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From Climate Worrier to Climate Warrior: A Journey through Gardening and Climate Advocacy
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Rishi Gurjar
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We're share a powerful story by Rishi Gurjar, an incoming freshman at Cornell University, who has pioneered climate literacy efforts in his school district, leading to the decision by the district to incorporate environmental education in school campuses....
Feb. 16, 2023 Newsletter
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Ten Strands
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This week’s newsletter includes a story by our Climate Change and Environmental Justice Program (CCEJP) partner, EcoGovLab.
...Teaching with Storylines that Call Students In
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EcoGovLab takes you on a journey to understand its undergraduate anthropology class, Environmental Injustice, which uses a “storylining” approach for students to explore their climate journey....
Feb. 2, 2023 Newsletter
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Ten Strands
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This week’s newsletter includes a story by Jeff Rivero, US history and digital media teacher at Yosemite High School in Merced, who advises Merced’s Junior Ambassadors in modeling California’s Department of Education’s Green Ribbon Schools (GRS) program to help the...
California’s State Seal of Civic Engagement Guides Students in Merced, California, and Nanyuki, Kenya
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Jeff Rivero
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Read Jeff Rivero's story about his program from Merced Union High School District, Green That School (GTS), that supports young girls in Nanyuki, Kenya, by addressing sustainability issues that their community is facing, including unreliable energy, unsafe drinking water, and...
Jan. 19, 2023 Newsletter
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Ten Strands
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This week’s newsletter shares an exciting story from our Climate Change and Environmental Justice Program (CCEJP) partner, the Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation (CELF), as well as Ten Strands chief innovation officer, Andra Yeghoian’s, journey to a career in environmental learning...
Statement of Purpose: Appreciation, Kinship, and Protection of the Natural World
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Andra Yeghoian
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Ten Strands chief innovation officer Andra Yeghoian offers a statement of purpose that gives gratitude for the many people and experiences that led her to this work today and contribute most to her daily motivation and ambition in this role....
Cultivating Love of Place and Planting Seeds for Lifelong Civic Engagement with California’s Young Learners
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Our Climate Change and Environmental Justice Program (CCEJP) partner, the Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation (CELF), has been proactively supporting teachers to integrate sustainability and environmental learning into every child’s K–12 learning experience. We share a story by CELF’s Tara Stafford...