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Author: Ten Strands

Ten Strands

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.

Articles by Author: Ten Strands

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Ten Strands Featured in Hechinger Report

Posted By  Ten Strands
  • ON August 26, 2021

Ten Strands CEO Karen Cowe, and Craig Strang, of the California Environmental Literacy Initiative Leadership Council, co-authored a piece in the Hechinger Report on the value of outdoor learning during the pandemic.

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California Education Leaders Launch New Environmental Literacy Collaborative to Push for Climate Action

Posted By  Ten Strands
  • ON August 25, 2021

California leaders across county offices of education and nonprofit organization, Ten Strands, are joining forces to expand access to environmental literacy through the launch of the Environmental Literacy Community of Practice (COP). Spearheaded by the County Office of Education (COE)...

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Aug. 24, 2021 Newsletter

Posted By  Ten Strands
  • ON August 24, 2021

This week’s newsletter features Dr. Thomas Herman, of the Department of Geography at San Diego State University, writing about the launch California’s Hub for Environmental Learning and Action (CHELA), a website resource that uses geographic data to accelerate environmental learning.

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July 29, 2021 Newsletter

Posted By  Ten Strands
  • ON July 29, 2021

Claire Latané, assistant professor of landscape architecture at Cal Poly Pomona, offers suggestions on how schools and classrooms can transform physical spaces to improve mental health in this week’s newsletter.

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July 22, 2021 Newsletter

Posted By  Ten Strands
  • ON July 22, 2021

This week we are sharing a second article written by Nan Renner, senior director of learning design and innovation at UC San Diego’s Birch Aquarium at Scripps. Renner discusses the Climate Champions Virtual Summit and local climate K–12 curriculum.

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CA Approves $6M to Climate Change and Environmental Justice Curriculum

Posted By  Ten Strands
  • ON July 16, 2021

Senator Ben Allen’s proposal passes, providing funds to create new open education resource (OER) curriculum units for K–12 students. SACRAMENTO — Governor Gavin Newsom, on July 9, signed into law landmark legislation that will allocate $6 million for the creation...

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June 29, 2021 Newsletter

Posted By  Ten Strands
  • ON June 29, 2021

This week we are sharing an article by Ten Strands’ founder and president, Will Parish, that describes the need for the state’s public education system to prepare students to understand the complexity of human interdependence with the environment, the disproportionate...

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June 15, 2021 Newsletter

Posted By  Ten Strands
  • ON June 15, 2021

This week we are sharing an article by Doron Markus, San Mateo County Office of Education’s career and STEM success coordinator, that proposes incorporating environmentally-sustainable and socially-responsible behaviors and practices in K–12 career education.

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May 19, 2021 Newsletter

Posted By  Ten Strands
  • ON May 19, 2021

We interviewed staff members of the Park Day School in Oakland, California. You can read all about the inspiring school, district, and county case studies.

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April 27, 2020 Newsletter

Posted By  Ten Strands
  • ON April 27, 2021

We share an article by environmental educator and poet Allie Rigby, who discusses how incorporating poetry into lessons can help students connect with their local places.

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