Action | Title | Description |
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Cutting Emissions from Heating | Energy Sage - Heat Pump Sizing |
The size of a heat pump is a guide to how much space it can heat or cool (basically). The right-sized heat pump for your house will keep your home perfectly comfortable all year, and can save you thousands of dollars on the costs of installation, energy, and maintenance. Figuring out the proper size can be tricky. |
Reducing Food Waste at Home | LA - Organic Waste |
Organic waste makes up a large portion of waste that goes to disposal in landfills. LA Sanitation & Environment (LASAN) has had a program since the 1990's for the collection and recycling of yard trimmings and manure, and has been training City residents for the past 20 years on how to manage organic waste in their own backyards through composting workshops. |
Creating an Evacuation Kit, aka "Go Bag" * | Hazard Analysis Tool Kit |
Hazard Analysis Tool Kit |
Preparing for a Fire * | Firewise |
The leading information and knowledge resource on fire, electrical and related hazards |
Creating a Streamside “Grow Zone” | LA - Sanitation and Environment: Community Wildlife Habitat Infographic |
This resource announces LA’s goal of becoming the nation’s largest certified Community Wildlife Habitat. It goes on to describe the criteria that LA needs to meet in order to receive this certification. The categories include: wildlife food sources, shelter, water sources, and places for them to raise their young. |
Eliminating the Use of Toxic Pesticides, Herbicides, and Fertilizers in Your Garden | Biodiversity Report infographic |
This infographic provides readers with resources and practices that they can use to promote biodiversity. The first page includes information on planting, landscaping, reducing light pollution, and capturing rainwater. The second page suggests ways for readers to engage with biodiversity in their communities. Some examples include educating yourself on indicator species, using community science apps such as iNaturalist, certifying a location as wildlife habitat, and composting. |
Creating Sustainable Landscaping | Healthy Soils and Biodiversity - What can you do? |
This infographic suggests best management practices for maintaining healthy soils and biodiversity. These practices include but are not limited to using traps instead of pesticides, using native plants, and implementing regenerative land management practices. Additionally, the infographic provides supplemental resources on tree permits and choosing native plants. |
Achieving Maximum Energy Efficiency | LA- Yellow Tin |
User-friendly, AI-powered consumer education and engagement platform (employing gamification) that lets a homeowner, property manager, or renter calculate their own personal GHG emissions footprint and look at how to reduce energy use in their home or apartment through the choices they make |
Circling Your Economy | LA County - Compost |
LA Compost is a community-based non-profit that supports the cycle of composting through education and community action. Reduce your waste by getting involved. |
Preparing for a Fire * | LA - Wildfire Defense Education |
USGBC-LA’s Wildfire Defense Education and Tours promote awareness by providing resource guides by topic and expert advice to empower our community, property owners, designers, and managers to proactively reduce wildfire hazards and minimize losses. |