Toward A Sustainable Los Angeles:
A "Nature's Services" Approach

Over the past two years, the Center for Sustainable Cities has been conducting research on the potential for reintroducing "nature's services" (such as carbon sequestration and storm water cleanup by trees) in the dense, older inner core of Los Angeles.

Read our new report to the John Randolph and Dora Haynes Foundation, which generously funded our research.

This report is available in PDF format. Download Report.

Acknowledgements

This research and report would not have been possible without the participation, assistance and inspiration of the following people and organizations. We are sincerely thankful and grateful for the help and participation we received.

Diane Cornwell Executive Director, The John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Susan Kamei Executive Director, The Urban Land Institute
Urban Land Institute, Los Angeles District Council
Chris Kahle
Elizabeth Gearin
California League of Conservation Voters Education Fund
Angela Johnson Meszaros
Marcie Griffith
Christina Li
Delores Conway
John Saint-Denis, Carmine Montalto and staff at Vision-x, Multi-Culture Marketing
Derek Eysenbach
Jed Fehrenbach
Maureen Phelan
Sheila Akinleye
Terry Young
The Verde Coalition
Tricia Ward Emeritus Director ARTScorpsLA
Lize Mogel
Mirdula Sinha
Lynn Harper
Children’s Bureau
Los Angeles Community College
Ramada Inn, Hollywood
Claudia Vizcarra Barton
Stephanie Taylor and Coalition LA
Susie Hoffman Kipp
Community Participants, one and all
The Breeze Foundation

This research would not have been possible without the generous support of the The John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation

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