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L-R Will Parish, Karen Cowe, Rebecca Vyduna, Juanita Chan-Roden, Ariel Lew Ai Le Whitson, and Candice Dickens Russell advocating for the CREEC Network in early 2017

Ten Years at Ten Strands: Transforming Environmental Student Learning in California

Posted By  Karen Cowe
  • ON January 4, 2023
Ten Strands CEO Karen Cowe reflects on her first ten years at Ten Strands. She has been pivotal in leading the organization and the state to ensure that students across California are equipped with the knowledge necessary to create healthy...
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Advancing Climate Literacy for All Californians: How the Sierra Club Climate Literacy Committee and Ten Strands Joined Forces

Posted By  Sarah Ranney
  • ON November 30, 2022
The Sierra Club Climate Literacy Committee and Ten Strands have a shared commitment to empowering all youth in California with the context and solution mindset to address our climate challenges head-on....
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The Power of Story: Building Connection, Understanding, Agency, and Hope

Posted By  Teresa Barnett , Eric Havel , Helen Fitzmaurice , Kate Gallagher
  • ON November 16, 2022
Meet the CCEJP Writing Team for Grades 3-5! The CRS-OTACA team brings together classroom teachers and informal educators, scientists, and community partners with a shared reverence for the power of storytelling....
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Launching Ten Strands’ Climate Change and Environmental Justice Program for Students

Posted By  Roni Jones
  • ON October 20, 2022

Earlier this summer, Ten Strands convened the community- and student-centered organizations selected to create curricular resources that will help teachers increase their students’ understanding of climate change and environmental justice, leading to impactful action in their communities as part of...

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Statement of Purpose: Collaborating to Support Teachers and Students

Posted By  Jeffrey Dowling
  • ON October 6, 2022

In my first year of teaching I worked at a small public school in the Oakland Unified School District. The school included both middle and high school and in that first year I taught middle school physical science, high school...

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Securing Our Planet’s Future Through Climate and Environmental Literacy

Posted By  Marwa Abdelghani
  • ON September 22, 2022

Approximately 400 climate activists gathered in person and virtually last week to recommit to the fight for environmental literacy in PK–12 education systems across California. Ten Strands was proud to join our partners at the Environmental and Climate Change Literacy...

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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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Statement of Purpose: My Voyage of Learning

Posted By  Roni Jones
  • ON July 21, 2022

There is an image I think about when considering my purpose. It is the last picture taken of Earth by the Voyager 1 on Valentine’s Day, 1990. It is blurry, unclear, and vague. It is mostly dark except for the...

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The Case for Green Careers Field Trips

Posted By  Doron Markus , Scott Harmon , Lucas Cohen
  • ON July 21, 2022

“There are a lot of different ways that we can educate others about sustainable farming and helping support local businesses, especially ones that strive to help the environment and pollute the planet less.” — Itzel Sanchez, 11th Grade, Half Moon...

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The Case for a Tripartite Strategy to Adult Environmental Education and Service Programs

Posted By  Gregory Ira
  • ON July 7, 2022

The mission of Ten Strands is to strengthen the partnerships and strategies that will bring environmental literacy to all of California’s K–12 students. I believe strongly in this mission and like many have benefited from the work of Ten Strands....

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