The Los Angeles Living Schoolyards Coalition (LSYC) is a group of nonprofit organizations, educators, and community members who create and advocate for equitable and healthy school environments to support: physical and mental health, social and emotional well-being, safe outdoor education, access to nature, and climate resilience for Los Angeles County’s public-school students and communities.
Founded in 2019, we came together in response to the prevalence of asphalt schoolyards and their negative impacts on public health, equity, and climate resilience in the Los Angeles region.
The LA Living Schoolyard Coalition (LYSC) seeks to work with students, parents, teachers and city leaders to transform schoolyards across the district into beautiful, green communities that reflect the needs of the families and children they serve. Community-led, nature based flourishing schoolyards that are open to the public provide opportunities for every child to thrive, play, engage and explore.