Ten Strands' mission is to strengthen the partnerships and strategies that will bring environmental literacy to all of California’s K–12 students. Our vision is a world where everyone understands and experiences the interrelatedness of people and place; where all students have access to high-quality education with an environmental component; and where all people have the knowledge, awareness, and ability to make decisions that promote health and wellbeing for themselves and their communities.
Ten Strands' mission is to strengthen the partnerships and strategies that will bring environmental literacy to all of California’s K–12 students. Our vision is a world where everyone understands and experiences the interrelatedness of people and place; where all students have access to high-quality education with an environmental component; and where all people have the knowledge, awareness, and ability to make decisions that promote health and wellbeing for themselves and their communities.
In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we have a few ideas about how to marry lessons with environmental learning. Here are five ways to merge your AAPI Heritage observation with outdoor instruction. Outdoor Reading: AAPI Heritage...
Author Katie Worth discusses her new book, Miseducation: How Climate Change is Taught in America, during a Q&A.
...We spoke with four recent SXSW EDU panelists to discuss the future of outdoor learning.
...Ten Strands Founder and President Will Parish poetically shares his motivations and path to being grounded in environmental work.
...When the National COVID-19 Outdoor Learning Initiative (NCOLI) was launched at the height of the pandemic in 2020, it sought to stem the inequities in education exacerbated by COVID-19. Two years later, founding partners Ten Strands, Green Schoolyards America, the...
We interviewed Terra Linda High School junior Sarah Mondesir about her unique project, “Flavor Profiles,” a cookbook that tells the story of Black women who have lost their lives through police violence.
...Heather Taylor, the founder of Outside School in Richmond, CA, shares her story with us about inspiring students in the outdoors!
...We’d like your help circulating a call for Letters of Interest (LOI) for a new project we’re working on related to developing K–12 curricular resources focused on climate change and environmental justice. This is a joint project between Ten Strands,...
Our partner, The Lawrence Hall of Science, has produced Outdoor Learning Guidance and Outdoor Learning Menus that provide tools and support for implementing outdoor learning.
...Ten Strands stands with the people of Ukraine in the face of this heartbreaking attack. We hold them in our hearts and stand opposed to the violence against them.
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