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2017 Ten Strands Annual Report

A Field Catalyst for Environmental Literacy: Ten Strands 2017 Annual Report

Posted By  Ariel Whitson
  • ON May 23, 2018

We are excited to share our 2017 Annual Report. Learn more about the California Environmental Literacy Initiative—a multi-faceted movement focused on advancing efforts across the education landscape with the ultimate goal of achieving environmental literacy for all of California’s K–12...

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Planting the Seeds of Environmental Literacy with School Districts Through a Science Leadership Network

Posted By  Mary Walls
  • ON May 10, 2018

Region 10 of the California Regional Environmental Education Community (CREEC) Network is massive. It encompasses all of what is affectionately called RIMS: Riverside, Inyo, Mono, and San Bernardino counties, almost a quarter of the state’s geographic area. Expanding the work...

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Exploring Environmental Literacy through Global Book Bags

Posted By  Emily M. Schell, Ed.D.
  • ON April 24, 2018

“Kate felt the trees were her friends. She loved the way they reached toward the sky and how their branches stretched wide to catch the light. Trees seemed to Kate like giant umbrellas that sheltered her and the animals, birds,...

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Earth Day: Past, Present, and Future

Posted By  Tracey Ritchie
  • ON April 16, 2018

Happy Earth Month! April is an exciting time; flowers are blooming, the temperature is gradually increasing (then suddenly crashing, but hopefully increasing again!), and there is global excitement about taking care of our planet. Earth Day is celebrated each year...

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Youth Empowerment through Environmental Literacy

Posted By  Shelley Brooks, PhD
  • ON April 10, 2018

This article was written by Dr. Shelley Brooks in collaboration with Candice Dickens-Russell, Jose Flores, Nate Ivy, and Mary Walls. “Social studies is essential to understanding and addressing our environmental challenges. We usually think of science as the lens for...

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This is Environmental Literacy: Plumas County

Posted By  Kim Moon
  • ON March 21, 2018

It’s a dark November night as I drive through the western Sierras toward Quincy, CA (elevation 3,423 ft.). The narrow road twists through pine and rock as the elevation rises, edged by water spanned by erector-set bridges and intermittent power...

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Reflections on the Alameda Elementary Environmental Literacy Summer Institute 2017

Posted By  Betsy Mitchell , Joanna Totino
  • ON March 5, 2018

“This was a wonderful week—fun balanced with lots of things to take away and try with my kids … a much deeper appreciation of environmental literacy.” The first of three planned Elementary Environmental Literacy Summer Institutes was presented to K–5...

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When Animals are the Teachers

Posted By  Bruce Holaday
  • ON February 16, 2018

As a child growing up on a small lake in the Midwest, I spent my summer days in a little wooden dinghy exploring and learning about my wild neighbors: the muskrats, sunfish, bass, snakes, minnows, turtles, waterfowl, snails, and more....

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Our Environmental Education Community Rises to Support Sonoma County During Recent Fires

Posted By  Laura Powell
  • ON February 8, 2018

I have been a CREEC Coordinator for 21 years, and have dedicated some of my time to either building or supporting nonformal environmental education networks. Currently, in my role as North Coast Region 1 CREEC Co-coordinator, I work with the...

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Prioritizing Environmental Literacy to Achieve District Goals

Posted By  Tony Knight, EdD
  • ON February 6, 2018

This week’s blog post is written by Tony Knight, EdD, Superintendent of the Oak Park Unified School District and Environmental Literacy Steering Committee (ELSC) member. About his district, Dr. Knight writes: The Oak Park Unified School District is a place...

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