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2026
The Mercury News published an article on two South Bay Students, SVYCA members Kelly Liu and Aahaan Jain, who co-founded ConServe, a youth-led nonprofit focused on air pollution, climate education and public policy advocacy. Last month, the Santa Clara County Board of Education unanimously passed a resolution Liu and Jain drafted that recognized air pollution as a public threat to students and school employees across the county.
Two of our Youth Leaders, Mani Bekele and Padma Balaji were interviewed by NorCal Public Media for their series Connect the Bay - in their episode focusing on climate activism. You can watch the episode here and read the press release on youth activism in the Bay Area here.
Santa Clara Action team Co-lead Abhinaya Manickavasagan has her letter to the editor responding to a pro-natural gas article in the the Mercury News.
SVYCA Member Ethan Pham has an op-ed published in the Milpitas Beat discussing the complex links between combating climate change and have access to affordable housing near education, transportation, and employment opportunities.
Youth Climate Summit Director Nova Jayaraj spoke with NBC Bay Area about the forthcoming summit and the importance of youth engagement in solving the climate crisis.
Our San Jose City Council District 9 Candidate Forum was covered by the San Jose Spotlight. The Forum was co-hosted by SVYCA and League of Women Voters - San Jose/Santa Clara.
SVYCA Youth Leaders, Mani Bekele and Padma Balaji, spoke at one of NorCal Public Media's Connect the Bay episodes, these town-hall style discussions are held in public and then recorded for later viewing
Nova Jayaraj, SVYCA's Los Gatos/Saratoga Action Team lead, wrote a powerful op-ed about the importance of supporting public transit that was published in the Los Gatan.
Silicon Valley Youth Climate Action (SVYCA) was recently featured on NBC Bay Area highlighting our Youth Nature Video Contest.
Calvin Sridhara, SVYCA member in San José, was quoted in a San Jose Spotlight article discussing the plausibility of the City of San Jose achieving it’s stated climate goals.
2025
My Climate Story: Two Indian American Youth Activists Share Personal Perspectives in India Currents with SVYCA Youth Director Sarah Adkar and Tri-City Action Team Co-Lead Padma Balaji
Former SVYCA Youth Director (2024-25) Jayden Wan was featured in Peninsula Clean Energy’s video about reach codes in California
2024
Community Voices with Sofia Ruiz-McGinty: Live Oak students take action to make a difference in climate change in Morgan Hill Life
Turf Wars: Move to all-grass fields at Cupertino, Sunnyvale high schools dismissed by district in San Jose Mercury News
VTA Celebrates the Completion of its Climate Action and Adaptation Plan
Learn more about VTA’s CAAP here: https://www.vta.org/climateplan
Bekele: Preparing San Jose for a future full of electric vehicles Student Op-Ed in SJ Spotlight
EV conversion must be equitable LTE in San Jose Mercury News
2023
FUHSD Students Win 2023 California Green Ribbon Award in Silicon Valley Voice
Cupertino Climate Summit Tackles Environmental Issues in Mercury News
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
Youth Climate Action’s Green Careers Bus Trip on CBS
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
Climate Action Alert: Zero-Emission CA High Speed Rail At Risk on High Speed Rail Alliance
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