Every Day is Earth Day
Learn to be a ‘Recycling Superhero’ – and help make our city a better place. We all want our planet to be healthy and green. And you can play a big part – at your own home [Read more]
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Keeping the Lights On
It’s business as usual for PG&E to stage Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) in the summer, turning off electrical power to foothill communities to prevent electric grid-ignited wildfires. But [Read more]
Bridging the Gap
Media research confirms what common sense tells us: We are more willing to take in information from a trusted messenger. And that is further enhanced if the message comes in our home language. What [Read more]
Social-Emotional Learning in Adult Education
“When I started this job, I told myself I wanted to teach in the way I would want to be a student in my own class,” says Timothy Amaral, a GED instructor for the Salinas Adult School and [Read more]
Coping with Change
Cheryl Buckwalter has seen the change. The longtime Sacramento-area landscape designer and educator creates river-friendly landscapes with the future in mind, but her plant choices have had to evolve [Read more]
Our Design Process
A military family reunited at a San Diego air base. An adult learner wearing a wide smile and a cap and gown. A woman with disabilities standing proudly in front of her state capitol building. Media [Read more]
Why Food Waste Matters
The science is simple, the consequences are devastating, the solutions are long-term but clear. Decomposing organic waste in landfills emits greenhouse gases—particularly methane—that are main [Read more]
Tips & tricks of being a better storyteller: Making your story relatable
“I can relate to that!” Joyce never knew her grandparents. That lack of connection inspired her choice of careers. At age 12, she decided she wanted to be a nurse who specialized in elder care so [Read more]
Amplifying your story through social media
Hard to imagine there was a time, not so long ago, when telephones hung on kitchen walls and didn’t accompany your grandmother anywhere. Her “screen time” was watching the new [Read more]
Creating Pathways Out of Poverty
For more than a century, adult education has helped residents of Tulare and Kings counties learn the skills they need for better lives. As the region prepares for future growth and pivots after the [Read more]
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