Cooling cities with innovative shade structures using nature-based designs.

Eco-Lab
A mobile hub of inspiration and resources for community-led architecture, landscape, and urban design that targets struggling urban areas.

Housing the Gardener: A DIY Kit
A community-powered housing initiative that turns LA’s empty lots into sustainable homes and green spaces with a low-cost, roll-up-the-sleeves approach.

PROBING FOR RESILIENCE PHASE 2: Planting the Garden
Implementing plans developed during last year’s Pando Days season to replace traditional landscaping with native plants.

Mount Meadow
Replacing campus lawn with a dense, native-plant meadow that supports biodiversity and strengthens ecological connections with the nearby Santa Monica Mountains.

COUNTY GOAL # 11
GREEN MAP & GO: Map and engage green resources.

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.

COUNTY GOAL #1
RESILIENCE PROJECT: A virtual landscape for resilience learning.

Climate Migration and Faith: Phase 2
A communication and action plan for church leaders to mobilize community engagement around the challenges of climate migration.

COUNTY GOAL # 3
AI: FUTURE OF HOUSING: Employing artificial intelligence to map affordable housing opportunities and match construction resources.

COUNTY GOAL # 5
BIOPHILIA TREEHOUSE: Linking birds and people at the tree level.

Biophilia Treehouse: Phase 3
Art, science, and education coalesce in an outdoor laboratory for biodiversity.

The Pando Mobile Water Lab
A series of photographic storytelling workshops and deliverables designed to help us reimagine our relationship with the life force on which we and the rest of the natural world depends: water. 

BIOPHILIA TREEHOUSE PHASE 2: LA River Wildlife Corridor
A series of sculptural treehouses for birds fosters healthy ecosystems in an urban setting.

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.

COUNTY GOAL # 8
CAR SICK: Getting us on track for life without cars.

COUNTY GOAL # 2
SALTWATER GARDENS: Innovations for the twin threats of underground saltwater incursion and food scarcity.