LA Climate Reality's Green Buildings Committee usually meets on the first Monday of the month at 7pm, this month we will meet on the second Monday, September 14.

The committee promotes building electrification through education and advocacy.

Meeting held via Zoom. Please click here to register.

Meet vetted solar installers, explore solar and battery options, ask questions, and get personal help with your Power Up Palisades intake.

Thinking about solar and battery storage for your rebuild or home? Join Resilient Palisades for the Power Up Palisades Fair, a free community event designed to make solar and battery decisions easier to understand.

Meet the solar installers vetted by Resilient Palisades, ask questions about equipment and pricing, learn how the Power Up Palisades program works, and get personal help completing your homeowner intake form. You can also learn how to compare quotes, explore available incentives and financing options when you electrify your rebuild, and connect with neighbors making similar decisions.

To learn more and register click here.

Many Altadena residents are still navigating the long road to recovery yet now face potential county citations for overgrown brush on their burned lots. Every yard cleared is a step toward restoring stability in Altadena—supporting neighbors through compliance, safety, and a tangible path forward after devastating loss and financial burden.
What to expect:

Volunteers will assist with:

• Weed and brush removal

• Light yard debris clearing

• General outdoor clean-up to reduce fire risk

To register click here. Address provided upon registration.

Get certified in Wildfire Defense Practices to protect your home and community today and earn GBCI/AIA CEUs!

The USGBC-CA Wildfire Defense Certificate Training Program was developed to educate professionals on how to best harden homes and landscapes to fires through the use of materials, maintenance practices, and fire-wise design practices known to reduce properties’ risk of fire damage. This training intends to prime the pathway for the private market to drive the adoption of fire-wise best practices and create cultural change within the building industry.

The Wildfire Defense Certificate for Construction Professionals is a 150-minute training followed by a certification test to be taken online via the USGBC-CA Learning Center.

To learn more and register click here.

Gabriel Tolson: The Truth About Prop 45 

Tuesday, September 8th, 7:00pm Register here 

Join San Fernando Climate Reality for a discussion about this concerning proposition that will be on the ballot in November.

Tuesday, September 8th, 7:00pm Register here 

The San Fernando Valley Climate Reality Project meets monthly via zoom on the Second Tuesday at 7pm. Click here to register for their meetings. And check out their YouTube channel for recordings of past meetings.

Kuruvungna Springs, also known as the Gabrieleno Tongva Springs, is a sacred site that supported and continues to support the thriving Tongva people.

The site welcomes visitors and volunteers on the first Saturday of each month between 10am and 3pm to see and sustain this sacred space. Volunteers are generally asked to assist in gardening and landscaping initiatives, so bring your own gloves and gardening tools if you can.

Please join fellow members of LA Climate Reality in accepting this gracious invitation and actively engaging in the maintenance and upkeep of this beautiful indigenous space. LA Climate Reality co-chair Andy Hattala plans to be there between 10am and 12pm.

Click here to learn more about Kuruvungna Springs.

Join environmental justice, environmental, climate, labor, public health, and community organizations from across Los Angeles for a nonpartisan mayoral forum focused on the key issues shaping the future of our city. This forum will bring mayoral candidates together to discuss environmental justice, climate, affordability, and the everyday challenges facing Los Angeles communities.

The conversation will center the experiences of frontline communities most impacted by air pollution, extreme heat, high utility costs, oil drilling, goods movement, and climate-related disasters. Candidates will participate individually in a moderated, fireside-chat-style conversation, giving voters a chance to hear where they stand on key environmental and community priorities.

The event is nonpartisan and educational.

To register click here. Address provided upon registration.

REGISTER FOR Zoom LINK - Click Here

Help us get the word out about the climate crisis and the great work the chapter is doing to address it.

The Marketing & Communications Committee manages the website, newsletter, and social media accounts for the chapter.

This will be a chance for you to meet the rest of the team, get updates, and work together to develop our marketing strategy.

We welcome new and returning volunteers to help generate ideas, increase our capacity, and share the workload. Experienced marketing and creatives folks are welcome, but no experience is necessary. If you want to help but can't make the meeting, please reach out to us via the contact form.

Click here to register for the Zoom meeting.

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Please join us for our August chapter call, featuring a discussion with Tina Orduno Calderon about indigenous perspectives on culture and climate, and her path to bring together environmental, educational, and cultural work.

Tina Orduno Calderon is a Culture Bearer and land & water protector of Gabrielino Tongva, Chumash, Yoeme and Chicana descent. Tina is a singer / Song Keeper, poet and storyteller and has composed over two dozen songs in her ancestral languages of Tongvé and Chumash.

Tina is a frequent public speaker, working closely with many environmental organizations and schools to give voice to the lands, waters and sacred elements and to encourage others to be good relatives.

Meeting held via Zoom. Click here to register.

South Bay Parkland Conservancy is teaming up with US Fish and Wildlife Services, LA County Department of Beaches and Harbor, LA Conservation Corps and the City of Redondo Beach to restore habitat for the endangered El Segundo blue butterfly and other native wildlife along the bluffs of Redondo Beach.

