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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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Mar. 2, 2023 Newsletter

Posted By  Ten Strands
  • ON March 7, 2023

At Ten Strands, we care about uplifting the work that young people are doing to fight climate change in their communities. In this newsletter, we share a powerful story by Rishi Gurjar, the next installment in our Youth Voices series.

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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

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...
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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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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...

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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...

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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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Jan. 5, 2023 Newsletter

Posted By  Ten Strands
  • ON January 6, 2023

This New Year, Karen looks back on her first ten years as Ten Strands CEO with a story of her journey working with tireless staff and partners to implement environmental literacy in TK–12 schools in California.

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Ten Strands Annual Report

Posted By  Ten Strands
  • ON December 21, 2022

We are thrilled to share with you the work that we, along with our partners, have accomplished to advance environmental literacy across California schools.

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Dec. 1, 2022 Newsletter

Posted By  Ten Strands
  • ON December 2, 2022

We share the story of our partnership with the Sierra Club Climate Literacy Committee to push for funding that will allow students to be prepared for the cascading events of climate change.

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Nov. 17, 2022 Newsletter

Posted By  Ten Strands
  • ON November 18, 2022

We feature our first Climate Change & Environmental Justice Program writing team.

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