Climate change
Climate change is the most profound issue of our time and in California we are witnessing the increasingly devastating impacts on our forests, homes, and access to water every year. We hope that these resources will help you learn more about the issue not only at home but also throughout the world. Above all, these resources reflect the importance of large-scale social, political, and economic action to address climate change. Please note that we are in the process of updating this page, and we encourage you to send more resources to civicas4la@gmail.com.
lOCAL PUBLIC POLICY
City of lA department of public works Climate Emergency Mobilization Office
Guided by the principles of environmental justice, the office coordinates with the Mayor and City Council, and collaborates with City departments through meaningful engagement with frontline leaders and their communities. The activation of a community-led Climate Emergency Commission (CEC), ongoing community assemblies and virtual events, and broad public mobilization will be key to the effective implementation of equitable and just climate policies and execution of LA’s Green New Deal.
los angeles sustainable development goals activities index
The SDG Activities Index is a living encyclopedia of people and organizations doing great work to advance the Sustainable Development Goals in Los Angeles.
Here, you can filter through projects and organizations being led by government, private sector, nonprofits, and philanthropy to identify partners or just learn about the amazing work being done by Angelenos every day.WaterTalks
A public program designed to generate and increase community involvement in planning a sustainable water future for California.
Take the survey in English or Spanish to provide input on community needs and priorities, which will inform how public funds are distributed across our region.
LOCAL NGOS TO SUPPORT
Neighborhood Council Sustainability Alliance (NCSA)
Advances sustainability and resilience across Los Angeles through advocacy, sharing of best practices, and community action. NCSA is partnering with the Climate Emergency Mobilization Office to bring Cool Blocks to LA and to bring people together to create the neighborhoods we want to live in. Cool Blocks LA uses a proven neighbor-to-neighbor model that has helped thousands of people make their neighborhoods safer and healthier, prepare for disasters, save money, and lighten their environmental impact.
Water drop los angeles
Has three main activities: distributes fresh water to the unhoused population of Los Angeles; raises awareness on areas of systemic homelessness and everyone's right to water access; and seeks to create and advocate for longer lasting solutions to combat water shortage.
GLOBAL NGOS TO SUPPORT
Climate wise
A soon to be charity which offers individuals, schools, and businesses the opportunity to offset their carbon footprints by supporting climate action projects that affect change on a local and global scale.
View some of the sustainable projects Climate Wise has funded here and learn more about solutions for schools and solutions for businesses.
MEDIA & rEPORTS
Grist 50! 2020
Grist’s selection of 50 people who are shaking up environmental policy, the food system, the clean-energy sector, art, commerce, and more.
UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation IMPACT Report
Environmental policy research for healthy communities and a sustainable world. Follow this link if the one above doesn’t work.
AltaSea’s Here’s The Blue deal
With contributions from subject-experts to business leaders to college students aspiring to make positive change, this series covers the Blue economy, the history of the ocean economy, and the future of economic sustainability.
Financing Our green future
The stories collected in this ebook showcase ways that underserved communities can access clean-energy capital and infrastructure; and how banks themselves can successfully finance projects that reimagine cities as places of environmental justice.
7 Resources to Help You Cope With Climate Anxiety
URBAN ACTION
Reinventing Cities
Initiated by the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and made possible thanks to the support of Climate KIC, Reinventing Cities is a global competition that seeks to transform underutilized sites through sustainable and community-focused projects to drive decarbonized and resilient urban regeneration.
INDIVIDUAL ACTION
Made out of what (MooW) Quarterly fall 2020 “regenerative innovations”
MOoW’s third issue with a selection of favorite new discoveries & inventions designed with the health of our planet in mind. Hopes “to inject in our readers a spirit of adventure that will inspire refreshing new ways of doing customary things.”
VIDEOS
24 Hours of Reality: "Earthrise" by Amanda Gorman
JOBS
Jobs related to water
RENEWABLE ENERGY
How Solar Panels Work