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Top Stories Of 2021 (2)

5 Top Stories of 2021

Posted By  Ten Strands
  • ON December 8, 2021

With the year coming to a close, we take a look back at five of the most viewed stories of 2021. These are the articles you selected as your favorites! A Journey to Centering Equity by Celeste Royer. Why We...

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Nov. 30, 2021 Newsletter

Posted By  Ten Strands
  • ON December 7, 2021

Lori Kiesser, the development officer for the Orange County Department of Education’s Inside the Outdoors (ITO), recounts the impact of the fire on the ITO headquarters in Rancho Soñado and discusses wildfires and climate change.

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Rebuilding Inside the Outdoors Headquarters Following The Bond Fire

Posted By  Lori Kiesser
  • ON November 30, 2021

I used to begin work each day by walking down a short trail to my office at Rancho Soñado. On the way down the hill, I’d pass fields of wildflowers where I encountered rabbits, deer, lizards, songbirds, an occasional snake,...

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Ten Strands to Present at SXSW EDU Event

Posted By  Ten Strands
  • ON November 10, 2021

Ten Strands CEO, Karen Cowe, Sharon Danks, of Green Schoolyards America, Craig Strang, of The Lawrence Hall of Science, and Andra Yeghoian, of the San Mateo County Office of Education, will serve as panelists at the SXSW EDU Conference this...

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Ten Strands Awarded $50K Grant From National Geographic Society to Continue Innovative Geography Environmental Literacy Project

Posted By  Ten Strands
  • ON October 25, 2021

Ten Strands, California’s leading field catalyst nonprofit focused on advancing the environmental literacy of K—12 students, has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the National Geographic Society to continue vital work on a project that uses geographic data to assess...

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Oct. 20, 2021 Newsletter

Posted By  Ten Strands
  • ON October 21, 2021

We interviewed three staff members from The Lawrence Hall of Science to discuss outdoor education and California’s safe return to schools.

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California’s Safe Return to School

Posted By  Sarah Pedemonte , Vanessa Lujan , Craig Strang
  • ON October 20, 2021

Since May 2020, the National COVID-19 Outdoor Learning Initiative (NCOLI) has created dozens of free resources to support districts to center equity by returning students to school safely through the use of outdoor spaces for learning. In the spring and...

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Guidelines for Outdoor Learning Environments

Posted By  Shaun Hawke
  • ON October 1, 2021

More than a year ago, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of traditional schools, residential outdoor science schools, and many other environmental education programs. After the initial shock of having to shut down the outdoor science programs that I managed,...

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Oct. 1, 2021 Newsletter

Posted By  Ten Strands
  • ON October 1, 2021

Shaun Hawke, of the Los Angeles County Office of Education, provides recommendations to educators on how to maximize outdoor spaces.

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Sept. 9, 2021 Newsletter

Posted By  Ten Strands
  • ON September 9, 2021

In this special back-to-school newsletter, we examine five ways that outdoor learning positively impacts students.

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