Tackling Food Waste and Climate Literacy in Oakland – KneeDeep Times A third of our food supply goes to waste, and Bay Area students are learning how to fix it one school cafeteria at a time.

Seeing “such an assembly of people that are really continuing to fight against this huge monster of climate change has given me hope in a really critical time,” says Sadie Fitzhugh, a sophomore at Berkeley High School. #ClimateYouth

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Tackling Food Waste and Climate Literacy in Oakland – KneeDeep Times A third of our food supply goes to waste, and Bay Area students are learning how to fix it one school cafeteria at a time.

Last week, our reporting fellow Padma Balaji skipped school to talk climate in the Oakland hills at the Bay Area Climate Literacy Exchange. buff.ly/BoIHZOF

#ClimateYouth #ClimateEducation

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#ClimateYouth taking on fossil fuels and fighting for their future. @youthvgov.bsky.social #HomerCity

Estuary Youth Council Trains Next Generation of Climate Leaders The six-month program teaches students 17 -24 about challenges facing communities around the SF Estuary, from Stockton to East Palo Alto.

The @sfestuaryinstitute.bsky.social Estuary Youth Council program is training the next generation of climate leaders, from #Stockton to East #PaloAlto, to tackle the challenges facing the San Francisco #Estuary. buff.ly/BOIoR73

#NextGen #ClimateYouth #ClimateJustice

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Jimena Santos, one of the youth advisors, wants to persuade lawmakers and local officials to “create a safer environment for kids growing up in these neighborhoods.” #ClimateJustice #NextGen #ClimateYouth

🗺️: California Healthy Places Index, Public Health Alliance of Southern California.
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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.

A new youth advisory team convened by the Greenbelt Alliance and Latino Service Providers is exploring heat disparities in southwest #SantaRosa. buff.ly/Mr6IjXZ

#ExtremeHeat #HeatEquity #ClimateYouth

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My Path from Gardening to Student Climate Action – KneeDeep Times A public garden at El Cerrito High School in the East Bay inspired my love of nature and my decision to study environmental science at UCLA.

In this new citizen story for KneeDeep’s California Climate Quilt, UCLA student Sydney Quan explores how an #EastBay school garden inspired her to take climate action. buff.ly/tZEBZ8o

#ClimateYouth #ClimateAction #CommunityGarden

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Bay Area Climate Groups Battling Climate Policy Rollbacks Meet the Bay Area climate groups tackling emissions, resilience, and justice as federal climate protections are dismantled.

Meet the Bay Area climate groups tackling emissions, resilience, and justice as federal climate protections are dismantled. This primer by @abbeyr28.bsky.social kicks off a series exploring local #climateaction. buff.ly/b4QyTMN

#BayArea #climateyouth #climatejustice #fossilfuels

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Magical Thinking Takes Eleven Kids on Journey for Justice – KneeDeep Times In fairy wings and cloaks, Bay Area youth turned the MLK Shoreline into a living game to tackle climate change.

In fairy wings and cloaks, Bay Area youth turned the MLK Shoreline into a living game to tackle climate change. buff.ly/klAw9oN

#climateyouth #climatejustice #MLKshoreline #oakland

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We were thrilled to deliver our Decoding UNFCCC Language session at SB62 in Bonn as part of the #Youth4Capacity programme💚

🗣️ We explored how language shapes participation in climate negotiations, helping youth navigate UNFCCC terms.

#ClimaTalk #ClimateYouth #UNFCCC #SB62 #YouthInclusion #COP30

Solano's Newest Climate Leaders Step Up in a Resilience Hot Spot Eighteen newly-minted community leaders develop projects to protect Suisun City and Fairfield from pollution, heat, smoke, and high water.

Resilient Roots launches a grassroots fellowship to protect #SuisunCity from flooding, heat, and pollution. buff.ly/Gk0w9ga

#climateleadership #climateaction #climateyouth

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San Francisco Youth Explore Flood Risk on Their Home Turf At the Shoreline Leadership Academy, high school students learn about sea level rise through hands-on tours and community projects.

Phoenix Armenta, director of the Shoreline Academy, hopes that the program will help build a coalition of local residents who understand coastal issues and can become community leaders. #sanfranciscobay #climateyouth

Read all about it at KneeDeep Times: buff.ly/yrvopsG

📷: Ariel Okamoto
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