Elisa Atti, Science, WLAC

Ryan Edwards, Library and OER

Bernice Filerman, WLAC, Science

Welcome!

Ryan Edwards, WLAC Library and ASCCC OERI Liaison

Karl Houben, Applied Sciences, LATTC

George Leddy, Beth Abels, and Xiao Behlendorf - Sustainable Environment Institute.

Musie Okbamichael, Earth Science/Oceanography, ELAC/WLAC

Tanshee Cheng, Math, WLAC

Los Angeles Mission College- Librarian/DE/OER/Guided Pathways. Also, a regular and long-time TreePeople volunteer at the San Francisquito site in the Angeles National Forest. 😊😊

Charles McIntyreFilm ProductionWLAC

Richard Lewis Law Department, Los Angeles City College.Thank you everyone for doing this.

Denise Robb pierce

What about desalination plants?: California Coastal Commission OKs desalination plant in Orange County: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-13/california-coastal-commission-oks-desalination-plant-in-orange-county

We live right next to the Pacific Ocean, which has plenty of water. I know that the desalination plant in Huntington Beach was denied, but there are now plans to build the smaller one in Orange County.

HI Ryan, I will add your question to the our list- We will have a chance for Q&A at for speakers in the last part of our workshop today.

@Beth - Ok; thanks.

Is there sound?

We also had a question in the chat about desalination.

California is essentially a desert, but the earth is 3/4 water, so maybe we should set up more desalination plants next to the Pacific Ocean to increase our water supply. I guess that the downside maybe harming sealife.

The new 6th street bridge helped

More people visited the area when the restoration of the 6th street bridge reopened

Shout out LAVC night classes

@Ryan, I think George has some interesting perspectives on Desalination plants- he knows much more than I do. I do understand that they use huge amounts of fossil fuels to desalinate.

We will get to the question, I promise

@Beth - ok; thanks. What about using new sources of energy, like hydrogen or electricity to run the plants? I have a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle and it works well with even outputting water.

Where would the trees planted come from?

Interesting comment on lawns. Should we keep our residential lawns alive?

I think she meant public lawns

And removing invasive species upstream, means native seed proliferation downstream.

Has there been any discussion on using nuclear energy to run water desalination plants?

Yes! Thank you for that point! :-)

I would love to remove my lawn. Are there programs or funding to promote landscaping?

Theodore Payne always has some great programs on native plants: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/theodore-payne-foundation-6606817237

TreePeople Volunteering Page: https://www.treepeople.org/volunteer/

Presentations and the recording of this event will be found at SEILaccd.net

Thank you, everyone. Great presentations and participation!

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jessica@folar.org

Thank you for many informations.

abegley@treepeople.org