Please join us in welcoming Seb Morales to the CAPS team. 🎉 As our new program coordinator, Seb will support high school interns at Environmental Charter Schools, leading building decarbonization and energy auditing projects. Learn more: buff.ly/JZfF1Fu #ClimateAction #GreenCareers

Today, we celebrated the inaugural ribbon-cutting for the Green Schoolyards Project at John J. Doyle Elementary School. The ceremony celebrates new outdoor learning spaces co-designed by CAPS interns alongside district staff, school leaders, and architects. Sign up for CAPS updates: buff.ly/X6wysnb

Today, we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his enduring call for justice. Climate justice means supporting young people to lead change and expand access to green careers in communities most impacted by climate and economic injustice.

CAPS interns at Porterville Unified School District are kicking off the new year by planning their 2026 projects! 🌟🌱 During winter break, interns gathered for winter training to build their professional skills and to prepare their project goals for the semester.

Green jobs are often existing roles with new climate skills. 🌱🌎 Grist breaks down the shift. CAPS builds school-to-career pathways so students help districts cut emissions and access climate careers: buff.ly/QWg6v0G #ClimateEducation #ClimateAction #GreenJobs

CAPS is headed to Sacramento for the Youth Apprenticeship Summit on January 21st. 🌱📍 Founder Bill Kelly and program director Renée Solari will join state education and workforce leaders to help advance California’s new Youth Apprenticeship framework. ➡️ Learn more: buff.ly/jdxcEwJ

Modesto City Schools is demonstrating how school transportation can drive significant climate action. 🚌⚡ In School Transportation News, Gilbert Blue Feather Rosas highlights major investments in EV infrastructure, plus a partnership with CAPS to provide paid green internships. buff.ly/PEuHb46

Today is the final day to contribute. ⏳🌎 We’re close to our $58,000 year-end goal, and your donation helps fund paid, mentored internships and student-led climate projects in 2026. Donate by midnight: buff.ly/j8TWUtS #ClimateAction #GreenCareers #StudentLeadership

Modesto City Schools CAPS interns led hands-on energy and waste lessons for an elementary Green Team, with mini-experiments to reinforce conservation and waste reduction. Only 2 days left to help us reach our $58,000 goal. Donate today: buff.ly/j8TWUtS

🌱🚍 CAPS has partnered with The Mobility House to support Porterville Unified School District’s transition to zero-emission bus operations, providing interns with hands-on experience in charging, power systems, and fleet management. Learn more here: buff.ly/S3qL2uM

Happy Holidays from all of us at CAPS! 🌟 We’re so grateful for the students, educators, partners, and supporters who power this work. Thank you for being part of a growing movement for youth leadership and climate action. Wishing you a joyful, restful holiday season and a bright start to 2026! 💙

A Porterville native and CAPS intern, Judith led energy audits, supported air quality sensor work with Stanford, and mentored younger students. She received the CA Energy Commission’s 2025 Youth Game-Changer Award. 🎥 Watch more here: buff.ly/ZnFDxsm #ClimateAction #StudentLeadership

Porterville Unified School District’s Food Show connected students to the local farms behind their meals. 🌱🌍 With a CA Dept. of Food & Agriculture Farm to School Incubator grant, CAPS interns helped share farmers’ stories. Donate by Dec 31: buff.ly/cRXvO4W

We’re halfway to our $58,000 year-end goal. 🌟 Your gift helps CAPS expand paid internships, support student-led climate projects, and provide mentoring for the next generation of green leaders. Donate by December 31st: buff.ly/tj9ELOh #GreenCareers #ClimateAction #NextPhaseDeeperImpact

This month’s CAPS newsletter spotlights Taylor Simonich’s path from intern to NASA researcher and board member, Judith Gomez’s Youth Game-Changer Award, and a statewide apprenticeship report co-authored by Bill Kelly. buff.ly/7kBWvst #GreenCareers #StudentLeadership #ClimateAction

Big news for youth apprenticeships in California! 🌟 Co-authored by CAPS Director of Energy and Sustainability Programs, Bill Kelly, this new statewide Youth Apprenticeship Model Report outlines how to expand paid, education-connected apprenticeships for 16–24-year-olds. 📘 Learn more: buff.ly/o7Ic9pb

ICYMI: In high school, Taylor Simonich didn’t know climate careers were possible until her CAPS internship. She presented her environmental problem-solving work to NASA and now serves on the CAPS board. 🌱 Read her story: buff.ly/tjfD5bZ #GreenCareers #ClimateAction #SustainabilityEducation

