Standing beside poster boards, systems maps, and student-designed presentations, freshmen in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District (SRVUSD) shared their views on how global issues such as climate change, mental health, biodiversity loss, and social and political polarization connect...
Anne Armstrong didn’t think of herself as a climate champion. She teaches at ALBA Community Day School in San Diego, a small site serving students navigating expulsion, suspension, and deep generational trauma. With water growing scarcer across California, she built...
Today, I’m pleased to introduce an exciting climate education capacity-building opportunity. Since AB 285’s passage in 2023, California’s public schools and districts are required to provide students in grades 1-12 with annual educational opportunities on climate change causes, effects, solutions,...
California’s future requires an informed generation of young people who deeply understand how to balance the needs of their communities, local ecosystems, and our robust economy. Nowhere is this more true than in the Central Valley: home to nearly a...
The third annual Bay Area Climate Literacy Exchange took place on Monday, February 23, 2026, at Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland. In many ways the event looked like the teacher professional learning day it was designed to be....
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...
I recently joined the Ten Strands team as the new Director of Professional Learning and Community Building, focusing on Seeds to Solutions: high-quality, free K–12 units on California environmental topics. I followed the development of the resources — and became...
In a world increasingly shaped by complex environmental challenges, the ability to integrate knowledge across disciplines is no longer a luxury—it’s a necessity. However, too often, mathematics, science, and computer science content remains siloed in the classroom, leaving educators and...
Chief innovation officer Andra Yeghoian recently spoke at the New Taipei 2025 International Youth Climate Forum, which was held in New Taipei City, Taiwan. This year’s theme was “One World, Young Talk,” and the forum brought together over one hundred...
At Ten Strands, we act as a catalyst, transforming systems to bring high-quality environmental education to all students. Our Q&A this month features Seaberry Nachbar, whose twenty-five years at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) perfectly embody this mission....
