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Preparing students for meaningful careers in the green economy & building climate-resilient schools.

10/20/2026

CAPS interns are turning climate learning into hands-on experience across our partner districts. 🌱

Our October newsletter is here, with seven years of CAPS impact, stories on student leadership, school sustainability, and green career pathways.

A snapshot of what’s inside:
📊 Highlights from our first Impact Report, highlighting seven years of student-led climate action
🔋 CAPS interns explored biofuels, biogas, and clean energy careers with Aemetis, Inc. in Stanislaus County
🌳 Updates on greener schoolyards, clean transportation, and campus sustainability projects
🎓 Welcomed Gabby Seratti as our new Apprenticeship Coordinator
🌎 News on SB 1048 and California’s State Seal of Climate Literacy

Read our October newsletter for more on the interns, partnerships, and progress moving school sustainability forward 🔗 https://buff.ly/rWGySbO

10/14/2026

🌬️ Clean air starts with community action!

Fifteen CAPS interns from Morgan Hill Unified School District partnered with the City of Morgan Hill Government to support the city's Clean Air Week events, including tabling and a workshop at the Morgan Hill Community Garden, where they learned about composting and supported community activities.

They also brought Clean Air Week outreach to their high schools by sharing pledge forms, hosting a giveaway wheel, and distributing bike-related giveaways while promoting biking around Morgan Hill. 🚲 🌱

Through this partnership, CAPS interns gained experience with community outreach while helping connect clean air education to local transportation, composting, and school-based engagement.

Thank you to the City of Morgan Hill for organizing these events and creating opportunities for CAPS interns to get involved!

Read more about our work with Morgan Hill and other schools across the state: https://buff.ly/6LX9iJM

10/12/2026

From the classroom to the clean energy industry. 🌱

Last month, CAPS interns from Modesto City Schools visited Aemetis, Inc., an advanced biofuels company, to learn how agricultural products and waste can be converted into renewable fuel.

During the field trip, students visited a dairy farm, biogas upgrading facility, and ethanol plant, getting a firsthand look at how clean energy connects to local agriculture, manufacturing, and sustainability careers.

As CAPS Program Manager Juli Miller shared, the experience gave students a chance to “see the potential in these careers” and imagine where their own interests could lead.

Thank you to the Aemetis team for opening your doors and helping our interns connect climate learning with real-world career pathways. 💚

Read the full article to learn more about the visit and what students discovered: https://buff.ly/ScNiEvq

10/07/2026

What does clean air look like to you?

A walk to school. 🚶‍♂️
A bike ride through your neighborhood. 🚲
A bus that runs on electricity. 🚍
A community with fewer sources of pollution. 👥
Students learning how to build a healthier future. ✏️

Today, on California Clean Air Day, we’re celebrating the actions — big and small — that help make cleaner air possible.

Here’s to cleaner air today, and the people working toward it every day. 🌎 💚

🤝 Take the California Clean Air Day Pledge:
English: https://buff.ly/9d7EjQx
Español: https://buff.ly/S9FM2OM

10/06/2026

🌎 Governor Newsom signed SB 1048 into law, paving the way for a California State Seal of Climate Literacy.

Once the state finalizes the criteria, the the Seal will recognize high school students who demonstrate climate literacy, green skills, and hands-on community learning.

We see how powerful it is when students connect classroom learning with real climate solutions, from building decarbonization and sustainable transportation to water conservation and sustainable food systems.

This milestone was made possible by a powerful coalition of students, educators, families, organizations, and advocates who came together to make climate literacy a priority for California’s schools.

Here’s to preparing the next generation of climate-literate learners, problem-solvers, and leaders. 🌱 Read more: https://buff.ly/llcSX2g

10/02/2026

Congratulations to the 2026 Green Ribbon Schools state-level honorees! 🌱

The Center for Green Schools at the USGBC California recently announced this year’s honorees, recognizing schools advancing healthy, sustainable learning environments through curriculum, buildings, and daily operations.

These honorees offer practical examples of how schools can connect student learning, campus operations, and healthier learning environments to support long-term climate resilience. We’re excited to celebrate schools leading by example and showing what climate-resilient school communities can look like.

Learn more about this year’s Green Ribbon Schools honorees in California and Beyond! https://buff.ly/Sa5QeKG

10/01/2026

♻️ From the classroom to the recycling facility!

This week, 13 students from Casa Grande High School and Petaluma High School joined CAPS for a behind-the-scenes tour of Recology's Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Sonoma County.

Students were able to:
🔎 See how materials are sorted and managed
♻️ Learn how waste is recycled and repurposed
💬 Connect with industry professionals
🌱 Explore career opportunities in waste management and sustainability

Experiences like this give students the chance to see sustainability in action—and start imagining how their interests and skills can translate into meaningful careers.

We’re excited to learn alongside our students and see where their curiosity takes them! 🌎

Petaluma City Schools

09/29/2026

🌱 Meet Gabby, our new Apprenticeship Coordinator!

Gabby Seratti joined CAPS in September to support our Sustainability Specialist Apprenticeship Program, helping apprentices develop and implement building decarbonization and advancing climate solutions for their school districts.

After working as a Science Educator with the Orange County Department of Education’s Inside the Outdoors program, Gabby moved into project and operations management in the tech industry, supporting customer-facing engineering teams at Cisco Systems and Keysight Technologies.

Now, Gabby is returning to direct impact work with youth and environmental stewardship.

We’re excited to have her on the CAPS team and can’t wait to see the impact she’ll help our apprentices make in their schools and communities! 💚

Learn more here: https://buff.ly/e06mGXC

09/26/2026

Every child deserves clean air at school. 🚌 🌱

In a new op-ed for The Sacramento Bee, pediatrician and climate health advocate Dr. Lisa Patel explores the health risks children face from diesel school bus pollution and why electric school buses offer a cleaner, safer path forward.

For students with asthma and other respiratory conditions, the air they breathe on the way to school can have measurable impacts on their health and learning. The technology to change that already exists. What’s needed is the investment to make electric school buses accessible to every district.

At CAPS, we’re working to create healthier school environments where every student can learn and thrive. Read Dr. Patel’s full op-ed to learn more about what’s at stake: https://buff.ly/0WpCs3y

09/24/2026

Don’t miss the latest from CAPS! 🌎 💚

From student-led climate action projects to community partnerships and sustainability milestones, our newsletter keeps you connected to the people and programs building a greener future.

Inside each edition, you’ll find stories highlighting student-led projects, sustainability milestones, climate education, green career pathways, and the partnerships helping this work grow.

✨ Stay connected with the next generation of climate leaders—sign up for the CAPS newsletter today: https://buff.ly/95k3z4U

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