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...
Increase Biodiversity in Your Schoolyard as the Anchor to an NGSS-Aligned Ecosystem Unit
Discover Janneke's extensive experience in developing, field testing, and collaborating with Volunteer Expert Partners to support teachers in advocating for native planting projects at their respective schools by exploring more....
Empowering Educators, Transforming Perspectives: A Deep Dive into Climate Change Education and OCE’s Global Impact
Learn about the integral role of the Office for Climate Education (OCE), established after the Paris Agreement ratification, in elevating the importance of education in solving the climate crisis. Explore OCE's initiatives, including TeachersCOP, an international event highlighting educators' essential...
Modeling and Data Science Provide Insights for Understanding and Addressing Climate Change and Environmental Justice
Explore how Concord Consortium's STEM education technology research and development expertise is shaping how California students will discern and synthesize data. As a CCEJP anchor organization, Concord Consortium offers data tools and support to the curriculum writing teams so all...
Collaborating with Community Organizations to Support the Design of Locally Relevant Storylines
Learn about how BSCS’s strategies for highly collaborative curriculum development and justice-driven storylines are shaping California’s new climate and environmental justice curriculum that will launch in 2025!...
CCEJP steering committee member Milton Reynolds—San Francisco Bay Area-based career educator, author, equity and inclusion consultant, and activist—shares his reflections about the exciting convening that centered community, social justice, and thoughtful curiosity....
Facing Change Together at the Climate Generation’s Summer Institute
On July 19, Ten Strands hosted the California Cohort Day at Climate Generation’s Summer Institute for Climate Change Education, a three-day conference connecting educators to an engaged community seeking to build collective strength to inspire hope and action in our...
Activating Teachers and Students as Changemakers Across Communities
One of our initiatives, the Environmental and Climate Change Literacy Projects (ECCLPs), recently kicked off its multiple committees that are working together to support the urgent need to advance PK–12 environmental and climate change literacy by mobilizing the UC and...
Building Educator Awareness of Environmental Education Programs
The California Environmental Literacy Initiative (CAELI), powered by Ten Strands, created the CAELI Partner Portal, a central directory of high-quality, environmental education programs (in-classroom, field-based, overnight, etc.) throughout California....
Spotlight on Junior CEOs from the Marin School of Environmental Leadership
Written by MarinSEL lead teacher Karen Madden, this story highlights the voices of high school junior CEOs in the program who create sustainable business ideas that focus on economy, equity, and the environment....
