We connect classrooms, campuses, and communities to make environmental equity a living part of education.
The Sustainable Environment Institute (SEI) is a faculty-led, district-wide initiative dedicated to advancing environmental sustainability across the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD).
In partnership with the District Academic Senate, we bring together all nine LACCD colleges to ensure students, faculty, and staff have access to the tools and resources needed to build environmental awareness and take action.
SEI coordinates the efforts of the nine LACCD colleges so that students, faculty, administrators, and staff have access to programs, courses, activities, and resources that foster environmental awareness and action.
Since our founding in 2010, SEI has collaborated with community colleges throughout the region, as well as the UC and CSU systems, USC, LAUSD, and other K–12 programs. At our core, we are educators who care deeply about the state of the planet and believe in empowering our students to create a more sustainable future.
We help faculty bring sustainability and environmental equity into their teaching, creating opportunities across the district to connect, share, and learn together.
What we do
SEI’s mission is to advance environmental education and engagement. We support faculty in integrating sustainability and environmental equity into courses across disciplines, and we provide the district with a wide range of opportunities to connect and learn:
- Environmental Equity Catalyst Grant– this grant can be awarded to LACCD faculty for the Spring 26 and Fall 26 semesters
- Workshops and training to help educators embed environmental topics in their teaching
- Communities of Practice that encourage collaboration across colleges
- Resource library with curriculum materials ready for use
- Newsletter Environmental news and events, including our speaker series
- News
