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Ten Strands Featured in Hechinger Report

Posted By  Ten Strands
  • ON August 26, 2021

Ten Strands CEO Karen Cowe, and Craig Strang, of the California Environmental Literacy Initiative Leadership Council, co-authored a piece in the Hechinger Report on the value of outdoor learning during the pandemic.

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California’s Hub for Environmental Learning and Action (CHELA) Connects Passion with Location

Posted By  Thomas Herman
  • ON August 24, 2021

California’s Hub for Environmental Learning and Action (CHELA) is a new website resource for inquiry- and place-based learning on topics related to environmental literacy and environmental justice. It is designed to leverage the power of geospatial technologies to accelerate environmental...

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Climate Champions—For Ourselves, Our Future, Our Planet

Posted By  Nan Renner
  • ON July 22, 2021

Launched in spring 2020, the Climate Champions pilot project, based at the University of California, San Diego, models K–12, university, and community collaboration for climate action and climate justice. It was inspired and informed by the Environmental and Climate Change...

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Why We Should Develop Environmental Literacy in Public Schools

Posted By  Will Parish
  • ON June 29, 2021

Public Education System Historical Context The K–12 public school system is where students are given an opportunity to gain knowledge and skills for a successful life. It’s important for children from all communities to receive a high-quality education to thrive...

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Outdoor Learning Case Study: Park Day School

Posted By  Karen Cowe
  • ON May 18, 2021

At the end of 2020, Karen Cowe, Ten Strands’ CEO, and Linda Livers, Ten Strands’ consultant, interviewed three staff members of the Park Day School in Oakland, California: Angela Taylor, head of school; Jennifer Cooper, facilities manager; and Josie Shapiro,...

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Poetry and Placemaking: Establishing Meaning and Connection in Nature

Posted By  Allie Rigby
  • ON April 27, 2021

Creative writing, poetry, and placemaking are all ways to connect complex scientific ideas and to explore relationships to the environment. Writing, and the various ways in which humans share ideas and stories, is also part of a longer tradition of...

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Current Events in the Classroom

Posted By  Shelley Brooks, PhD
  • ON April 13, 2021

I am writing about the Current Context: A Focus on the Environment series, an environment-based current events classroom resource, at an exciting time. The series began in 2017, and all 18 issues were published during Trump’s presidency, when there was...

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Environmental Education Behind the Redwood Curtain

Posted By  Olivia Kernen
  • ON March 31, 2021

Greetings from Humboldt County! We are located 300 miles north of San Francisco and serve nearly 18,000 students across 4,000 square miles of beautiful redwoods, isolated beaches, and the Northern Coast Ranges. Our isolated rural county is a land of...

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Climate Champions: Collaborative Learning for Climate Action 

Posted By  Nan Renner
  • ON March 8, 2021

Tackling the climate crisis requires creating climate champions of all ages—people who are educated on climate science, passionate about addressing the climate crisis, and engaged in concrete efforts to “bend the curve” of global warming. This is why Climate Champions...

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A COVID-19 Story in Three Acts: The Origin of the LAUSD-Skyhook Eco-Vans

Posted By  Gerardo (Gerry) Salazar
  • ON February 19, 2021

Prologue: Costa Rica Early morning walks to meet the preschool microbús are my earliest memories of engaging the natural world. The sun was usually bright, but the pavement was wet from the predawn rain that routinely showered our suburb in...

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