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April 3, 2025 Newsletter
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Meet Jaimie Cloud in our Q&A, founder and president of The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education, who has spent the last thirty years empowering students and educators with the knowledge, skills, and mindsets needed to create a sustainable future!
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Statement of Purpose: Polina Goncharova
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Ten Strands continues to introduce its staff through statements of purpose that reveal the motivations and ambitions of their work. Today, we hear from Partnerships Programs Specialist, Polina Goncharova, whose journey in environmental education began in the Bay Area, where...

Three Decades of Transforming Sustainability Education — Q&A with Jaimie Cloud
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Jaimie Cloud, founder and president of The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education, has dedicated her career to empowering students and educators with the knowledge, skills, and mindsets needed to create a sustainable future. In this Q&A, she reflects on how...

March 20, 2025 Newsletter
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Six students from elementary to college joined a Youth Voices panel alongside global climate leaders. EdSource featured our chief innovation officer, Andra Yeghoian, and UndauntedK12 CEO, Jonathan Klein, urging California to ensure every student learns in a safe, climate-ready school....

Climate Resilient California & Californians: Youth Voices Panel
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At the end of February, Karen Cowe, our chief executive officer, joined Maryanne Wolf, director of the UCLA Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice, and six students—from elementary school to college—at the Climate Resilient California and Californians for...

March 6, 2025 Newsletter
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This week’s newsletter highlights how Krista Croteau’s vision for a new learning space evolved into her innovative Forest Fridays. We’re also calling for support for SB 341, laying the groundwork for future investments in garden-based education, plus sharing more CAELI...

Local Education is Global Education
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“I have a dream.” These words are familiar and powerful. They shaped and continue to inspire a major American movement, but they’re also the words I used at Back to School Night this past August, as I met with the...

February 20, 2025 Newsletter
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Lindsay Iversen and Ian Gilchrist from the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) highlight in their recent blog how organizations like CFR and Ten Strands are working to bridge the gap in climate education by providing essential resources. Plus, we share...