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Climate Resilient California & Californians: Youth Voices Panel

Posted By  Ten Strands
  • ON March 20, 2025

At the end of February, Karen Cowe, our chief executive officer, joined Maryanne Wolf, director of the UCLA Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice, and six students—from elementary school to college—at the Climate Resilient California and Californians for...

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Ten Strands and Santa Clara Unified School District’s Path to California Green Ribbon Recognition

Posted By  Ten Strands
  • ON May 1, 2024

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...

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Building a Resilient Future: The Climate Ready Schools Coalition

Posted By  Ten Strands
  • ON March 6, 2024

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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Statement of Purpose: Appreciation, Kinship, and Protection of the Natural World

Posted By  Andra Yeghoian
  • ON January 18, 2023
Ten Strands chief innovation officer Andra Yeghoian offers a statement of purpose that gives gratitude for the many people and experiences that led her to this work today and contribute most to her daily motivation and ambition in this role....
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Catalyzing Change Through a Whole Systems Approach

Posted By  Andra Yeghoian
  • ON August 18, 2022

Sixty years ago, the well-known physicist, philosopher, and historian of science Thomas Kuhn wrote the book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, which brought the concept of a paradigm shift into mainstream use: “an important change that happens when the usual...

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What if the Elephant IS the Room? School Design for Public Health, Equity, and Climate Resilience

Posted By  Claire Latané
  • ON July 29, 2021

Even before 2020, our young people experienced skyrocketing rates of anxiety, stress, trauma, and suicide. This generation of students faces the fear of school or neighborhood shootings, concern over police brutality and systemic racism, and eco-anxiety. More than any generation...

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A Vision for Green Schoolyards Across California

Posted By  Sharon Danks
  • ON November 14, 2018

This interview originally appeared in Green Technology Magazine and was republished with permission. Sharon Danks describes the benefits that transforming schoolyards as public resources can bring to students, teachers, and communities. I was wondering if you can tell me what...

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Prioritizing Environmental Literacy to Achieve District Goals

Posted By  Tony Knight, EdD
  • ON February 6, 2018

This week’s blog post is written by Tony Knight, EdD, Superintendent of the Oak Park Unified School District and Environmental Literacy Steering Committee (ELSC) member. About his district, Dr. Knight writes: The Oak Park Unified School District is a place...

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Ahead of the Curve: 2015’s Green Ribbon School Winners

Posted By  Ariel Whitson
  • ON April 28, 2015

In 2011, the U.S. Department of Education established the Green Ribbon Schools program. A step in the right direction towards a sustainable 21st century mindset, this program recognizes schools, districts and institutions of higher education that reduce their environmental impact,...

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Green Schools National Conference: Building the National Movement

Posted By  Paul Chapman
  • ON March 31, 2015

Since the Green Schools National Network was launched in 2010, I have attended each of the five national conferences, and this year’s gathering in Virginia Beach, Virginia demonstrated that the national movement for healthy, environmentally sustainable schools is making significant...

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