Silicon Valley Youth Climate Action
As a co-founder of Silicon Valley Youth Climate Action, I empowered students to advocate for environmental sustainability in part by helping them craft and share their stories. I supported students in placing their writing in local news outlets and community organization newsletters, ensuring their voices reached broader audiences. I also helped connect them and prepare them to speak on local news segments. Through this work, students were able to effectively share their impact and gain media coverage, raising awareness of their initiatives. I reviewed and refined their work to help them effectively communicate their vision and impact. Below are selected blog posts I wrote, media coverage I secured, website content I created, and email newsletters I generated.
Featured Work:
Website: Silicon Valley Youth Climate Action
Created the website, social media content, and marketing materials to promote the organization’s mission and engage students, community members, and policymakers. The platform highlights youth-led advocacy efforts, showcases policy wins, and provides youth-centered and created resources for environmental education and activism.
Selected Blog Posts
Sunnyvale Youth Climate Action Team Wins Award from the City!
TARA SREEKRISHNAN, OCTOBER 10, 2022
SVYCA Students Receive Recognition from Local State Senator
TARA SREEKRISHNAN, OCTOBER 10, 2022
SVYCA’s Green Careers Bus Trip (Day 2)
TARA SREEKRISHNAN, AUGUST 18, 2022
SVYCA's Green Careers Bus Trip (Day 1)!
TARA SREEKRISHNAN, AUGUST 11, 2022
SVYCA's 2022 Youth Climate Leadership Summit!
TARA SREEKRISHNAN, AUGUST 9, 2022
Selected Media Coverage Secured
The Mercury News: Cupertino climate summit tackles environmental issues
The Silicon Valley Voice: FUHSD Students Win 2023 California Green Ribbon Award
San José Spotlight: San Jose youth rally for local action on climate change
2023
Award-winning San Jose teen fighting climate change with action, education in Local News Matters
Bay Area Student Empowers Youth to Shape Climate Policy with Seminar in Rustic Pathways
KPFA Evening News (23:13) on KPFA Radio
2022
Milpitas HS student activist relishes experience at SVYCA Climate Change Summit in MUSD
They’ve got the whole world in their hands: Young climate activists eager to tackle future in Local News Matters
How Advocacy for Environmental Policy and Climate Literacy is the Catalyst for Action in Ten Strands
2021
Local student’s short film empowers competition in Mercury News
Generation Z pushes for climate action through education in Santa Clara County in SJ Spotlight
Transit Advocates are Pushing MTC to Release $1.7 Billion in Federal Funding to Grow Services in San Jose Inside
It’s My Future: Climate Change Reform in India Currents
2020
Op-Ed: Mothers Join Youth in Urging San Jose to Show the Way to Climate Safety in San Jose Inside
VTA postpones Santa Clara County cuts to service for next year in SJ Spotlight
VTA pumps brakes on service cuts, will add more buses instead to prevent crowding in Mercury News
Residents rally against VTA’s proposed service cuts in SJ Spotlight
Pandemic puts cash-strapped VTA on verge of historic service cuts on KTVU News
Coronavirus cuts: VTA could slash bus service to 1980 levels in Mercury News
Adeline Kopp, Silicon Valley Youth Climate Action in California Voices for 100% Renewable Energy
Jamie Minden: Silicon Valley Youth Climate Strike in Changemakerz
Selected Email Newsletters
In Case You Missed It - SVYCA's New Years Party!
Get Out the Vote!
Sunnyvale Candidate Forum!
Join our Advocacy Workshop!
Federal Legislation is a Major Win for Climate!
SVYCA's 2022 Green Careers Bus Tours!
Support Electrification &
Carbon Neutrality in San Jose!!WE DID IT!! San Jose Team Update!
Funding for the Santa Clara County Youth Climate Initiative!
SVYCA's 2022 Summit!