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Climate Action Pathways for Schools (CAPS) prepares students for meaningful careers in the green economy while building more climate-resilient schools.

🌱 Explore our website: https://www.climateactionpathways.org/
CAPS interns Angelo and Maleah joined Native Star to showcase Porterville Unified’s clean transportation—electric buses and better student transit. Paid, student-led experience. 🌱 Help us raise $58,000 by Dec 31: buff.ly/2GLDLzq

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November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
In October, Mar and Sage tested soil moisture and pH to inform healthier, more resilient campuses. We’re working to bring paid, hands-on internships like this to more schools across California. Help us reach $58,000 by Dec 31. 🌍 Donate today: buff.ly/2GLDLzq
November 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Building on our past five years of impact, we are raising $58,000 by December 31st to make our most ambitious expansion yet a reality. Will you invest in the next generation of climate leaders by making your gift today?

💲 DONATE NOW AND EMPOWER A STUDENT:
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November 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
California’s circular bioeconomy takes center stage at BioCirCA this Wednesday, November 5, at CSU Stanislaus. 🌾 This event will explore how the growing bioeconomy is creating new climate solutions and green career pathways. Attending? Say hello to our own Renée Solari! buff.ly/q0Mgwi8
November 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The inaugural CREL Fall Forum on clean energy, climate resilience, and green career pathways kicks off TOMORROW, November 4th! 🌱 State leaders in morning panels and Kern County site visits in the afternoon. CAPS program manager Rhyane Shanley will be there. ✨
CREL Inaugural Fall Forum 2025
Presented by The Bakersfield College Foundation
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November 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
ICYMI: Check out our October newsletter! 🎉 Meet the newest member of the CAPS team and see how students are driving climate solutions across California. Read more here: buff.ly/oUz4ax1

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Green Workforce Development in Action: What’s New This Fall
We’re launching new partnerships, growing our team, and creating more paid pathways for students to lead climate solutions.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We’re hiring to scale student-led climate action in California K–12 schools. 🌱 Help integrate sustainability projects with hands-on learning across energy, transportation, and resilience. 🌍 📬 Learn more here: buff.ly/eCpFO7I

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October 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We’re kicking off the 2025–26 CAPS interns at Modesto City Schools—selected from 170+ applicants and ready to lead energy audits, a student-designed recycling pilot, and elementary environmental clubs. 🌱 Learn more: buff.ly/orW3GYa

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October 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
We led a Linked Learning 2025 session with Modesto City Schools on making sustainability projects core to high school pathways in Oakland. 700+ educators, industry, and policy leaders joined us. 🌱📚 Sign up for our newsletter to stay in the loop with our work: buff.ly/MZB7UlC
October 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
In our October newsletter, meet the newest member of our team and see how student interns are leading bold sustainability work across California schools. Read the full newsletter here: buff.ly/oDm7YNQ

#StudentLeadership #GreenCareers #ClimateAction #SustainabilityEducation
October 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Congrats to CAPS intern Judith Gomez—winner of the California Energy Commission’s 2025 Youth Game-Changer Award! 🎉👏 She helped design lighting upgrades at twenty-one schools in Porterville Unified School District and helped win $7.6M for the district. buff.ly/tK7IgzV
October 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
We’re hiring a project engineer to help California public schools save energy, add renewables, and advance clean mobility 🌱 Connect real projects to student learning and green career pathways. Read the full description: buff.ly/qiObhkn

#SustainabilityJobs #GreenCareers #ClimateAction
October 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Meet Mariana Miranda, our new program coordinator. 🌱⭐ She supports interns designing climate solutions for their districts and growing as leaders, drawing on environmental science and chemistry teaching experience. 📚 Read her Q&A: buff.ly/Sz8jRe4

#ClimateAction #StudentLeadership #GreenCareers
October 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Today, CAPS intern Federico Valdez spoke at the Green Schoolyard Network Meeting, sharing how interns help design and build greener schoolyards in Porterville Unified School District. 🌱 Stay in the loop with student-led climate action projects: buff.ly/halgfUA

