
A hub for environmental information and transformation in Southern California.

Acknowledgment of Land and People
Pitzer College’s Robert Redford Conservancy is located on the traditional land of the Tongva/San Gabrieleño. Pitzer and the Robert Redford Conservancy recognize and honor the past, present, and future of Indigenous people and the precious lands we share. Read a full land acknowledgment by Tongva elder Julia Bogany.
Southern California at-a-Glance
How prepared is Southern California for a climate-compromised future?
The maps below show how Southern California is doing across topic areas, at a glance. Click on your city or input an address. Toggle between tabs to find out more and then explore SoCal Earth topic areas and experiences.
These ratings are established by the Federal Government and State of California and are based on the best available science.
If you want to make your own map, go to our Make a Map page!
If we were giving Southern California a grade, it would be earning a "C" in the six index ratings above. Seems pretty average, right?
Compare ratings between and within cities to see how inequality and the built environment impact these ratings.
Compare cities to see how many places have strong climate resilience and healthy places profiles while having poor biodiversity, watershed health, and air quality rankings.
These ratings are an artifact of decades of dominating the earth rather than partnering with it, and dominating each other in the process.
Everyone can be part of changing these outcomes by putting community and climate at the forefront of every decision at every level in every sector, starting today.
Meet Ollie!
Ollie is a burrowing owl and the mascot of SoCal Earth. This scrappy little friend reminds us of a key SoCal Earth principle: that prioritizing the most vulnerable species, places, and people benefits everyone.
Find Ollie around SoCal Earth helping to explain things in easy-to-understand ways.
And kids, go to the Teach and Learn Page for more fun with Ollie!

Community-based frameworks have never been more important.
Addressing the unequal distribution of environmental harms and benefits can be a creative, inclusive process that works toward mutual benefit. Things to remember:
Environmental benefits are
more heavily concentrated in privileged communities.
Environmental burdens are more likely to be located in predominantly minority areas, contributing to health disparities.
Historical inequities, such as redlining and histories of toxic land use, lower property values.
Environmental justice is a movement that focuses on the abolition of environmental harms and increased environmental benefits for all. Access to parks, green space, healthy food, and tree coverage, freedom from exposure to toxins and increased heat, breathable air, clean water, and meaningful community engagement in the planning process can build healthier communities with increased climate resilience.
Topic Areas
Learn more about topic areas, explore your neighborhood, and learn through making, interacting, and doing. All of these topic areas are interlinked within ecological systems. On our Make a Map page, you can add your own layers to compare things that might be separate in the categories below.