| Action | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Living a Low-Car Lifestyle | LA County Traffic Safety Toolkit |
See section on ‘Effective Ways to Reduce Speeding in Residential Neighborhoods’ where you can find contact information on where you may request signs and speed bumps for your street. |
| Living a Low-Car Lifestyle | LA - Department of Transportation |
Bicycling is good for your health, the environment, and your wallet. LADOT is making bicycling safer and more comfortable for all by building better bike lanes, increasing safe bike parking and repair stations, and creating the world’s largest scooter and bike share program. |
| Reducing Your Household Waste | Blue Standard Recycling Guide |
This guide highlights the complexity of the recycling landscape, reveals common misconceptions, and provides direction for effective recycling practices. |
| Reducing Your Household Waste | LA- Green New Deal Neighborhood Council Toolkit (pLAn) |
The goal of this toolkit is to provide support and sample materials for Neighborhood Council leaders and members to accelerate sustainable action in their communities, including reducing food waste at home. |
| Reducing Food Waste at Home | LA - How to reduce food waste at home PDF |
Use this PDF to help reduce food waste at home, from the City of LA - Toolkit. |
| Protect Yourself Against Cyber Attacks | LA- Online Safety Guide |
PDF GUIDE TO ONLINE SAFETY AND CYBERCRIME PREVENTION |
| Having Emergency Plans and Supplies for Animals | LA- CERT Pet Safety Checklist PDF |
Use this PDF checklist to ensure safety for your pets during an emergency. |
| Having Emergency Plans and Supplies for Animals | LA- Animal Services |
Remember to prepare for emergencies for your pets too! |
| Planning for Special Needs | LA - Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities and other Access and Functional Needs |
Regardless of your individual abilities, you can better respond to a disaster by developing resiliency. You can build resiliency by knowing what kind of emergencies could happen in your area and preparing in advance by working with those in your Support Network. |
| Responding to Emergency Events Outside Your Home | LA- Surviving an Active Shooter Video |
Very helpful (though graphic) video on surviving an active shooter. This video from the LA County Sheriff's department is available in English and Spanish. |
Our neighborhood. Our planet.
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“Cities are the platform for change in our world today. The Cool Block links the challenges facing our planet to the intimate, personal, social scale of the city block. This program starts and ends with the premise and promise—that the individual, household, and neighbors are the way forward in the face of seemingly insoluble global problems.”
