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COUNTY GOAL #10
FOOD WITHIN REACH: Foodways every quarter mile across the County.
Projects
COUNTY GOAL #6
WE ARE THE SEA: Engaging families and neighborhoods with local waterways.
COUNTY GOAL: OurCountyLA plan
INNOVATION ENGINE: Identifies strategic sustainability needs, fosters collaboration, and predicts impact.
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
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.
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.
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.
Blog Posts
Pando Days ’21 Premiere Recap
Showcasing 11 projects from 10 Southland universities tackling LA County sustainability.
/ December 17, 2021
Pando Days projects get ready to premiere!
Mark your calendars for the Pando Days Premieres December 6-9.
/ November 23, 2021
Pando Days coming to life: UCLA’s Biophilia Treehouse
UCLA's submission for Pando Days 2019/20 is currently being installed in Encino. We get an update.
/ November 5, 2021
Defending the Boundary Waters
Joseph Goldstein explains why the fight for our planet is "all about the small steps forward...about getting back up despite setbacks, about consistently showing up, and about staying even when you’re discouraged," like the defense he and his peers have mounted on behalf of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
/ August 19, 2018
Deposit Trash Here
What would happen if every design school brought JUNK BATTLE! to the classroom? Onto their campuses? Imagine students, primed for learning and eager to get their hands dirty, getting a first-hand look at their footprint on the world.
/ May 7, 2018
The Futures of Death Alley
The day brings innovation black belts together with people who are putting it all on the line to make change happen.
/ July 12, 2017
The Philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead
For me and my fellow Whiteheadians, the need to keep this kind of thinking alive was intensified by the global environmental crisis. The victory of value-free research disciplines has rendered universities more part of the problem than part of the solution.
/ April 14, 2016
What Can I Say to Farmers?
I have been told that many of you in this gathering are farmers. In your hands now lies the destiny of the world. I would like to speak directly to you.
/ October 28, 2015