If California is to meet its ambitious climate goals, education and youth engagement cannot be treated as afterthoughts. It must be a central strategy. The Santa Clara County Youth Climate Initiative is a promising, replicable model for developing a regional...
Spotlight on the California STEAM Hub Network Connecting Educators. Inspiring Innovation. Expanding Opportunities. Across California, educators and community partners are coming together through the California STEAM Hub Initiative to strengthen learning opportunities in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM)....
The field is still damp from the morning marine layer when the first students step outside. Cones in brilliant orange and neon green stretch across the grass. Sapphire hoops glisten in the sunlight. Scarlet foam balls rest in baskets like...
Six years ago, I wrote my first article for CAELI about environmental literacy from the perspective of a regional municipality. I was serving as a public affairs leader in the water sector, working at the intersection of public water systems,...
It was a rare sunny winter day in Seattle when I visited a neighborhood playground with a child and their parent. This family wanted their child to be able to play outside with their sibling and friends. As a pediatric...
The final school bell doesn’t mean the learning stops. Expanded learning programs—whether after school or during the summer—provide students with fun and exciting ways to supplement what they have been learning in the classroom. One of the best parts about...
Back in December, Ten Strands connected with students from Westborough Middle School who have been working relentlessly to create change on their campus. They are the Planeteers Club. Advised by science teacher Corinna Low—an alum of the San Mateo County...
On January 15, the California Youth Climate Policy (CYCP) Leadership Program celebrated the graduation of its third cohort of youth climate leaders. Hosted virtually by Ten Strands in partnership with Sierra Club and UndauntedK12, the event marked the culmination of...
Last week, more than eighty people gathered on a virtual call to celebrate the graduation of the third cohort of the California Youth Climate Policy (CYCP) Leadership Program. Students were joined by mentors, guest speakers, partners, funders, and family members,...
The beginning of a new year always feels like a threshold, a quiet opportunity to reset as schools reopen, routines settle back in, and the light begins to return. It’s a moment that invites reflection: not only on where we’ve...
