| Action | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Becoming Actively Engaged in Your City | Palo Alto - Junior Museum and Zoo |
Volunteer at the Junior Museum and Zoo: help little explorers make big discoveries in our Zoo or Museum, at our Baylands Nature Center, or in support of Special Events. Teenagers to Seniors are welcome. |
| Becoming Actively Engaged in Your City | Palo Alto - Arts Center |
Volunteer at the Arts Center: From regular weekly commitments to occasional drop-in opportunities, Art Center volunteers support all aspects of education, special events, exhibitions, and more—and there is a place for you. All volunteers are welcome and training is provided. Check this link for information about the volunteer program. |
| Becoming Actively Engaged in Your City | Palo Alto - Unified Schools |
Volunteer at Palo Alto Unified Schools. Our volunteers play an invaluable role in our students' education and development. There are many ways to get involved with our schools. |
| Creating More Cool Blocks | Palo Alto - Community Program Manager |
Palo Alto's Cool Block community program manager is Sandra Slater. |
| Becoming Actively Engaged in Your City | Palo Alto - Zero Waste Block Leader |
Become a Zero Waste Block Leader - neighborhood “experts” able to answer recycling and reuse questions; supply useful, concrete information on ways to reduce household waste; disseminate information about upcoming events, issues and offerings; and create neighborhood waste reduction projects. |
| Becoming Actively Engaged in Your City | Palo Alto - Acterra |
Volunteer with Acterra, whose mission is to bring people together to create local solutions to climate change. We have a variety of opportunities, small and large. |
| Becoming Actively Engaged in Your City | Palo Alto - Repair Cafe |
Loan your ‘fix it’ skills at an upcoming Palo Alto Repair Cafe. About 75% of our volunteers are fixers, working with visitors who bring in broken items for help. The rest help out managing logistics, including registering visitors, supporting the fixers, and generally doing whatever else needs to get done. |
| Becoming Actively Engaged in Your City | Palo Alto - Environmental Volunteers |
Palo Alto Environmental Volunteers trains volunteers to lead hands-on science and nature programs in schools, community organizations, and at the EcoCenter in the Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve. Join us! |
| Becoming Actively Engaged in Your City | Palo Alto - Boards and Commissions Volunteer Opportunities |
Look here for the list of volunteer opportunities with the Boards and Commissions of the City of Palo Alto. |
| Buying an Energy-Efficient Car | Palo Alto - Pathway to Sustainability |
City of Palo Alto resources to help the community reach its sustainability and greenhouse gas reduction goals. |
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“Cities are the platform for change in our world today. The Cool Block links the challenges facing our planet to the intimate, personal, social scale of the city block. This program starts and ends with the premise and promise—that the individual, household, and neighbors are the way forward in the face of seemingly insoluble global problems.”
