PALO ALTO
Student Climate Coalition
Events
PASCC members, regardless of their committee, may choose to organize or a play a part in organizing community events. Though we're best known for our local events, we also help organize regional events, especially during Earth Month! Follow us on Instagram to stay up to date with our upcoming events!
Upcoming
Palo Alto Clean Air Day & Ice Cream Social
Scare Faire Costume Swap
Events You Can Get Involved With
Service in Sustainability Events
We partner with local organizations including YCS, Grassroots Ecology, and Canopy to host events that allow local youth to learn more about their local environment and to practice sustainability through volunteering.
Youth in Sustainability Fair
Fairs like these aim to connect youth from a wide range of backgrounds and interests in sustainability opportunities. We often partner with local community centers, like the Mitchell Park Community Center, to host these.
Kat Kid Adventure Workshop Series
This series is a direct partnership with Kat Kid Adventure. They host workshop series seasonally and invite high school-aged volunteers to help set up, run, and takedown each workshop. If you're interested in getting involved outside of that capacity, you can contact them to explore opportunities in curriculum design and supporting eco challenges in schools.
Neighborhood Canvassing
350 Silicon Valley's Palo Alto Climate Action Team is currently canvassing the Palo Alto neighborhoods educating residents on Palo Alto's new Heat Pump Water Heater Pilot Program, which aims to make electrification easier for more people. If you're interested in supporting this crucial cause, reach out to learn how to go door-to-door!
Local Tabling
Whenever there's a sustainability event nearby, you can bet we'll be there tabling! If you're ever looking for quick service hours, we can always use more support to introduce folks to PASCC and help them get involved!
Annual
Palo Alto Rally for Climate Justice
Every year close to Earth Day (April 22), we host a March and Rally for Climate Justice at Palo Alto City Hall in partnership with Sunrise Silicon Valley and other local organizing groups.
Peninsula Electric Home Tours
Every year, a few of our members are accepted to become interns with the Electric Home Tour, taking place in mid October each year. If you're looking to make a light income while helping to organize a powerful event, reach out to learn how to apply.
Palo Alto Earth Week
Every year, we partner with community groups in the Palo Alto School District and in any private schools our members might be involved with to host sustainable activities across schools. Interested in attending or helping to plan? Contact us!
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Climate Collaboration Summit
In November of 2022, we organized the Climate Collaboration Summit with the City of Palo Alto. Featuring Stanford professors, EPA staff, local climate figures, and youth, this summit brought together over two hundred participants for engaging panels and breakout sessions.
City Council Candidate Climate Forum
In fall of 2022, we partnered with 350 SV Palo Alto to host the Palo Alto City Council candidates in a youth-led candidate forum all about climate. Interested in helping us organize next year's? Contact us!
Code Red for Humanity
In January 2023, partnered with CALT, from the Sierra Club, and Acterra to host the second Code Red for Humanity: Pathways to Healthy, Electric Cities featuring a plethora of electrification experts and youth activists.
Love Our Earth Festival
On Earth Day of 2023, we partnered with four local cities to plan the Love Our Earth Festival. Featuring over 100 organizations and hosting many local officials, this event welcomed over 2,000 participants.
Service in Sustainability Events
On National Day of Service in September 2022, we partnered with YCS and Anamatangi Polynesian Voices to plan and host a trash clean up at Cooley Landing in East Palo Alto.
Youth in Sustainability Fair
In early April of 2023, we partnered with the Palo Alto Library system to host Re-Making the Future: an opportunities fair for all things climate!
Kat Kid Adventure Workshop Series
In fall of 2022 and spring of 2023, four of our members interned with Kat Kid Adventure to help lead and organize after-school workshops and in-school eco challenges!
Neighborhood Canvassing
Did we catch your eyes? Fantastic! This graphic is the face of Palo Alto's key support program to help residents electrify: the Heat Pump Water Heater Pilot Program. Last fall, our members spent a few hours each weekend working with 350 SV Palo Alto, Fridays for Future Palo Alto, and EngageOn to canvas the Palo Alto neighborhoods, educating residents on this program.