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NEWS AND IMPACT

Resilient Palisades began as a group of people who firmly believed that individual actions can create an impact far beyond one neighborhood.

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Since 2019, Resilient Palisades has turned community ideas into action over and over again. Our work has helped change policies and practices, restore landscapes, support residents through wildfire recovery and bring people together around practical solutions for a safer, healthier and more resilient future.

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Here are some of the ways that work is making a difference.

OUR IMPACT

Since 2019, Resilient Palisades has turned community ideas into action over and over again.

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  • Helped 50+ Palisades households go solar through our original community solar program.

  • Helped bring gas-free gardening to 1,000+ homes by putting commercial-grade electric equipment directly into gardeners’ hands at no cost to them.

  • Diverted an estimated 44,000–74,000 pounds of food scraps from the waste stream through Commit to Compost, collecting 300–500 pounds weekly from 13 neighborhood pickup locations.

  • Mobilized 300+ resident volunteers across environmental action, wildfire recovery and community rebuilding.

  • Removed 1,000+ gallons of invasive plants while restoring native habitat and engaging students in hands-on ecological recovery.

  • Mobilized 1,300+ petition signers and hundreds of letters in the fight to protect living fields from plastic turf.

  • Hosted 15 Pali Veg Fests, bringing neighbors together around food, sustainability and community, and expanded that work into a post-fire community healing initiative.

  • Built Power Up Palisades, connecting rebuilding homeowners with vetted solar and battery installers, competitive pricing and free expert education.

  • Helped launch a cross-community post-fire soil recovery consortium, bringing residents, scientists and environmental organizations together around bioremediation and landscape recovery.

  • Generated 1,200+ messages to decision makers advocating for safer, cleaner rebuilding after the fire.

  • Created the Guiding Principles for Rebuilding, helping put clean energy, fire resilience, healthy landscapes and long-term sustainability at the center of the Palisades recovery.

  • Reached hundreds of thousands of people with practical environmental and recovery information.

  • Named California Nonprofit of the Year for Senate District 24 in 2025, recognizing years of community action and RP’s response to the Palisades Fire.

RESILIENT PALISADES IN THE NEWS

Our work and the work of our volunteers has been featured in local, regional and national media, covering everything from wildfire recovery and clean energy to landscape restoration, community events and environmental advocacy.

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LOS ANGELES TIMES

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Rebuilding Los Angeles’ Wildfire Zones With Electric Homes
How Palisades residents are approaching electrification as they rebuild, featuring Resilient Palisades member Kari Weaver.

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INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS

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LA Wildfire Survivors Consider an All-Electric Rebuild
A deeper look at the push toward all-electric rebuilding after the fires, including Resilient Palisades’ work and perspective.

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CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

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In the Palisades, Harnessing Nature’s Ability to Heal Itself
How Resilient Palisades and its partners are exploring nature-based approaches to post-fire soil recovery and healing.

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PALISADES NEWS

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Pali Veg Fest Returns With Plant-Based Food, Music and Recovery Resources
How a longtime Resilient Palisades tradition evolved to bring food, resources and connection to a community recovering from the fire.

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YO! VENICE!

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Local Organizations Push for Electrification Options in Palisades Rebuilding
Coverage of Resilient Palisades’ work helping residents navigate cleaner, more resilient rebuilding choices after the fire.

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PALISADIAN-POST

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92-Year-Old Trailblazer Leads Hikers Back to Temescal Gateway Park


A look at the community effort to restore Temescal Gateway Park after the fire, including work by Resilient Palisades.

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KTLA 5

Resilient Palisades on Wildfire Recovery and Rebuilding​

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Resilient Palisades discusses the community’s recovery and the work underway to build a safer, more resilient Palisades.

Group photo of Resilient Palisades on KTLA news station.
RECOGNITION

SENATOR ALLEN CELEBRATES RESILIENT PALISADES AS NONPROFIT OF THE YEAR

Resilient Palisades California Non Profit of the Year photo collage 2025
Aleksandar is being present the California Nonprofit of the Year award for Resilient Palisades
VOICES FROM RESILIENT PALISADES

OP-EDS & ESSAYS

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Santa Monica Daily Press
Giving Up Gas
Sara Marti | November 5, 2025


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CityWatch LA
Los Angeles Has an Opportunity, and Right Now We Are Missing It
Sara Marti | November 27, 2025


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Los Angeles Times
Letter: L.A. Scouts and Pacific Palisades Recovery
Sara Marti | December 2025


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CityWatch LA
Something’s Up With the Artificial Turf Push at Palisades Recreation Center
Sara Marti | December 25, 2025


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THE GREEN TIP

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Resilient Palisades has been sharing Green Tips with Palisades readers since 2020. The column explores everything from clean energy and rebuilding to native landscapes, zero waste and what resilience actually looks like in everyday life. 

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Environmental Renewal: Reintroducing Resilient Palisades

Sara Marti | MAY 4, 2026

The story of how Resilient Palisades began, how its volunteer-led teams grew, and how the organization evolved after the Palisades Fire.

 

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Collective Action
Sara Marti | August 28, 2026
About why resilience requires community-wide solutions, not just individual action. 


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A Field of Broken Dreams?

Sara Marti | September 24, 2026

A personal account of Resilient Palisades’ years long fight against artificial turf at the Field of Dreams, outlining concerns about extreme heat, microplastics, runoff, waste and the decision to move forward despite sustained community opposition. 


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Zero Waste’s Worst Enemy Is Depression
Sara Marti | August 14, 2026
A more personal look at the connection between human health, environmental health and our capacity to care. 


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The Ruins Are Part of the Beauty
Sara Marti | July 17, 2026
On rebuilding without erasing the history, scars and possibilities of the Palisades. 


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Read All Recent Green Tips

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Past Green Tips from over the years can be found in our blog

ADVOCACY IN ACTION

Recovery also means speaking up.​

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After the Palisades Fire, Resilient Palisades members used their own experiences to advocate for policies that protect disaster survivors and address the forces making communities more vulnerable to climate disasters.

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Our volunteers have shared their stories publicly, participated in campaigns, submitted comments, written letters and op-eds, and joined coalitions working on issues ranging from safer rebuilding and clean energy to environmental health and climate accountability.​

From Ashes to Action

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In this video, Resilient Palisades President Aleksandar Pavlović, Director of Communications Sara Marti, Steering Advisor Jordan Corral, Sebastian, and Steering Advisor David Rosenstein share their experiences after the Palisades Fire and why recovery has strengthened their commitment to climate action.

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