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August 3, 2023 Newsletter
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In this newsletter, we hear from Kennesha Garg, a youth climate activist and her innovative idea to address landfill issues. We also welcome two new board members who recently joined Ten Strands.
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Creating RootPipes: A New Sustainable Landfill Design that Lowers Methane Emissions
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Kennesha Garg
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Greenhouse gas emissions are a leading cause of climate change, and one youth has a solution. Meet Kennesha Garg, a senior at American High School in San Francisco, who developed a system—RootPipes—that uses pipes to more effectively remove gasses from...
July 20, 2023 Newsletter
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In this newsletter, we hear from Kelley Lê, ECCLPs’ executive director, with an update on the work of the initiative over the last year, including the voices of ECCLPs committee leads, Jakobi Ewart, Linnea Beckett, and Heather Clark of the...
Activating Teachers and Students as Changemakers Across Communities
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One of our initiatives, the Environmental and Climate Change Literacy Projects (ECCLPs), recently kicked off its multiple committees that are working together to support the urgent need to advance PK–12 environmental and climate change literacy by mobilizing the UC and...
From Wildfires to Climate Action: My Journey Toward Environmental Stewardship
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Riki Bertoldi
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Today we hear from the newest addition to our team, Ten Strands climate corps fellow Riki Bertoldi, and how living in California increased her awareness of the detrimental impacts of climate change, particularly her exposure to frequent wildfires and smoke....
July 6, 2023 Newsletter
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Ten Strands
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In this newsletter, learn how community-based organizations are key to building climate-resilient communities and environmentally literate students.
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Building Educator Awareness of Environmental Education Programs
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Celeste Royer
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The California Environmental Literacy Initiative (CAELI), powered by Ten Strands, created the CAELI Partner Portal, a central directory of high-quality, environmental education programs (in-classroom, field-based, overnight, etc.) throughout California....
California’s State Budget: Ten Strands Urges Support for Climate and Environmental Literacy In Schools
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Earlier this week, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the final California State Budget for FY 2023-24 without critical investments that provide students with the opportunity to become climate and environmentally literate....