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California’s State Seal of Civic Engagement Guides Students in Merced, California, and Nanyuki, Kenya

Posted By  Jeff Rivero
Read Jeff Rivero's story about his program from Merced Union High School District, Green That School (GTS), that supports young girls in Nanyuki, Kenya, by addressing sustainability issues that their community is facing, including unreliable energy, unsafe drinking water, and...
CELF leading a teacher workshop with the NYC DOE focused on air quality and environmental justice (1)

Jan. 19, 2023 Newsletter

Posted By  Ten Strands

This week’s newsletter shares an exciting story from our Climate Change and Environmental Justice Program (CCEJP) partner, the Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation (CELF), as well as Ten Strands chief innovation officer, Andra Yeghoian’s, journey to a career in environmental learning...

Andra Facilitating at Bishop ODowd 2015

Statement of Purpose: Appreciation, Kinship, and Protection of the Natural World

Posted By  Andra Yeghoian
Ten Strands chief innovation officer Andra Yeghoian offers a statement of purpose that gives gratitude for the many people and experiences that led her to this work today and contribute most to her daily motivation and ambition in this role....
CELF Civic Science Air Quality Research Project Awards with West End Secondary School students in NYC

Cultivating Love of Place and Planting Seeds for Lifelong Civic Engagement with California’s Young Learners

Posted By  Adriana Castro , Tara Stafford Ocansey
Our Climate Change and Environmental Justice Program (CCEJP) partner, the Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation (CELF), has been proactively supporting teachers to integrate sustainability and environmental learning into every child’s K–12 learning experience. We share a story by CELF’s Tara Stafford...
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Our Statement on Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2023-24 Budget Proposal

Posted By  Ten Strands
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced next year’s budget, but it’s missing key investments to support climate-ready schools. Read our full statement alongside the California Climate-Ready Schools coalition....
Ten Strands staff and consultants during one of our “brainstorming” meetings on the San Francisco Bay in early 2014

Jan. 5, 2023 Newsletter

Posted By  Ten Strands

This New Year, Karen looks back on her first ten years as Ten Strands CEO with a story of her journey working with tireless staff and partners to implement environmental literacy in TK–12 schools in California.

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L-R Will Parish, Karen Cowe, Rebecca Vyduna, Juanita Chan-Roden, Ariel Lew Ai Le Whitson, and Candice Dickens Russell advocating for the CREEC Network in early 2017

Ten Years at Ten Strands: Transforming Environmental Student Learning in California

Posted By  Karen Cowe
Ten Strands CEO Karen Cowe reflects on her first ten years at Ten Strands. She has been pivotal in leading the organization and the state to ensure that students across California are equipped with the knowledge necessary to create healthy...
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Ten Strands Annual Report

Posted By  Ten Strands

We are thrilled to share with you the work that we, along with our partners, have accomplished to advance environmental literacy across California schools.

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2018 Climate Strike in San Francisco

Dec. 1, 2022 Newsletter

Posted By  Ten Strands

We share the story of our partnership with the Sierra Club Climate Literacy Committee to push for funding that will allow students to be prepared for the cascading events of climate change.

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Spring 2022 gathering of the Climate Literacy Committee

Advancing Climate Literacy for All Californians: How the Sierra Club Climate Literacy Committee and Ten Strands Joined Forces

Posted By  Sarah Ranney
The Sierra Club Climate Literacy Committee and Ten Strands have a shared commitment to empowering all youth in California with the context and solution mindset to address our climate challenges head-on....

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