CYLC Climate Action & West Environmental Justice Career Pathway Fellowship!
Visit the Climate Center to learn more!
This program is designed to serve Opportunity Youth, first-generation students, non-traditional students, and students without a prior degree.
* Benefits of Joining:
* While enrolled in our CYLC fellowship, students will be partnered with a community-based organization where they will engage in work-based learning opportunities.
* Fellows will be awarded up to $10,000 in stipends and up to $5,000 in scholarships during their participation in the nine-month fellowship.
* Earn Certificates in Climate Change Studies and Environmental Justice.
* See the application for the program’s full requirements.
* Eligibility:
* Ages 18-24 (students over 24 are eligible to apply)
* Must be enrolled at WLAC by Fall 2026
* No prior degree or completion of a degree during the program.
Are you looking for job opportunities in the Blue Economy, climate action, and sustainability sectors that do not require a bachelor’s degree? Check out our job portal WAVERISE by scanning the QR code! This initiative is supported by the Blue Economy and Climate Action Pathways (BECAP) Program.
The Climate Center represented and participated in the Annual Student Film Festival! The work of students in various filmmaking disciplines was represented, with a particular emphasis on sustainability and the environment! Our latest short, Love in the Time of Plastic, won an award in the Sustainability category! It will soon be released here on our socials. Also awarded was the short Spring Again, now available on this page, made by West film students in collaboration with the Climate Center. Let’s keep telling eco-based stories!
Eddie the Climate Chef is back with a recipe for beyond meat tacos! This is a delicious plant-based recipe good for your health and the planet. To watch the entire recipe visit our YouTube channel! /watch?v=gtUhg9yYbgo
The Rising Scholars Symposium celebrated our West Rising Scholars as well as those from other campuses! Speakers and panels brought attention to the journey of students from a justice impacted background and their inspiring achievements through education. The Climate Center is proud to be a part of this program in helping everyone have the opportunity to grow, find career pathways and be participants in tackling climate change.
From the Rising Scholars Symposium on how the Climate Center works with Rising Scholars to foster educational advancement, opportunities and environmental awareness!
A preview of the Poster Showcase Awards sponsored by the Climate Center and ASO! Students were recognized for their talent in capturing important themes and sharing information, including environmentally conscious subjects in their displays. Testimonials coming soon!
Join us via Zoom for a talk from the Deputy Mayor of Infrastructure and Climate Resilience for the City of Los Angeles. Randall Winston’s career spans law, architecture, and public service, which collectively have shaped a career focused on advancing equitable, sustainable development. Randall leads Mayor Karen Bass’ infrastructure policy and alignment of public works and transportation investments.
Do you love the world we live in, the ocean, mountains, trees and animals?
Do you care about sustainability and wonder what you can do to protect our world?
Literature is the great human ritual with which we express and process our feelings around changes in climate and culture. Meet your GE requirement by reading free, exciting readings on these themes, writing about them, and discussing them with classmates. In this “Clifi” course you will read solarpunk fiction, the solarpunk manifesto, as well as multiple essays, chants and poems by indigenous authors and other authors of color. All idealogical frameworks welcome as long as you live here on earth. No previous climate literacy required!
The Climate Center film crew is back with a new eco-story to tell! Be on the lookout for the latest from this great collaboration with some of West’s finest film students who get to practice their skills while blending storytelling with environmental themes. #film #greenstorytelling #filmcrew #culvercity #plastic
Wow! Climate Arts Fest was a huge success because of YOU!
Thank you for being a part of this celebration at the intersection of art, culture, and climate.
We hope you enjoyed a day filled with creativity and inspiration at the California Center for Climate Change Education @climatectr_wlac at West LA College @westlacollege during LA Climate Week 2026.
From Indigenous to XR climate storytelling, art, crafts, film, music, repair, mending, games, sustainable fashion, to seed and soil workshops, the festival was an incredible gathering of our communities đź’™
Follow @ClimateDesignersLA@climatectr_wlac@laclimateweek for more upcoming events!
🎞️video by Eldon Arena @studiosaka.co & @megatoe.design
🎨event branding & design by @i_art_rachel
📸photos on thumbnail by @agotajonas
#ClimateArtsFest2026 #ClimatePalooza2026 @laccd_edu
