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October 2014 Newsletter
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Ten Strands’ news nearing the end of 2014 is all very good. We exceeded our goals, thanks to a core of committed donors, a hardworking team, and highly successful partnerships with state government and school districts.
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Field Notes: The Day I Was the Mouth of the River and a Rat-Tailed Maggot
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I was in class three times last week learning about land and water. The first was Laura Honda’s 4th grade class at Manor Elementary School in Fairfax, California. Laura is a Teacher Ambassador for the Education and Environment Initiative Curriculum...
Opportunities Abound for Developing Environmental Literacy Through the Next Generation Science Standards
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In fall of 2013, California’s State Board of Education (SBE) adopted a slightly modified version of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)* intended to reinvent science education in the state. This adoption triggered a series of events that can lead...
Ten Strands Celebrates EEI Teachers at Brower Center Event
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Recently, Ten Strands hosted its first event at the Brower Center in Berkeley—a great venue for networking, building community and viewing a documentary, where our special guest David Gelber introduced his Emmy Award winning series Years of Living Dangerously. Photos...
Our Champion Teachers
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Our Teacher Ambassadors (TAs) are teachers who advocate for environment-based education. They are teachers who believe that the real key to combating climate change and the destruction of our natural world is through teaching future generations every day in the...
Benchmarking Our Green Schools
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In 2010 when I stepped down from my long-term position as principal of the K-12 Head-Royce in Oakland, I set out on a journey to help grow greener, more sustainable schools. Aware of all that I needed to learn, I...
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
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(Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood ~ Nina Simone) My esteemed colleagues here at Ten Strands have been putting out some great blogs for a few months now, as you may know. Initially they encouraged me to join the fray, but...
Ten Strands By the Numbers
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We’ve just completed our first full school year of partnering with the Office of Education and the Environment (OEE) at CalRecycle and the results are in! Our focus last year was to increase awareness of the Education and Environment Initiative...