Environment
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LA+Acumen works to create a world beyond poverty.
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Aileen Adams served as Deputy Mayor for the Office of Strategic Partnerships for the City of Los Angeles.
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Amigos de los Rios is working to create The Emerald Necklace Regional Park Network encompassing the San Gabriel Forest to the Pacific Ocean to Catalina Island.
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Andy Lipkis is the Founder and President of Tree People.
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The Annenberg Foundation supports the worldwide community through its grant-making, technical assistance & charitable activities.
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b goodly creates opportunities for teams to come together through curated volunteer projects in Los Angeles.
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Beautycounter creates safe and healthy beauty and skin care products to provide and alternative to other, less healthy options.
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Bill Gross, entrepreneur, investor & visionary, is the founder of Idealab.
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Chelina Odbert is an architect committed to promoting social change through design.
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CicLAvia temporarily removes cars from L.A. streets - and the streets fill up with smiles!
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Climate Cents connects you to local initiatives that fight climate change & make Los Angeles better.
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The College of Engineering, Computer Science & Technology prepares students for careers that are changing the world.
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The Hilton Humanitarian Prize calls attention to the need for humanitarian aid & support by recognizing & advancing the efforts of its awardees.
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Conscious Capitalism Los Angeles envisions a city in which social impact is more than a trend–but something intrinsically woven into the fabric of businesses big and small because it’s good for the world & the bottom line.
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The Council for Watershed Health is the Los Angeles region's trusted hub for essential watershed research and analysis.
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Designmatters at Art Center is where art and design education meets social change.
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Elon Musk is the CEO & Chief Designer of SpaceX and the CEO & Project Architect of Tesla Motors
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Falcon Waterfree Technologies is helping to solve the water crisis by developing revolutionary, high tech urinals.
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Through the Falling Walls Lab, UCLA graduate students seek to solve extraordinary problems confronting society.
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The Friends of the Los Angeles River is working to restore the natural and historic heritage of the Los Angeles River.
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GiveLove promotes public health through promoting sanitation & protecting water.
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Global SoCal brings together individuals & organizations working internationally to address pressing challenges.
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The Goldhirsh Foundation identifies the brightest emerging social innovators & gives them the tools for success.
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Good Land Organics is at the forefront of sustainable crop production in CA & provides services to farmers & landowners seeking to build successful agricultural systems.
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Grades of Green is dedicated to helping schools create environmental change.
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GreenFunder is a global fundraising site for socially responsible projects & businesses.
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Heal the Bay works to make our coastal waters clean & healthy.
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Communications for good
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Idealab creates & operates pioneering companies while often creating new business models.
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Jeff Skoll, entrepreneur & philanthropist, is Founder & Chairman of the Skoll Foundation & Participant Media.
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Kounkuey Design Initiative is a design practice that addresses the critical social & environmental issues facing contemporary society.
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The LA Conservation Corps transforms youth while enhancing communities.
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Lewis MacAdams has been working for decades to restore the Los Angeles River to a semblance of its natural state. And he is succeeding.
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The Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy addresses the challenges of working poverty, inadequate health care & polluted communities.
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Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust is growing healthier communities through urban parks & gardens.
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Los Angeles Social Venture Partners pools its participants’ funds to invest in selected nonprofits.
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Mia Lehrer is a leading landscape architect & urban visionary.
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Dr. Michael R. Hoffman, Ph.D., is an important inventor of effective, inexpensive & sustainable products for the developing world.
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OluKai is an environmentally friendly, healthy footwear brand located in Irvine, California.
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Open Neighborhoods connects and informs local communities with open Internet access, social networking services and clean energy solutions.
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OriginOil, Inc. harvests algae to create energy.
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Patagonia, of premier outdoor clothing & gear fame, champions enlightened business & environmental practices.
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People for Parks's mission is for every LA child to be able to walk to a safe park.
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Peter Diamandis is Chairman & CEO of the XPRIZE Foundation.
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Philanthro LA offers an opportunity for young professionals to collaborate in hosting social & volunteer events that raise awareness & funds for other nonprofits.
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The Plastic Pollutes Coalition is committed to stopping plastic pollution.
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Where thought leading nonprofits build & manage their mobile apps.
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Reformation is America's first sustainable fashion empire.
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Relief International provides emergency relief to vulnerable communities.
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The Resnick Sustainability Institute fosters transformational advances in energy science & technology.
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The Resonate Awards, an initiative of Caltech's Resnick Sustainability Institute, honors breakthrough achievements in energy science and sustainability.
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REthink Development is a real estate development and consulting company focused on sustainable practices in all of their work.
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REVISIT helps to preserve America's National Parks through creating exquisitely crafted products inspired by the beauty & history of these treasures.
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River LA seeks to restore the Los Angeles River to a vibrant green corridor for us to visit & enjoy.
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The Roddenberry Foundation focuses on big, bold ideas that can change the world.
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The Roddenberry Prize celebrates bold solutions to benefit humanity.
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Simply Straws provides an eco-friendly, reusable alternative to the common plastic straw.
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The Social Innovation Fast Pitch is a mentoring program that culminates in a competition in which nonprofits vie for cash awards.
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Source Intelligence delivers supply chain intelligence and supplier data collection and analysis services that support regulatory compliance, sustainability and social responsibility initiatives.
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The Sustainable Business Council of Los Angeles provides networking, mentoring, referrals & information to professionals working in the field.
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TakePart is a digital media organization that makes participating in positive change easy, rewarding & part of everyday life.
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Tech Coast Angels provides seed funding & advice to entrepreneurs with game changing ideas.
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TreePeople is an environmental nonprofit that unites the power of trees, people & nature-based solutions to grow a sustainable future for Los Angeles.
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The Trust for Public Land creates parks & protects land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come.
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VeeV creaters cocktails made from the Acai berry while demonstrating its commitment to sustainable environmental practices.
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The XPRIZE aims to capture the imagination of the public, spur innovation & accelerate the rate of positive change.
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Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, is an author, inventor, environmentalist & champion of responsible, enlightened business management.
Category: PeopleCause: Environment, Water