This project will maintain existing habitat restoration on the bluffs between Miramar Park and Avenue C and conduct new restoration between Avenue I and Avenue C. Volunteers will be asked to assist with:

• weeding out invasive plants

• installing new native plants (during the rainy season)

• providing supplemental water to newly installed plants, as needed

To RSVP click here.

Join LA Compost and Root Down LA on the last Saturday of every month for a hands-on volunteer workday dedicated to caring for the Carver Middle School Community Garden.

Together, we'll tackle important seasonal projects that keep the garden healthy, productive, and thriving. Whether you're an experienced gardener or trying it for the first time, there's a meaningful task for everyone. After a rewarding day of working side by side, we'll gather to enjoy a delicious, veggie-inspired meal made with fresh, wholesome ingredients.

Come lend a hand, learn something new, connect with your community, and help grow a vibrant space for everyone. We'd love to have you with us!

To RSVP click here.

Our Water Ways: California Tribal Stories is a powerful feature documentary that illuminates the sacred relationships between Native communities and California’s waterways.

Produced by Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples (SPI) with support from Patagonia, Weingart Foundation, and Climate Science Alliance, the film centers Indigenous voices, knowledge, and resilience amidst ongoing environmental injustice and the legacy of settler colonialism.

This film is essential viewing for audiences across sectors—educational institutions, environmental organizations, policymakers, and the general public—who seek to deepen their understanding of Indigenous stewardship, and the critical role Native Nations play in protecting the health of our rivers, coastlines, and watersheds.

To learn more RSVP click here.

Join the Parks Project Discovery Center in Culver City for an NPCA tabling and advocacy station.

NPCA and park supporters are coming together – online and in person – to speak out for America’s national parks. Our national parks showcase the best of America’s 250-year legacy, our shared history and what unites us. On this milestone anniversary, we’re standing up for our national parks — because America without them is unimaginable. 

Standing up for parks means standing up for National Park Service staff. Show your support for the people who maintain trails, search and rescue, greet you at the gate, put on educational programs and make every visit unforgettable. See your advocacy in action – we’re delivering the signatures on our petition to the administration on our upcoming Day of Action.

To learn more click here.

Join the LA Legislative Committee meeting to help advance our 2026 Legislative Priorities. Throughout the summer, we will be engaging with our state representatives to champion these solutions. Please join us for this important LA Chapter Legislative Committee update.  

Zoom Meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4596720482?omn=85743939804

More about the LA Climate Reality Legislative Committee: 

The mission of the Legislative Committee is to advance science-based climate policy at the local, state, and regional levels. We do this by educating our members, mobilizing climate leaders, building coalitions with partner organizations, and engaging directly with policymakers to support equitable, just, and effective climate solutions for California and beyond. Your participation helps turn climate urgency into real-world policy impact.

The LA Chapter Legislative & Policy Committee works with our partners at the San Fernando Valley Chapter, the Climate Reality California Coalition of Chapters, and Climate Action California.

Zoom Meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4596720482?omn=85743939804

Your participation helps turn climate urgency into real policy impact; we look forward to building momentum together, both locally and nationally.

Join members of San Fernando Valley Climate Reality for a discussion of "Life on a Little-Known Planet" by Elizabeth Kolbert! Then meet the author when she joins us for a Q&A at our chapter meeting on October 13.

Released in November 2025,  Life on a Little-Known Planet is a landmark collection of Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Kolbert’s most important pieces about climate change and the natural world. See below for Penguin Random House's description:

Register for the Zoom link at bit.ly/SFVCRBookClub.

The Biodiversity and Ecosystems Committee is continuing to focus on 1) reducing use for artificial turf and 2) restoring native plants and our urban forest. Join this call to learn about and help us with this work.

Meeting to be held via Zoom. Please click here to register.

Join us on the beach at the North of the Venice Pier, Venice Beach (Fishing Pier at the end of Washington Blvd.) for a morning of community and care for our coastline! We’ll start our beach cleanup at 10am–12pm, coming together to protect and enjoy our beloved California shorelines.

Surfrider beach cleanups serve to raise awareness about the trash & litter problem confronting our waterways. The data collected from the trash you find at our cleanups helps shape Surfrider's plastic reduction policy campaign initiatives.

You will gain some insight into what we do at the Surfrider Foundation at our LA Chapter and at national level, collect trash from the beach, weigh your findings, and sort/record items found for our trash database.

To learn more and register click here.

Join us on August 22, 2026 at 11am at Valley Village Park to learn about and plant your own native, fire-resistant seeds! All are welcome!

To register click here.

In an ongoing effort to establish wildlife connectivity for the El Segundo Blue Butterfly, the Monarch Butterfly, and other pollinators, SBPC welcomes volunteers out to the Hermosa Greenbelt to restore and enhance native habitat.  

Volunteers will learn about the importance of native plants, and will work to target invasive monocultures (such as ice plant) along the Greenbelt for replacement with California native plants from the Coastal Sage Scrub plant community, with a focus on Seacliff buckwheat (the host plant for the El Segundo blue butterfly) and other native pollinators that bloom in each season.

