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CASM in the Community
Restoring the Dunes and Seeding Community Last month, CASM partnered with The Bay Foundation to restore Santa Monica’s sand dunes by removing invasive bermuda grass and searocket. Removing these invasive plants allows native species to thrive and build habitat for coastal wildlife and pollinators. In conjunction with the dune restoration, CASM hosted our monthly picnic and had lively discussion about everyday climate action in the community. |
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Volunteers weed invasive species to prevent reseeding in nearby dunes
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Snacking at chatting at the picnic, after dunes restoration
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Touring Santa Monica’s Living Building Last month, the Climate Corps Club had the opportunity to take a tour of Santa Monica’s City Hall East Building with staff from the Office of Sustainability. The City Hall East Building exceeds Santa Monica’s current sustainability standards and has set international records as the first municipal structure to receive Living Building Challenge Certification as a Net Zero Water and Net Zero Energy building. Some highlights of the tour included learning about the building’s ability to regulate temperature and air quality automatically using sensors that can open and close windows, seeing the state of the art composting toilet system, and picking tangerines from the building’s edible courtyard! |
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Climate Corps Club students look into City Hall East’s compost bins, where waste from the composting toilets is processed by worms |
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Upcoming CASM Activities April 24th: Jan 9th: Climate Corps Club at Urth Caffe Meet new friends with shared interests, enjoy free food at tasty local spots, and find out what you can do right here and now to help the planet. High school and college students are welcome! This month we’ll meet at Urth and plan for our Earth day celebration April 26th: Come celebrate Earth month with Climate Action Santa Monica with an event created by one of our Climate Corps Club students
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Climate News Santa Monica’s sand dunes are mounting a low-tech resistance to rising sea levels Berkeley Station opens as Santa Monica’s first modular affordable housing development Santa Monica’s first modular affordable housing project opens. The sustainably-designed (LEED Gold) Berkeley Station brings 13 affordable apartments and supportive services to a narrow infill lot, taking advantage of a challenging location with this new construction technology. Watch the Project Drawdown webinar recording “Emergency Brakes in the News: Is mainstream media under-reporting the most urgently needed climate solutions?”
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Upcoming in the Community: April 4: RED Kit: Introduction to Bike Care Workshop April 4: “In the Garden” Immersive garden dance performance April 8-15: LA Climate Week (Many Events!) April 9: SMC Climate Week – Microforest Film Night: Celebrating Local and Global Greening April 10: Food, Culture, Climate: Exploring Food Justice with Isaias Hernandez April 12: SFLA x LMU OAR: University Club Network Beach Cleanup- Santa Monica T20 April 14: Surfrider Social: Ocean Friendly Restaurants Hangout April 18: Heat Pump Week Community Fair April 18: Santa Monica Dunes Earth Month Event April 21: Extreme Heat & Resilience Community Workshop! April 22: SMC Climate Week – Garden and Grow April 23: SMC Climate Week – Sustainability Fest April 23: Stand Up For Climate
April 26th: CicLAvia – a car free city active demonstration! April 29th: Sustainable Quality Awards For more events throughout LA and online check out the Climate Map.
Free Appliances for Santa Monica Renters through the REACH Program! The City of Santa Monica is accepting applications for the Renters’ Energy and Cooling/Heating (REACH) Program, a new initiative offering free electric home appliances to renters in Santa Monica. Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS) Fellowship LA Cleantech Incubator is launching the Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS) fellowship, a FREE 8-week fellowship program to build new skills for the growing green jobs workforce. DERMS is an emerging and vital field in the Greater LA region, particularly as we look toward the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. This program provides participants with an introduction to grid-optimization software essential to modern energy management, efficiency, and electrification. Application deadline: April 17, 2026 8pm. Interested Participant Info Session, April 8.
We hope to see you at an event soon! Until next time, thanks for acting with us 🙂 |
