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The Injustice of Air Pollution: Air Quality is Quality of Life

Posted By  Alison Walls
  • ON January 6, 2022

This article is part of our Youth Voices series. At Ten Strands we believe that young people have valuable perspectives and a critical role in shaping our society and our world. We recognize their power to drive dialogue and create...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - FEBRUARY 15: Thousands of youth strikers gather in Parliament Square in central London to protest against the governments lack of action on the climate change and destruction of the environment. The 1st UK-wide youth strike is part of a global FridaysForFuture movement inspired by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg who protests in front of the countrys parliament every Friday since September 2018 and is determined to carry on until the Swedens climate policies are in line with the Paris agreement. February 15, 2019 in London, England. (Photo credit should read Wiktor Szymanowicz / Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

A Youth-Led Coalition to Drive Climate Change Education and Action

Posted By  Kevin Malaekeh , Jack Galloway
  • ON July 13, 2020

This article is part of our Youth Voices series. At Ten Strands we believe that young people have valuable perspectives and a critical role in shaping our society and our world. We recognize their power to drive dialogue and create...

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Youth Participatory Action Research: A Powerful Model for Youth Climate Literacy in PK–12 Classrooms

Posted By  Kavita Gupta
  • ON March 9, 2020

As an educator for over 20 years, I have started questioning the goal of education. With an overemphasis on grades and testing, sometimes the things that matter the most—such as learning about climate change—get put on the back burner. To...

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EdSource Podcast: Youth Leader Isha Clarke and Ten Strands CEO Karen Cowe

Posted By  Kim Moon
  • ON November 19, 2019

Young people from around the globe have taken to the streets–and to the United Nations–to protest adult inaction on climate change. In this episode, EdSource takes a look at how students and teachers in California are helping to raise awareness...

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The Green New Deal and Youth Climate Action

Posted By  Lucia Garay
  • ON October 4, 2019

This article is part of our Youth Voices series. At Ten Strands we believe that young people have valuable perspectives and a critical role in shaping our society and our world. We recognize their power to drive dialogue and create...

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How Environmental Literacy and Land Stewardship Could Help Save California for Future Generations

Posted By  Lucia Garay
  • ON April 29, 2019

This article is part of our Youth Voices series. At Ten Strands we believe that young people have valuable perspectives and a critical role in shaping our society and our world. We recognize their power to drive dialogue and create...

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Equity in a Time of Socio-Environmental Justice

Posted By  Max Jimenez
  • ON October 12, 2018

This article was republished with permission and originally appeared in California Classroom Science (CCS), an e-newsletter produced by the California Science Teachers Association (CSTA). Last month I had the opportunity to represent CSTA at the Global Climate Action Summit in...

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Education: A Key to Climate Action

Posted By  #Teach4Climate
  • ON September 11, 2018

#Teach4Climate is a social media campaign organized by a flotilla of partners who are inspiring educators to prepare students and communities to be part of the solution to climate change. Today’s youth are the first generation to feel the impacts...

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Engaging Students to Act on Climate with Environmental Literacy

Posted By  Lesley Taylor
  • ON June 22, 2018

“The students of today will be the architects of future climate strategies and our champions for achieving greenhouse gas reduction targets.” ~State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson 2015 was a big year for environmental and sustainability education, and a...

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Youth Empowerment through Environmental Literacy

Posted By  Shelley Brooks, PhD
  • ON April 10, 2018

This article was written by Dr. Shelley Brooks in collaboration with Candice Dickens-Russell, Jose Flores, Nate Ivy, and Mary Walls. “Social studies is essential to understanding and addressing our environmental challenges. We usually think of science as the lens for...

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