Climate Corps is a 10-month professional development program where Fellows implement climate change resiliency projects at leading organizations.
IworkedwithCongrega0onRodefSholomondesigningandimplemen0ngamoreuniformandefficientrecyclingsystemaswellasintroducingacompos0ngsystem.Istronglybelievethatthisspecificprojectplayedaroleinhelpingmegetmycurrentposi0on(Educa0onCoordinatoratMarinSanitary).Throughmyinvolvementintheproject,Ibelievethattheygotagoodsenseofmyworkethicaswellasmygenuinepassionforthefieldofwastemanagement!
-IzzyParnell-Wolfe(2015-16Fellow)
Stanfordhasbeenareallygreatopportunity!ProbablythebestoutcomeIcouldhaveaskedforonceClimateCorpswasover.ClimateCorpswastheonlyreasonIgotthis[EnvironmentalEngineer]posi0on.Iwasgivingmyfinalwebinarpresenta0ontothewateragenciesinSanMateoCountyandmycurrentbossatStanfordhappenedtolisteninandshemust’vereallylikeditbecauseshecalledmetotellmeabouttheopeningtheyhad.Longstoryshort,itallworkedout!
-EricaKudyba(2013-14Fellow)
AFellowshipwithImpact• Over6cycles,Fellowprojectshavesaved:
- 35,700tonsofgreenhousegasemissions- 6,400metrictonsofwastefromlandfills- 110,000gallonsofwater.
• EachFellowreceives>200hoursofprofessionaldevelopmenttraining
• 85%ofFellowsareplacedinthesustainabilityfieldwithinonemonthoftheirfellowship’scompleTon
ApplytobeaClimateCorpsFellowApplicaTonsopeneveryspring.IfyouareinterestedinbecomingaClimateCorpsFellowvisitwww.climate-corps.org.
• Meaningfulworkexperience• BaselinemonthlysTpendof$2,000andend-of-programawardstarTngat$500
• In-schoolstatustosupportstudentloanforbearance
• KaiserSilvermonthlyhealthcareinsurancesupport
• Extensiveprofessionalandpersonaldevelopment
• Growingalumniandpartnernetwork
• ClimateProtecTonProfessionalCerTficate
•AlamedaCounty•CityofOakland•CityofSanJose•CollegeoftheDesert• TheEnergyCoaliTon•Goodwill• SanFranciscoInternaTonalAirport
• SiliconValleyCleanEnergy• SunPower•UCSF•UCSanDiego•ValleyCleanAirNow•TheWatershedProject
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