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In the next two weeks, the City of Los Angeles could take a huge step toward the biggest plastic bag ban in the country.
It was a BIG week for our student loan interest rates campaign starting with a BIG press conference in DC.
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Students across the state from San Diego to Davis have been working hard to address the problem of plastic pollution in the Pacific.
Thanks for being part of CALPIRG and helping make 2011 a success. We couldn't have done it without you.
Hunger and homelessness are reaching crisis levels both here in the United States and throughout the world, and the problems are getting worse with the world-wide recession. The issue is hard to overlook when it is in your own community.
Energy Service Corps, a partnered program of CALPIRG and AmeriCorps, is working to educate the next generation about energy conservation.
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Students from across the state organize a press conference to STOP CUTS to CalGrants in Sacramento with their elected officials. -
UC Berkeley Intern Kat Lockwood speaking to students at Cal about the NO on 23 campaign to protect California’s clean air and global warming law with Van Jones. -
UCSB interns host the Textbook Rebellion as part of a national tour to fight high prices and successfully get both TV and print media to report on their event. -
Actress Amy Smart speaks at the CALPIRG Statewide Organizing Conference about activism and banning plastic grocery bags. -
Four TV, two radio, and two print media cover our High Speed Rail Spring Break Tour stop in the central valley. -
UC Davis students kick off a TEXT-2-GIVE table for Somalia Famine Relief on the quad – our efforts statewide raised thousands of dollars for famine relief. -
UC Davis CALPIRG Interns Justin Hassis and Manny Rin take a photo petition during the CALPIRG Alternative Spring Break Tour- gathering hundreds of petitions calling for a statewide ban on single use polystyrene containers and plastic bags -
UCR, USC, and UCLA interns come together for a joint beach clean-up! -
Jared Calinisan, UC Mercd AmeriCorps Member and CALPIRG intern, teaching kids at a local elementary school about energy efficiency (UC Merced educated 1,157 kids in one quarter – way to go!) -
UC Merced intern caulking a window as part of our Energy Service Corps program’s work to save Californian’s energy and money while also saving the environment!
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We've already dropped off 130,000 letters to congress asking them to stop student loan interest rates from doubling in July. Use our online tool to send an email to congress.
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Ban the Bag!
California uses 12 billion plastic bags per year and all of this plastic not only clogs up our landfills, but it also pollutes our oceans. Let’s ban the bag in California!
Great Pacific Cleanup -
Make Textbooks Affordable
The average student spends $900 per year, and prices are rising four times the rate of inflation! We're fighting to rein in costs by promoting cost-saving solutions on campus, while also tackling publishers' stranglehold on the market to change prices for good.
Make Textbooks Affordable -
National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness
We’re committed to ending hunger and homelessness in America by educating, engaging, and training students to directly meet individuals' immediate needs while advocating for long-term systemic solutions.
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Energy Service Corps
CALPIRG Energy Service Corps is a joint project between CALPIRG Education Fund and AmeriCorps to educate and engage communities around energy efficiency. Energy Service Corps will educate over 40,000 kids about energy efficiency in California this school year.
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