LIVESustainable Future LA
We propose to develop and implement a sustainability curriculum targeted to elementary school students. The fun and engaging educational content and related activities will provide a broad overview of sustainability, and emphasize how everyone is connected and how personal actions can have global effects. Our objective is to personalize climate change, and help develop an aware generation with the skill set to make and advocate for environmentally friendly choices.
In what areas of Los Angeles will you be directly working?
Central LA
East LA
San Gabriel Valley
San Fernando Valley
South LA
Westside
South Bay
Antelope Valley
County of Los Angeles
City of Los Angeles
LAUSD
Initial pilot program at 3 elementary schools
How do you plan to use these resources to make change?
Conduct research
Implement a pilot or new project
Advocate with policymakers and leaders
Implement and track policy
How will your proposal improve the following LIVE metrics?
Access to healthy food
Exposure to air toxins
Percent of imported water
Walk/bike/transit score
Acres and miles of polluted waterways
Percentage of LA communities that are resilient (Dream Metric)
Percentage of tree canopy cover (Dream Metric)
Please explain how you will evaluate your work.
We will:
- Survey pilot schools to determine their bike/walk/transit scores before and after delivery of the curriculum.
- Track the number of trees planted through the program, and project tree canopy coverage at maturity.
- Assess students’ knowledge about sustainability issues at the beginning and end of the curriculum.
- Engage and track numbers of family and community members involved in curriculum supported activities.
- Track the number of schools willing to participate in the initial and subsequent phases of the pilot.
How can the LA2050 community and other stakeholders help your proposal succeed
Money (financial capital)
Volunteers/staff (human capital)
Publicity/awareness (social capital)
Education/training
Technical infrastructure (computers, etc.)
Community outreach
Network/relationship support
Quality improvement research