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USGBC-CA’s EJ Project Grant Supports Launch of RootDown LA KitchenPOD Cooking Courses at Carver Middle School
The arrival of the 2025 spring season includes a new chapter for 2024 USGBC California Environmental Justice grant winner RootDown LA. Thanks to the RootDown LA team and volunteers spending their Saturday mornings at the George Washington Carver Middle School Garden constructing the KitchenPOD funded by the USGBC-CA award, the culinary space built from a […]
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A Water-Saving Experiment Got Some LA homes To Use Half As Much As Their Neighbors
Link to Marketplace (March 28, 2025) | [Jake] Olson applied to be part of a pilot project after seeing an ad in a utility newsletter. His is one of 30 homes in Los Angeles chosen for the project. Half stay the same. The other half get free, brand new water-efficient appliances, faucets, showerheads and toilets, […]
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4 More Resilience Lessons From The LA Fires
Link to Forbes.com (March 25, 2025) | LA area residents who lost their homes, or had heavy damage, during the January fires have a long and difficult road to recovery ahead… What are the takeaways from this tragedy for others involved in developing, building, buying, owning and, yes, regulating home construction in high risk fire […]