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Oct. 20, 2021 Newsletter

Posted by Ten Strands on October 21, 2021

We interviewed three staff members from The Lawrence Hall of Science to discuss outdoor education and California’s safe return to schools.

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Oct. 1, 2021 Newsletter

Posted by Ten Strands on October 1, 2021

Shaun Hawke, of the Los Angeles County Office of Education, provides recommendations to educators on how to maximize outdoor spaces.

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Sept. 9, 2021 Newsletter

Posted by Ten Strands on September 9, 2021

In this special back-to-school newsletter, we examine five ways that outdoor learning positively impacts students.

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Aug. 24, 2021 Newsletter

Posted by Ten Strands on August 24, 2021

This week’s newsletter features Dr. Thomas Herman, of the Department of Geography at San Diego State University, writing about the launch California’s Hub for Environmental Learning and Action (CHELA), a website resource that uses geographic data to accelerate environmental learning.

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July 29, 2021 Newsletter

Posted by Ten Strands on July 29, 2021

Claire Latané, assistant professor of landscape architecture at Cal Poly Pomona, offers suggestions on how schools and classrooms can transform physical spaces to improve mental health in this week’s newsletter.

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July 22, 2021 Newsletter

Posted by Ten Strands on July 22, 2021

This week we are sharing a second article written by Nan Renner, senior director of learning design and innovation at UC San Diego’s Birch Aquarium at Scripps. Renner discusses the Climate Champions Virtual Summit and local climate K–12 curriculum.

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June 29, 2021 Newsletter

Posted by Ten Strands on June 29, 2021

This week we are sharing an article by Ten Strands’ founder and president, Will Parish, that describes the need for the state’s public education system to prepare students to understand the complexity of human interdependence with the environment, the disproportionate impact of climate change on low-income communities and communities of color, and how to take action to influence and […]

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June 15, 2021 Newsletter

Posted by Ten Strands on June 15, 2021

This week we are sharing an article by Doron Markus, San Mateo County Office of Education’s career and STEM success coordinator, that proposes incorporating environmentally-sustainable and socially-responsible behaviors and practices in K–12 career education.