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Depaving California Schools for a Greener Future
Evaluating tree benefits and care in California schoolyards for climate resilience
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LCI-based Center for Heat Resilient Communities is now accepting applications
To engage and support 10 communities and tribal entities in determining the best strategies for local heat mitigation and management
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UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation releases Strategic Roadmap
Journeying through 15 years of impact, our priorities for the next few years, and opportunities to partner
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UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation’s Strategic Roadmap
Join us on our journey to inform effective and equitable environmental policy
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LCI co-hosts the first-ever Southern California urban forest equity symposium
With more than 170 researchers, practitioners, community members, and representatives from government and nonprofit organizations
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LCI co-develops decision-making framework and toolkit that centers equity in tree planting
To help address historic underinvestment and protect against extreme heat
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Effectively communicating about heat risk requires deep community engagement
To reach heat-impacted communities, LCI report recommends heat communicators combine outreach strategies into targeted campaigns
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Communicating Heat Risk
A guide to inclusive, effective, and coordinated public information campaigns
Author: Lauren Dunlap
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Los Angeles Urban Forest Equity Neighborhood Strategy: Sylmar
Prepared by the Los Angeles Urban Forest Equity Collective
Sylmar community engagement led by: TreePeople