California Program

LDF grantee Carbon Cycle Institute works to advance carbon cycle solutions across California such as working models of alternative practices, technologies and economic value chains that can produce food, fiber, and flora in ways that improve the environment and are climate- and carbon-beneficial.

LDF grantee Ten Strands will implement a model pilot program for leveraged change and capacity building in California to influence more than 350,000 public school students in grades K to 12, with a focus on L.A. County public schools.

Community Services Unlimited is developing the South Central Growers Network which will support a growing number of urban gardens allow urban farmers to share resources and sell their home grown produce to South L.A.’s First Organic Marketplace.

California Wildlife Center takes responsibility for the protection of native wildlife through rehabilitation, education, and conservation.

A study by the National Park Service has demonstrated that a crossing can help save the Santa Monica Mountains cougar population, which their published research shows is threatened by imminent extinction within the next 50 years.

The Carbon Cycle Institute is now working with 13 new farms across California to convert their farms to carbon farming models that can improve on-farm productivity and viability, enhance ecosystem functions, and stop, even reverse climate change.

From Lot To Spot is dedicated to creating community-invested greenspaces in low-income, communities of color in the greater Los Angeles area one vacant space at a time.

Using a community-based approach, Los Angeles Waterkeeper seeks to ensure sustainable and equitable water policies and clean, safe, and healthy waters for all Angelenos.

LDF has partnered with the National Park Service on their GPS collar tracking study to conserve and protect the threatened mountain lion population in the greater Los Angeles area.

Comite Civico del Valle (CCV) launched the largest air monitoring network in the U.S., an environmental justice project that fills in gaps in the data collected by government agencies and allows people to sign up for local air pollution alerts.

People’s Grocery operates urban gardens in West Oakland that allow people to work together as community, growing a variety of organic vegetables and fruits while teaching youth about how to cultivate and cook their own food.

Bioneers convenes leading social and scientific thinkers advancing the most important ideas to make the planet more sustainable. The grant supports the Resilient Communities Network conferences and initiatives as well as public leadership training programs.