Category: Next-Gen-Youth
What to Know about PFAS in Tri-Valley Water
In this nonfiction comic, explore how the city of Pleasanton is dealing with PFAS- contaminated groundwater.
Youth Group Tackles Heat Islands in Santa Rosa
A new youth advisory team convened by the Greenbelt Alliance and Latino Service Providers is exploring heat disparities in southwest Santa Rosa.
The Hardest & Most Important Thing to Do Next: Education
This August BCDC approved a public sea level rise education program to be spearheaded by the Exploratorium, in lieu of a fill removal project for their redevelopment of Pier 17.
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Who Will Inherit the Estuary? Training for a Rough Future
The six-month program teaches students aged 17 -24 about the challenges facing communities around the SF Estuary, from Stockton to East Palo Alto.
What to Know about PFAS in Tri-Valley Water
In this nonfiction comic, explore how the city of Pleasanton is dealing with PFAS- contaminated groundwater.
Youth Group Tackles Heat Islands in Santa Rosa
A new youth advisory team convened by the Greenbelt Alliance and Latino Service Providers is exploring heat disparities in southwest Santa Rosa.
The Hardest & Most Important Thing to Do Next: Education
This August BCDC approved a public sea level rise education program to be spearheaded by the Exploratorium, in lieu of a fill removal project for their redevelopment of Pier 17.
Field Clips: What 7 Newly-Minted Climate Leaders Did for Solano County
After 10 months of climate leadership training, the graduates of the Resilient Roots program tell us about their projects.
Magical Thinking Takes Eleven Kids on Journey for Justice
In fairy wings and cloaks, Bay Area youth turned the MLK Shoreline into a living game to tackle climate change — a photo essay.
San Francisco Youth Explore Flood Risk on Home Turf
At the Shoreline Leadership Academy, high school students learn about sea level rise through hands-on tours and community projects.
How Two East Bay Teachers Are Fighting the Climate Crisis
Climate literacy and sustainability resolutions are changing how East Bay schools tackle teaching about climate science and solutions.
Lighting a Fire Under K-12 Climate Literacy
In a sixth-grade Petaluma classroom, children are exploring how to make wind energy, fulfilling new state mandates to build climate literacy.
Got Climate Anxiety? What Young Folks Should Know
Climate anxiety in younger generations is on the rise across the globe. Google searches for “climate anxiety” soared by 565% in 2021.
Los Niños de San Rafael Enfrentan a los Niveles Crecientes del Mar
En un programa para unir a jóvenes a la planificación de la adaptación climática, estudiantes de quinto grado hicieron modelos de sus hogares y ciudades, y diseños para mejorarlos.
San Rafael Schoolkids Grapple with Rising Canal
In a program to involve youth in climate adaptation planning, fifth graders made models of their homes and town, and designed improvements.