Celebrating Poetry Month with Chapter 510: Writing Our Roots April is National Poetry Month, a time to celebrate the power of words and the voices that shape our communities. At Chapter 510, poetry is a way for young writers to...
Jaimie Cloud, founder and president of The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education, has dedicated her career to empowering students and educators with the knowledge, skills, and mindsets needed to create a sustainable future. In this Q&A, she reflects on how...
Preparing future generations is an essential step in the fight against climate change. It’s time to treat it like one. In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into orbit. With this one small satellite, the Soviets announced the opening of...
The sun has barely made itself known, and I’m already frazzled, anxious, and late! Is it even possible to start off the day in a calm and pleasant state when you have two kids and yourself to get ready and...
The modern American schoolyard is dominated by two elements: asphalt (hardscape) and lawn (softscape). The living schoolyard movement, covered in Sharon Danks’s book Asphalt to Ecosystems, transforms schoolyards into lush environments “that strengthen local ecological systems” and provide opportunities for...
The life of the school district is never wanting for urgent matters requiring immediate attention. Some days, there seems to be a near-endless flow of urgent matters requiring our full attention and focus: curriculum and instruction, labor negotiations and partnerships,...
This summer, Ten Strands partnered with Sequoia Riverlands Trust and the Tulare County Office of Education to offer the first-ever SEED Summer Institute. The Sequoia Environmental Education Directive (SEED) was established in 2014 as a coalition of environmental education organizations...
You can teach some aspect of environmental literacy, justice, and action in any subject to any age student. —Climate Gen attendee Every year, the Climate Generation Summer Institute holds a three-day summit with climate change education leaders from across the...
Ten Strands is proud to support the Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) as they are being recognized as a California Green Ribbon School District Sustainability Honoree. This recognition is a testament to the unwavering commitment and collaborative spirit exhibited...
Jenny Seydel, Executive Director of Green Schools National Network and Jonathan Klein, Co-Founder and CEO of UndauntedK12 at the award ceremony for the Best of Green Schools Michelle Curreri Collaborator Award held at the Green Schools Conference on March 6,...
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