Students are noticing extreme heat, flooding, wildfires, and other effects of climate change right in their communities. But our teachers do not have access to California-specific instructional materials on these topics. The good news: for the 2025–26 school year, that’s...
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...
Outdoor learning has taken on many meanings over the last hundred years, especially since the global pandemic. It can be seen as learning about local ecosystems, survival skills, agriculture, or simply taking the lesson that would otherwise be taught within...
As the school year comes to an end and summer is in full swing, we want to reflect and share all the resources that Ten Strands and our partners have created this year. From perspective articles that uplifted our community...
Over the past year and a half, Ten Strands has spearheaded initiatives that use an equity-informed and data-driven approach to scaling environmental and climate action in California schools. These efforts have focused on collecting data and compiling data sets focused...
Since its launch in 2023, the California Youth Climate Policy (CYCP) Leadership Program has continued to flourish in every capacity: bolstering student confidence, enhancing knowledge of advocacy campaigns, and reinforcing their commitment to civic engagement. Engaging forty climate activists from...
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...
I am excited to share about a new book that I have been working on for the last three years. For the Love of Nature: Ecowriting the World is an edited edition that was inspired by the environmental justice class...
Photo by Allie Rigby We Have So Much Left to Learn Listening is no quiet act. No Milky Waytaught us, we just knew, like school children “No running on fields!” that when it rained,and we took to the grass in...
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