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Author: Alison Cagle

Alison Cagle

Alison Cagle is a communications professional with a strong passion for understanding and protecting the planet. She believes that environmental literacy can be utilized to strengthen all of California’s diverse communities, by creating a deep understanding of and commitment to protect our state’s vibrant natural resources. For nearly three years, she coordinated digital learning resources for environmental science at Pearson Education, and worked in publicity at Random House in New York. Alison is a world traveler, a fierce animal lover, and devoted to working together with communities to teach our children how to nourish and protect the environment, all through the lens of equity and cultural relevance.

Alison Cagle is a communications professional with a strong passion for understanding and protecting the planet. She believes that environmental literacy can be utilized to strengthen all of California’s diverse communities, by creating a deep understanding of and commitment to protect our state’s vibrant natural resources. For nearly three years, she coordinated digital learning resources for environmental science at Pearson Education, and worked in publicity at Random House in New York. Alison is a world traveler, a fierce animal lover, and devoted to working together with communities to teach our children how to nourish and protect the environment, all through the lens of equity and cultural relevance.

Articles by Author: Alison Cagle

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Partnering for Equitable Environmental Literacy: A Conversation with Breakthrough Communities

Posted By  Alison Cagle
  • ON January 12, 2018

There are countless ways to create positive, lasting experiences that nurture an empathetic relationship with the environment. Getting students outdoors is just one way; some common examples are investigating solutions to combat campus pollution or harmful air quality, growing school...

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Partnering for Equitable Environmental Literacy: A Conversation with Youth Outside

Posted By  Alison Cagle
  • ON November 20, 2017

When we speak of environmental literacy for all, that “all” encompasses the vast diversity that makes up California’s 6.2 million K–12 public school population. Just as biodiversity creates more resilient ecosystems in the natural world, California’s diversity is one of...

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When the Environment is Brown Like Me: Growing Up Environmentally Literate in California

Posted By  Alison Cagle
  • ON September 21, 2017

When Mustafa Ali, the decades-long advisor for the Environmental Protection Agency who elevated social justice and industry accountability into the government’s environmental protection agenda, was asked why oversight is needed to ensure the protection and health of lands inhabited by...

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A Capstone of Teacher Insights into Environmental Literacy

Posted By  Alison Cagle
  • ON February 17, 2017

“The students cleared a local pond that frequently gets clogged with natural or human-made pollution. On their return visit, they saw that a huge log had been thrown into the pond–but when they went to remove it, they found a...

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