New report from a broad coalition of California’s leading education and children’s health experts calls for a $150 billion public investment in climate-resilient school infrastructure

Posted By Ten Strands

ON March 2, 2023

Today, a coalition of more than fifty stakeholders released a new report urging California leaders to make a cost-effective, ten-year $150 billion investment to ensure TK–12 public schools can remain open, safe, and healthy places for children as the impacts...

From Climate Worrier to Climate Warrior: A Journey through Gardening and Climate Advocacy

Posted By Rishi Gurjar

ON March 2, 2023

We're share a powerful story by Rishi Gurjar, an incoming freshman at Cornell University, who has pioneered climate literacy efforts in his school district, leading to the decision by the district to incorporate environmental education in school campuses....

Feb. 16, 2023 Newsletter

Posted By Ten Strands

ON February 17, 2023

This week’s newsletter includes a story by our Climate Change and Environmental Justice Program (CCEJP) partner, EcoGovLab.

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Teaching with Storylines that Call Students In

Posted By Kim Fortun , Prerna Srigyan , Nadine Tanio , Margaret Tebbe

ON February 16, 2023

EcoGovLab takes you on a journey to understand its undergraduate anthropology class, Environmental Injustice, which uses a “storylining” approach for students to explore their climate journey....

Feb. 2, 2023 Newsletter

Posted By Ten Strands

ON February 3, 2023

This week’s newsletter includes a story by Jeff Rivero, US history and digital media teacher at Yosemite High School in Merced, who advises Merced’s Junior Ambassadors in modeling California’s Department of Education’s Green Ribbon Schools (GRS) program to help the...

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

Posted By Jeff Rivero

ON February 2, 2023

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...

Jan. 19, 2023 Newsletter

Posted By Ten Strands

ON January 20, 2023

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...

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

Posted By Andra Yeghoian

ON January 18, 2023

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....

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

Posted By Adriana Castro , Tara Stafford Ocansey

ON January 18, 2023

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...

Our Statement on Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2023-24 Budget Proposal

Posted By Ten Strands

ON January 10, 2023

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....

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New report from a broad coalition of California’s leading education and children’s health experts calls for a $150 billion public investment in climate-resilient school infrastructure

From Climate Worrier to Climate Warrior: A Journey through Gardening and Climate Advocacy

Feb. 16, 2023 Newsletter

Teaching with Storylines that Call Students In

Feb. 2, 2023 Newsletter

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

Jan. 19, 2023 Newsletter

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

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

Our Statement on Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2023-24 Budget Proposal

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