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Energy, Gardens, and Engineering: Alameda Elementary Environmental Literacy Summer Institute 2019

Posted By  Betsy Mitchell , Joanna Totino
  • ON November 4, 2019

“I need a glue gun!” “Should we use black or white paper?” “Think about the angle.” “Let’s try putting the foil here.” “Should we seal it completely?” If you were at Bay Farm School in Alameda on June 12, 2019,...

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Empowering Educators and Students: STEAM as a Catalyst for Agency, Access, and Joy

Posted By  Michelle Drake , Nada Djordjevich
  • ON October 21, 2019

The challenge: How to equitably increase access to environmental and arts knowledge for 4,000 K–12th grade students countywide in just a few months? How to make sustainable changes that will support and transform the landscape after the end of one-time...

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The Green New Deal and Youth Climate Action

Posted By  Lucia Garay
  • ON October 4, 2019

This article is part of our Youth Voices series. At Ten Strands we believe that young people have valuable perspectives and a critical role in shaping our society and our world. We recognize their power to drive dialogue and create...

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A Call to Action: Educators from Five Counties Embark on Three-year Journey to Advance Environmental Literacy in Their Schools

Posted By  Dean Reese
  • ON September 23, 2019

“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” ~John Muir In April 2019, nearly 70 K–12 educators from Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne counties came to a...

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California Environmental Literacy Initiative: A Focus on Environmental Justice and Environmental Literacy

Posted By  Deedee Chao
  • ON August 30, 2019

In May 2019, the California Environmental Literacy Initiative (CAELI) Leadership Council came together to have their second meeting, with a focus on environmental justice and environmental literacy. The goals for the day were to: develop a common understanding of environmental...

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A Confluence of Opportunities for Expanding Environmental Literacy

Posted By  Gerald Lieberman, PhD
  • ON August 20, 2019

The term confluence typically relates to the coming together of two or more streams or rivers. In California’s ever-evolving educational landscape, we can apply it to the coming together and weaving of instructional strategies and priorities that represent an unprecedented...

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A Vision for Inclusive, Community-Driven Environmental Literacy

Posted By  Jedda Foreman , Adam Frost , Craig Strang , Vanessa Lujan
  • ON August 20, 2019

What does environmental education look like? Picture it in your mind: You’re likely imagining school children trekking through the woods en route to a team-building exercise, stopping to do leaf rubbings and other nature observations along the way. While this...

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On-the-Water Ocean Environmental Literacy For All

Posted By  Dax Ovid
  • ON August 12, 2019

Walking down the US Army Corps of Engineers Bay Model Pier, third-grade students from Ford Elementary in Richmond, CA, were chatting with anticipation of boarding the boat on a Friday in mid-April. One student pointed to the water, “Look, it’s...

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This is Environmental Literacy: Pajaro

Posted By  Kim Moon
  • ON July 29, 2019

Walking along the shoulder of a busy two-lane thoroughfare called Green Valley Road to Pinto Lake on a sunny morning in Watsonville, CA, bringing up the back of a line of 3rd grade students from Amesti Elementary School, I am...

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The California Environmental Literacy Initiative from a Regional Municipality Perspective

Posted By  Tiffany Baca
  • ON July 16, 2019

Engaging our sunny, Southern California communities in a critical conversation about the importance of water and water use efficiency is not always easy. For decades, industry professionals have worked tirelessly under the radar, 24 hours a day, holidays and weekends,...

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