CAPS intern Ruby Naranjo now sees herself not just as a college student, but as a community leader committed to learning every day. 🌱 Your support helps students like Ruby drive real climate solutions and explore green careers. Help us reach $58,000 by Dec 31: buff.ly/tj9ELOh

Gilbert Blue Feather Rosas of Modesto City Schools shares how solar, grant funding, and CAPS partnerships are turning school transportation into a climate action lever and green career pathway for students. 🌍🚍 Read the November School Transportation News feature on pages 70–71: buff.ly/6ZNHMZE

CAPS alumnx Taylor Simonich started as a high school intern, earned a degree from UCLA, presented research to NASA, and now serves on our board. 🌱 Read more here: buff.ly/cCcufLg #GreenCareers #StudentLeadership #ClimateAction

CAPS intern Judith Gomez is being honored as a Youth Game-Changer by the California Energy Commission. 🎉🌱Through CAPS, she helped design lighting upgrades for 21 Porterville schools. Support student leaders: buff.ly/QZJ3WC4 #StudentLeadership #CleanEnergyHallofFame

Climate Action Counts is mobilizing one million Californians to take simple, everyday steps for a more climate-resilient state. 🌱 Sign the pledge to cut energy use, reduce waste, and choose climate-friendly transportation: buff.ly/YQVvYWE #ClimateActionCounts #ClimateAction #ResilientCommunities

Your Giving Tuesday gift helps CAPS interns turn climate concern into careers. Taylor went from a student CAPS internship to UCLA and a NASA fellowship. Help sustain 204 paid internships and grow to 10 districts in 2026: buff.ly/QZJ3WC4 #StudentClimateAction #CAPSImpact

This Giving Tuesday, your gift supports CAPS alumnx like Taylor Simonich, who joined us as a paid intern. CAPS has created 204 paid internships—this year’s $58,000 goal helps us offer even more. Give today: buff.ly/QZJ3WC4 #StudentClimateAction #GreenCareers #CAPSImpact

This month, 12 CAPS interns presented new draft goals for the city’s Healthy Neighborhood for All and Natural Resources & Environment elements, then led two hands-on activities designed to spark vision, dialogue, and community-driven solutions. 🌟 Help more students lead change: buff.ly/QZJ3WC4

CAPS interns Citlalih and Mar turned John J. Doyle Elementary’s new trail into a hands-on classroom with outdoor lesson plans. 🌟 🌱 Help us reach $58K by Dec. 31 for more paid sustainability internships in California: buff.ly/QZJ3WC4 #StudentLeadership #GreenCareers

Stay in the loop on student-led climate action in California. 🌱 Monthly intern highlights, district updates, tools, and green-career insights. Sign up: buff.ly/m8Dbx5s #GreenCareers #StudentLeadership #ClimateAction

CAPS interns led clean-transportation outreach at CALSTART’s Trades Day career expo—sharing EV career paths, Porterville Unified’s plan to electrify 35 buses, and bringing an EV for students to explore. 🌱 Donate to grow paid internships across CA: buff.ly/BuVLHus #GreenCareers #CleanTransportation

CAPS intern Judith Gomez helped plan clean energy lighting upgrades for 21 schools in Porterville Unified School District & supported a $5.8 million federal grant to move that work forward. 🌱 This is what happens when students lead the sustainability work their districts need.

Last weekend, CAPS interns joined the Native STAR Foundation at the Tule River Powwow at the Porterville Fairgrounds. The interns shared information about their recent transportation projects, including the PUSD Microtransit Service and efforts to electrify the school bus fleet. ⚡️

Nov 13, 11–12 p.m. PT: Free webinar from the National Center on School Infrastructure on building an Educational Facility Master Plan—aligning community priorities, sustainability, and long-term school investments. Register: buff.ly/H4VBw6p #K12Facilities #ClimateResilience #EdLeadership

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 #GreenCareers #StudentLeadership #ClimateAction

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

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: buff.ly/2GLDLzq

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

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. ✨

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 Not subscribed yet? Stay in the loop on student-led climate action: buff.ly/7NpQzaT

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 #GreenCareers #ClimateAction #SustainabilityJobs

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 #GreenCareers #ClimateAction #StudentLeadership

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 #ClimateAction #GreenCareers #StudentLeadership

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 🌱 #CleanMobility #GreenCareers #ClimateAction

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

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 #GreenCareers #ClimateAction #SustainabilityJobs

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 #GreenJobs #GreenCareers #ClimateAction