Demonstrating the value of restoration work through hands-on
work You know you’re onto something good when you hear an
elementary school student say, “This is better than video
games!” Believe it or not, that’s just what a Los Angeles
Audubon staff member overheard during a volunteer event
restoring coastal sage scrub habitat in Los Angeles. In 2010-11,
Los Angeles Audubon received a second TogetherGreen Innovation
Grant to expand upon their hugely successful programs
introducing students to environmental restoration and research.
Their Greenhouse Internship and Restoration Leadership Programs
invest in and train students from Dorsey High School in habitat
restoration and community leadership and then help the students
mentor elementary school students from nearby schools. During
the course of the grant year, the Greenhouse Interns
collectively spent over 850 hours conducting research projects
(topics included pollinator abundance, companion planting
between native plants and food plants, and native plant see