Neighborhood Council Sustainability Alliance

Support NCSA’s call for 100% renewable energy by 2030

The NCSA Board urges its member Neighborhood Councils to call for LADWP to shift its energy generation portfolio to 100% renewable energy by 2030 and refrain from further investment in its fossil fuel infrastructure— lofty and impactful goals. And the timeline for this issue is immediate, as LADWP is setting their Integrated Resources Plan right now.

Want to learn more about the issue? The NCSA will be hosting an informational conference call on Sunday, October 16 at 3pm, in which you’ll hear both supporting and opposing viewpoints on this action. All NCSA Member Representatives are encouraged to attend. Please email [email protected] to RSVP for the call. (Is your NC not a member yet? See here to join.)

Ready to take action? We are encouraging a few related yet independent actions:

  • NCSA Member Representatives will vote! While the NCSA Advocacy Committee and Board recommend this advocacy position, our members determine whether we officially adopt this stance or not. We will be emailing out for votes as late as possible in order to accommodate NCs, but the DWP must submit its plan to the state by the end of the year. (Stay tuned for information about voting!)

  • Everyone is encouraged to take this issue to their Neighborhood Councils. The more councils that act, the more resounding it will be for LADWP to adopt this position. See our Advocacy page for our letter, sample agenda motion language, and support materials.

  • Speak up at the upcoming LADWP’s Integrated Resources Planning workshops, scheduled for the end of the month and early November. The schedule for the workshops can be found below, and here.

Questions or thoughts? Contact NCSA Energy Committee Chair Tyler Aguirre at [email protected].

WANTED: Cool Block Leaders!

Would you like to help your neighborhood become climate-friendly, disaster-resilient, and community-rich? Then join the NCSA on Saturday, October 15 or Sunday, October 23 at a Cool Block Cafe to learn all about our new Cool Blocks LA program, and how both Neighborhood Councils and individual residents can participate in our Nov 2016 – June 2017 pilot! Details and RSVP here: http://ncsa.nationbuilder.com/cool_blocks_la

Local events and opportunities

Oct. 5. 10th anniversary celebration of CA Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32), live webcast

Oct. 5-7. Greenbuild 2016 Expo & Conference, DTLA

Oct 7. LADWP La Kretz Innovation Campus Grand Opening, DTLA

Oct. 7. SUMMIT: Shaping the City of the Future, Santa Monica

Oct. 11. California Housing Summit, DTLA

Oct. 13. Sustainable Works Green Living Workshop series, Westwood

Oct. 15. Cool Block Cafe + Hyperion Treatment Plant Sustainability Features Tour, Playa del Rey

Oct 15. 2016 Great Streets Challenge: “Call for Community Partners” workshop, DTLA

Oct. 16. NCSA advocacy action opportunity, conference call (see details above).

Oct. 16. CicLAvia – Heart of LA, Boyle Heights, Chinatown, DTLA, and Westlake

Oct 18-20. Earth Now: Earth 2050 Symposium, UCLA

Oct. 19. Sustainability Day, CSU Northridge; topics include water, energy, and social justice

Oct. 22. P-22 Day & Urban Wildlife Festival, Griffith Park

Oct. 23. Cool Block Cafe, Hollywood

Oct. 26. One Water LA workshop, Atwater Village

Oct. 26. LADWP Integrated Resource Planning workshop, DTLA

Oct. 28. 2016 Mayoral Housing, Transportation, and Jobs Summit, UCLA

Nov. 2. LADWP Integrated Resource Planning workshop, Wilmington

Nov. 3. LADWP Integrated Resource Planning workshop, Pacoima


Thank you, 2016 Congress of Neighborhoods participants!

Many thanks to all who joined NCSA at the very successful 2016 Congress of Neighborhoods on Sept. 24! Whether you shared your experiences at the sustainability or other workshops, volunteered at our outreach table, or joined us for our pizza social at the end of the day, we greatly appreciate your interest and support!

We invite you to continue the conversation with us and help the NCSA achieve even greater impact in the year ahead, by getting involved with one of our many committees. Please contact NCSA board chair Torin Dunnavant for more information: [email protected]. In addition, please take a few minutes to share your feedback about the Congress with the Neighborhood Council Congress Planning Committee, by Oct. 7, here. Thank you!!

Green Festival Expo wrap up: congratulations and thanks

Congratulations to Claudia Cooper and Joe Harper, the winners of the NCSA’s recent prize drawing at the Green Festival Expo! Claudia will receive a $500 collection of eco-friendly skin care products, compliments of Josie Maran Cosmetics in Hollywood, and Joe will enjoy a $69 SunPort X1 solar-powered light and charger, courtesy of Compact Solar Devices.

Much thanks to Josie Maran, Compact Solar Devices, and our other terrific event and program partners — LA Sanitation; Empowerment Institute; LATE BLOOMER – An Urban Garden Web Series; Recycle by City; and TreePeople — for their support!

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Want to find or share local sustainability events, resources, or opportunities for action? Need help with a community sustainability challenge? Join your peers and the NCSA today at our Facebook Group and Facebook Page. Also, to assure that NCSA emails land in your primary inbox, please take a moment to add our Nationbuilder email address to your contacts: [email protected].

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