#StudentLeadership #GreenSchoolyards
October 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
See how students are driving climate action in California 🌱 Our newsletter shares projects and green career pathways. October features a Q&A with Mariana Miranda, Lindsay & Porterville updates, and our youth apprenticeship. Sign up: buff.ly/halgfUA

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October 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Tomorrow in Fresno! CAPS executive director Kirk Anne Taylor speaks at the Clean Mobility Forum. ⚡🚍 Kirk Anne will share how we build student-led clean mobility career pathways through hands-on, equity-centered training. Learn more: buff.ly/Hq7XCDi 🌱

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Clean Mobility Forum 2025 - Clean Mobility Options
REGISTRATION PROGRAM SPEAKERS LODGING ASSISTANCE TESTIMONIALS SPONSORSHIPS PARTNERSHIPS JOIN US You’re invited to join the Clean Mobility Equity Alliance Team as we host our annual Clean Mobility…
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October 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
CAPS interns at Lindsay Unified School District just released “Pollutron Strikes!”—a student-made skit where energy heroes teach a villain to save power and cut emissions. Watch and see student leadership in action: buff.ly/HFt1Ygo 🌱

#StudentLeadership #ClimateAction #EnergyEfficiency
September 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
We’re hiring a project engineer to lead energy + sustainability projects in K–12 schools across California—advancing clean transport, efficiency, and renewables while mentoring students. 🌱 Read the full job description: buff.ly/GVBWIBg

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Employment Opportunities — Climate Action Pathways for Schools
NEW! Download Our Porterville Case Study on Elective Pay Energy Tax Credits.
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September 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Green careers turn climate solutions into reality. 🌱⚡ Our Green Jobs series spotlights high-growth fields—green building, clean transportation, HVAC, civil engineering, EV tech—where students can train for good jobs. 🔗 Explore pathways: buff.ly/ueZoOp5

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September 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Our executive director, Kirk Anne Taylor, speaks at the 2025 Clean Mobility Forum on Oct 2 in Fresno. She’ll share how we build equitable career pathways in clean transportation, preparing students for clean mobility jobs. 🌱 Learn more + register: buff.ly/Hq7XCDi

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September 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Our interns are building the skills and confidence to lead local climate action. 🌱 In this short video, they share how CAPS deepened their understanding of environmental justice, strengthened collaboration, and prepared them to advocate for solutions. ⭐ buff.ly/Ajhe2Hh
CAPS Intern Voices: Climate Justice, Leadership & Green Careers
Graduation is next—but these CAPS interns are already leading. In this short interview reel, students reflect on how CAPS opened their eyes to environmental justice, built their confidence, and…
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September 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Climate change is disrupting schools—from heat closures to deepening inequities. 🌍 New research shows schools can be hubs for resilience and clean energy. At CAPS, we’re helping students lead sustainability projects today while preparing for green careers. Read more:
Climate change is an urgent but often overlooked education policy issue | Brookings
Climate change threatens schools’ stability, but resilient infrastructure and climate education can drive solutions.
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September 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Welcome Mariana Miranda to the CAPS team! 🌟 Mariana will support interns designing climate solutions and growing leadership skills. With a background in environmental science, she brings a passion for community-driven climate action. buff.ly/iDmh19d
September 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Hot classrooms and smoky skies make it hard to learn. Climate-ready school infrastructure is a necessity, not a luxury. 🌳 At CAPS, we’re preparing students to lead this work, and districts need statewide and regional support to scale. 🌱 Read Jonathan Klein’s op-ed in the Fresno Bee: buff.ly/BThfCi5
September 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Schoolyard forests build climate resilience, student health, and community. 🌳 Join Green Schoolyards America’s free Community of Practice. 📅 Next session is Sep 18th, 2025 · 11 a.m. PT / 2 p.m. ET. RSVP: buff.ly/gSiU2MY

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Community of Practice for Schoolyard Forests
Green Schoolyards America is convening an open and welcoming monthly discussion forum for school districts, county offices of education, and public agencies in California and around the country to share information as they move forward with establishing schoolyard forests at scale.
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September 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM