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Looking Forward to a Bright Year
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The holidays are upon us once again, and as we prepare to celebrate the season of giving I’m feeling hopeful about the coming year. There are so many good things happening out there! If you’re looking for some presents to...
It’s More Than a Field Trip
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We looked around, startled to hear an unrecognized female voice rise into Yosemite’s still wintertime forest. My class and I were three days into our trip and far from the few casual hikers that populate the valley floor in wintertime....
How Can You Be a Tree Hugger in a Community Where There Are No Trees?
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Welcome to Rialto. About 100,000 people call it home, and like much of the Inland Empire it is about an hour from everything: the beach, the mountains, the desert. But when someone says that you are an hour from everywhere,...
November 2015 Newsletter
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It’s been an exciting and productive year for Ten Strands and our donors, partners, and friends. We’ve made a lot of headway in several initiative areas, please read on for the details!
... Students Leading the Charge: From Caring for the School Garden to Supporting Crucial Water Legislation
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My kids are environmental superstars! There is something very special about teaching students about decomposers in my 4th grade classroom and then watching them excited to be a part of the Green Team. They work very hard teaching other kids...
Approaching A Unified Theory of EE: 7×1027
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“It is becoming increasingly apparent that we shall not have the benefits of this world for much longer. The imminent and expected destruction of the life cycle of world ecology can only be prevented by a radical shift in outlook...
The Importance of California’s New Blueprint for Environmental Literacy
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Over the last year, I’ve had the privilege of serving as the Co-Chair of the Environmental Literacy Task Force, a group of extraordinary environmental education leaders from around the state, convened by California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson. This...
California’s New Blueprint for Environmental Literacy
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On September 15, 2015, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson released the much anticipated A Blueprint for Environmental Literacy: Educating Every California Student In, About and For the Environment at a press conference at Abraham Lincoln High School in San...