To RSVP click here.

The Water and Energy Committee meets on the third Friday of the month at 3:30pm.

Join us to learn about water conservation and the clean energy transition in Los Angeles and how you can help make these systems more sustainable and resilient.

Meeting via Zoom. No registration required - click here to join: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82390645850

Public policy changes at the state and regional levels are reshaping the future of water management across California, with significant implications for affordability, reliability, and long-term planning. As communities navigate a changing regulatory landscape, understanding these shifts is critical to addressing both immediate and long-term water challenges.

The webinar will examine how changes in water policy and supply affect local reliability, service delivery, ratepayers, economic development, and community resilience. Participants will explore how decisions in one region can create ripple effects across the state and what these shifts mean for cities, counties, schools, water districts, and the residents they serve.

To RSVP for this webinar click here.

California's coast is facing its gravest threat in more than 40 years, and your presence can make a difference.

The federal government has launched a so-called “performance review” of California's Coastal Management Program under the Coastal Zone Management Act. Beneath this wonky language is an overt effort by the administration to eliminate one of California’s best tools for protecting our coast and could open the door to accelerated offshore oil drilling, seabed mining, seismic surveying, and other industrial threats, while ending millions of dollars in federal funding for California coastal restoration, resilience, and public access.

Our alliance is gathering on Monday morning for a community gathering and press conference to say Hands Off California’s Coast. Join us as we stand up to defend our beaches, bluffs, ocean wildlife, and clean coast economy from the federal fossil fuel agenda. This is our opportunity to show federal decision-makers that Californians overwhelmingly support strong protections for our coast.

To learn more and reserve your spot click here.

Join Resilient Palisades for an afternoon of community healing, featuring a vibrant lineup of vegan food vendors, a native plant sale, fun giveaways, music, kids activities, and opportunities to learn from local organizations working to support a healthier and more resilient community.

Expect a day filled with good food, meaningful conversations, and a chance to reconnect with neighbors in one of the places that has always brought the Palisades together. Bring your friends. Bring your family. Come hungry.

To register click here.

Looking for a way to keep the kids engaged this summer while making a difference in your community? LA Compost’s Family Fun Day is the perfect opportunity to blend play with purpose!

These summer events are perfect for families looking to get outside, connect with community, and learn about soil health together. Happening alongside our active compost hub operations, you’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at how we process the food scraps into healthy compost. Kids will enjoy educational activities and hands-on fun in the soil, all while we capture magical moments together. Light refreshments will be available with some take-home compost.

To register click here.

REGISTER FOR Zoom LINK - Click Here

Help us get the word out about the climate crisis and the great work the chapter is doing to address it.

The Marketing & Communications Committee manages the website, newsletter, and social media accounts for the chapter.

This will be a chance for you to meet the rest of the team, get updates, and work together to develop our marketing strategy.

We welcome new and returning volunteers to help generate ideas, increase our capacity, and share the workload. Experienced marketing and creatives folks are welcome, but no experience is necessary. If you want to help but can't make the meeting, please reach out to us via the contact form.

Click here to register for the Zoom meeting.

Follow us on social media: LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Bluesky

Join Rivers & Lands Conservancy staff on Wednesday, August 5th from 8:30am-11:30am as we care for our California native plant garden at Martha McLean – Anza Narrows Park.

Participating volunteers will be using a variety of hand tools to assist with weeding, creating berms around planting sites, hand-carrying buckets of water, and picking up litter.

To register click here.

LA Climate Reality's Green Buildings Committee meets on the first Monday of the month at 7pm.

The committee promotes building electrification through education and advocacy.

Meeting held via Zoom. Please click here to register.

LEARN about the benefits of native plants and pollinators like butterflies all around us.

EXPLORE the myriad of native plants to grow a beautiful functional pollinator garden habitat.

DISCOVER how everyone can create connecting habitats to improve our ecosystem.

To register click here. A $5 donation is suggested.

Kuruvungna Springs, also known as the Gabrieleno Tongva Springs, is a sacred site that supported and continues to support the thriving Tongva people.

The site welcomes visitors and volunteers on the first Saturday of each month between 10am and 3pm to see and sustain this sacred space. Volunteers are generally asked to assist in gardening and landscaping initiatives, so bring your own gloves and gardening tools if you can.

Please join fellow members of LA Climate Reality in accepting this gracious invitation and actively engaging in the maintenance and upkeep of this beautiful indigenous space. LA Climate Reality co-chair Andy Hattala plans to be there between 10am and 12pm.

Click here to learn more about Kuruvungna Springs.

Looking for a way to keep the kids engaged this summer while making a difference in your community? LA Compost’s Family Fun Day is the perfect opportunity to blend play with purpose!

These summer events are perfect for families looking to get outside, connect with community, and learn about soil health together. Happening alongside our active compost hub operations, you’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at how we process the food scraps into healthy compost. Kids will enjoy educational activities and hands-on fun in the soil, all while we capture magical moments together. Light refreshments will be available with some take-home compost.

To register click here.