Transition Los Angeles offers a panorama of projects and events in the greater Los Angeles area which can help people cope with the effects of the recession.

In different local areas, these projects and events might range from setting up a food co-op, to a make-do-and-mend session, to growing food, to energy efficiency parties.

** double asterisk designates other projects we know about and admire which are independent from our local Transition Initiatives

• How To Grow Food classes
  • Westchester - selected Saturdays, 1-2 times per month
  • The Learning Garden, Venice - 1st Saturday of the month
• Backyard harvest redistribution
  • Westside Produce Exchange**, Venice/West LA area
  • Harvest Westchester, Westchester area
• Find gardening space
  • GrowFriend.org helps gardeners and garden owners find each other, via the internet (independent)
• Community Gardens -- work alongside veterans and learn hands-on how to grow food.  volunteers can often get a share of the harvest
  • The Learning Garden, Venice
  • Emerson Avenue Community Garden, Westchester
  • Community Garden at HN, Westchester
• Home cooking and preserving classes
  • frequently offered through Transition Mar Vista (Mar Vista/Venice/Marina del Rey) and Environmental Change-Makers (Westchester)
• Urban homesteading education
  • BackwardsBeekeepers**,
• LA Chicken Enthusiasts**, (rotating locations all around the area)
• RootSimple** (Echo Park)

• Time Banks and LETSystems - sophisticated barter to get the goods and services you want without the need for cash
  • Mar Vista/Palms/Culver City**
  • Westchester/del Rey/Inglewood
  • Arroyo /Pasadena**
  • Echo Park**
  • in-formation in San Fernando Valley
• Group purchasing and Co-ops
  • Arroyo Food Co-op**
• Local currency
  • for Santa Monica / West LA **
• Local business networks
  • BALLE (Business Alliance for Local Living Economies) Los Angeles Chapter**

• Repurpose old clothes workshops have been offered periodically in Mar Vista and South Bay
• FreeCycle** "Los Angeles" includes Palms & Culver City.  "Redondo Beach," "Torrance," "Santa Monica," and more have their own groups.
• CraigsList** or Recycler**
• Free Green Exchange** posts free garden materials like mulch, lumber, rock, concrete.  Note: many seem to have "small delivery fee"
• Seed Swaps offered seasonally (spring & autumn) at Community Gardens
  • The Learning Garden, Venice
  • Community Garden at HN , Westchester

• Bicycle tours and Bicycle Repair Workshops have been offered periodically through Transition Mar Vista and Transition South Bay LA
• Los Angeles bicycle coalition**, advocacy and safety education
• Bicycle Repair cooperatives:  Bikerowave (Mar Vista); Bicycle Kitchen (LA90029); Bike Oven (Northeast LA); Valley Bikery (SF Valley); Bici Digna (South LA); The HUB Community Bike Center (Long Beach).