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Beyond the Grade

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Originally posted in the Chico News and Review on December 14, 2017 Beyond the grade Chico State students’ project on climate change effects will shape local public policy By Evan Tuchinsky  Molly Marcussen will compile student data on climate change for use by local government. PHOTO BY EVAN TUCHINSKY Climate changes: Cal-Adapt figures for Butte County: Current 2050…

What’s in a Game?

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November Great Story by Angela Kim, 2017-18 Greater Los Angeles Climate Fellow This month, my section manager asked me to lead our Long-Range Planning Team in playing the Game of Floods. As we are starting to think about our outreach efforts for the sea level rise project, we thought it would be fun to try…

Double Socks and Desert Rocks

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October Great Story by Savannah Rose, 2017-18 Greater Los Angeles Climate Fellow This month, the other Fellows and I embarked on a camping trip to Joshua Tree National Park. Upon accepting Angela’s offer, I truly did not know what to expect. It’s pretty safe to say that I had little to no camping experience as…

The One with Al Gore

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October Great Story by Chelsea Marcell, 2017-18 Bay Area Climate Fellow This past month I had the opportunity to join Al Gore’s Climate Reality Corps Training in Pittsburgh, PA. I joined 1,400 individuals from all over the world with the shared passion and goal of solving the climate crisis and making our world a more…

Once in a Lifetime Opportunity

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September Great Story by Michael Consunji, 2016-17 Greater Los Angeles Climate Fellow Having graduated with a B.A. in Urban and Environmental Policy and Education from Occidental College, I did not know how I would apply my degree to the jobs I was applying for. For the longest time, I thought that I would pursue a…

Getting to Know the Ballona Creek and its Revitalization Project

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September Great Story by Jose Torres, Greater Los Angeles Water Fellow Your 2017-2018 CivicSpark Water Fellows for the City of Culver City are Jonathan Dolan and Jose Torres. The project beneficiaries are made up of a collaborative team of four departments at Culver City: Division of Economic Development, Division of Advanced Planning, Department of Public…

Kriselda Bautista

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Kriselda Bautista joins the Local Government Commission as the Associate Regional Coordinator for the Central Inland region supporting CivicSpark fellows as they implement climate change solutions in the Sacramento, Sierra Nevada and San Joaquin Valley areas. With degrees in Urban Studies and Criminology Law and Society from UC Irvine, she continues to work with local…

Final Thoughts

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August Great Story by Laurel Smith, Sacramento Climate Fellow Coming into CivicSpark I had no idea what to expect. I thought of it simply as a job and an interesting opportunity to gain experience and forward my career path. Little did I know that one of the greatest things I would gain out of it…

End of Year Spoken Word

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August Great Story by Noe Martinez Diaz, 2016-17 Southern California Climate Fellow We applied our unique abilities To help municipalities and agencies Address climate change taking initiative Each Fellow’s effort always remained inspiring Even when we felt like the Greek King Cursed to push the rock up a hill We managed and mustered the will…
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