Education
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Environmental K-12 Schools
- Quail Lake Environmental Charter School K-8; Clovis, CA
- Environmental Charter Middle School (Opening Fall 2010);
Gardena, CA - Environmental Services & Technology High School; Los
Angeles, CA - Environmental Charter High School; Lawndale, CA
- EcoAcademy High School; Los Angeles, CA
- Abraham Lincoln High School; San Francisco, CA
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Youth Programs & Training
- Agua University - coursework outside of school to educate
and motivate youth in Los Angeles County through hands-
on environmental education with a focus on water (LA) - Young Adult Corps - LA Conservation Corps funds this
school/work program for 18-24 year olds. Provides green
job training (Los Angeles) - Infrastructure University - offering youth green job training in
a school/work setting (Los Angeles) - CORO Fellows Program in Public Affairs - nine-month, full-
time, post-graduate paid program to educate youth in
leadership in public affairs from government to nonprofit
(Los Angeles & San Francisco) - Environment America Fellow Program - post-graduate two-
year paid hands-on fellowship in community organizing
and policy influence (SF, Sacramento, Santa Barbara, LA) - CalPirg Fellowship Program - develop skills for movement
in positive social change in two-year paid program (CA
statewide)
Undergraduate Programs
- Sustainability Programs - Sustainable living is a philosophy
aimed at reducing society's impact on the environment in
order to maintain resources and ecological systems.
Education programs in sustainability examine the impact
humans have on their city or the environment as a whole
and solutions for lessening that impact. Students on this
track typically go on for further education and may even
complete coursework in another related field such as social
sciences, humanities or natural sciences.
- Environmental Engineering - The environmental
engineering profession is concerned with protecting and
managing our air, water and energy resources. Education
programs in environmental engineering will quantify
sustainability, design strategies to minimize impacts and
make measures to improve environmental quality.
Engineering graduates can go on to a Master's degree or
enter the field in management, scientific and technical
consulting, or architectural, engineering servies, or even in
the state government.
- Stanford University
- University of California, Berkeley
- California Polytechnic State University
- San Diego State University
- University of California, Irvine
- University of California, San Diego
- University of California, Riverside
- University of Southern California
- California Institute of Technology
- Environmental Science - Bachelor's degree programs in
environmental science arm students with the biology and
chemistry know-how to tackle environmental issues. They
also emphasize current events and scientific research.
Often times, enviro science majors pursue a post-graduate
degree to meet their career goals. Jobs may include soil
conservationists, rangers, foresters, hydrologists, or
environmental protection officers.
- California Lutheran University
- University of California, Davis
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- University of California, Riverside
- Santa Clara University
- California State University, Chico
- California State University, Channel Islands
- California State University, Long Beach
- Fresno Pacific University
- Mills College
- Whittier College
- California State Polytechnic University
- Pitzer College
- Saint Mary's College of California
- California State University, Monterey Bay
- Environmental Management - A bachelor's program in
environmental management will teach students how to
maximize the use of natural resources without overusing or
permanently depleting. Students who study this can work in
a broad range of industries including waste disposal,
pollution control, public health, environmental protection
and recycling.
