Request for Proposals: City of Los Angeles’ Reusable Foodware Microgrant Program, Video Services

The Bay Foundation seeks qualified contractors to produce one video (3-5 minutes) summarizing the City of Los Angeles’ Reusable Foodware Microgrant Program’s accomplishments and at least three videos (under 1 minute each) highlighting different program participants. Project partners (City of LA, TBF, APTIM, Clean Water Fund) will review the produced content and the City of LA will have… Continue reading Request for Proposals: City of Los Angeles’ Reusable Foodware Microgrant Program, Video Services

City of Los Angeles Donates Reusable Foodware To A Pacoima Pupseria

Los Angeles, CA  – Today LA Sanitation & Environment (LASAN)’s Reusable Foodware Microgrant Program donated reusable plates, bowls, cups, serving dishes and other products to Pupuseria Cuzcatlan in Pacoima. This program is available to small food service establishments (FSEs) in the City of Los Angeles that want to make the transition from disposable to reusable… Continue reading City of Los Angeles Donates Reusable Foodware To A Pacoima Pupseria

LA offers microgrants to promote reusable foodware

LOS ANGELES (CNS) – The city of Los Angeles’ Department of Public Works announced Wednesday available microgrants to restaurants and other food services to help them transition from disposable to reusable foodware. LASAN has partnered with APTIM, ReThink Disposable and The Bay Foundation to conduct outreach and assessments, purchase reusable products, provide technical assistance and… Continue reading LA offers microgrants to promote reusable foodware

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Inglewood School Community Garden Provides Food Forest, Environmental Benefits for Community

The Environmental Charter Middle School Inglewood (ECMSI) Community Garden, located just outside of ECMSI’s campus on West 115th Street, Inglewood, CA, is a year old and thriving. Established in partnership with The Bay Foundation (TBF) in 2020 with U.S. EPA Environmental Justice Small Grants Program funds, a previously barren parkway is now a food forest… Continue reading Inglewood School Community Garden Provides Food Forest, Environmental Benefits for Community

Environmental Charter Middle School-Inglewood Community Garden Case Study

In October 2020, with funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, three raised garden beds and two in-ground garden beds were built right outside of the ECMSI campus. The ECMSI community garden’s goal is to empower the community by increasing health and social equity while simultaneously localizing solutions to food access, climate change, and air… Continue reading Environmental Charter Middle School-Inglewood Community Garden Case Study

Following the Food Scraps

Podcaster Alyssa B. interview TBF’s Community Engagement Coordinator Dalia Gonzalez as she investigates where all of LMU’s food waste ends up — and why its final destination is so important. This is On the Rails, the podcast that dives into the hidden processes and unknown individuals that keep our everyday lives running smoothly.

L.A. Gardens That Grow Strong Communities, Hosted by Jill Buck

This episode of Go Green Radio presents two very special community garden projects in Los Angeles. These gardens grow so much more than plants and food – they nourish the hearts and minds of the people in the community around them. Starting at the 31:10 minute mark, hear The Bay Foundation’s Georgia Tunioli and Environmental… Continue reading L.A. Gardens That Grow Strong Communities, Hosted by Jill Buck

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Back to School: Kids at the Environmental Charter Schools in South L.A. Are Taking Climate Change into their Own Hands

Bordered by Gardena Boulevard and nestled between apartment buildings in a converted church in a gritty section of Gardena, a wild tomato seedling has sprouted from a corner of the compost heap at Environmental Charter Middle School, showing hope for the future. Students Giovani Benitez and Kevin Luna just welcomed a wheelbarrow of food waste… Continue reading Back to School: Kids at the Environmental Charter Schools in South L.A. Are Taking Climate Change into their Own Hands

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