USC’s Los Angeles Community Impact hosted its Spring Showcase, the culmination of the organization’s semester-long consulting projects on Wednesday. Shauna Nep, director of community and innovation at the Goldhirsh Foundation, discussed what Goldhirsh Foundation calls the five points along the “circuitous path of innovation”: necessity, hustle, storytelling, unusual suspects and the reflective incubation period.

Los Angeles Community Impact hosts Spring Showcase featuring Shauna Nep

With a staff of only four full-time employees, along with some contractors and interns, the Goldhirsh Foundation is making incredible strides to work toward its mission of supporting personal innovation in Los Angeles.

Tara Roth interviewed by Lioness Magazine

Next City profiles Shauna Nep, Director of Community and Innovation at the Goldhirsh Foundation.

Risk-Taking Philanthropy Work Can Make a Big Urban Impact, Next City Profiles Shauna Nep

UCLA institute gives Los Angeles County a ‘C’ for its management of water supply and water quality, and researchers find that L.A. County’s potable water use is still almost twice as high as average European city.

L.A. saving water but still has a long way to go, Los Angeles Times

“UCLA’s report card fills a gap in what we know about the county,” said Tara Roth, president of the Goldhirsh Foundation. “It gives the public and policymakers evidence of where improvement is needed, as well as a framework to talk about it. Our hope is that it leads to broader decision-making and policies to improve the county as a whole, not just one community at a time.”

UCLA gives Los Angeles County’s environment C+ grade, Los Angeles Sun Times

Coverage of UCLA IoES’ Environmental Report Card for LA County.

UCLA’s Environmental Report Card, Good Day LA

Tune in to learn more about UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability’s Environmental Report Card for the LA region.

UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability’s Environmental Report Card, KCRW

The Goldhirsh Foundation and LA2050 were proud to partner on Los Angeles’ first environmental report card is out. Listen to the interview with Mark Gold on KPCC.

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