Our Work

On September 15, 2015, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson released the much anticipated A Blueprint for Environmental Literacy: Educating Every California Student In, About and For the Environment at

Ten Strands is proud to be a founding partner of the National Outdoor Learning Initiative (NOLI), a collective impact project focused on creating safe and healthy outdoor learning spaces at

Filling a Gap in Students’ Education “Things in our backyard were drying up. Summers have been super hot or unnaturally cold. I’m seeing the world around me change.” —California student

The California Environmental Literacy Initiative (CAELI), led by Ten Strands, works statewide with guidance from CAELI Members to create systems change in support of ensuring that all students have access

Ten Strands partners with the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) systems and key entities to advance PK–12 climate and environmental literacy, justice, and action through this

Ten Strands’ outdoor learning initiatives intend to make safe and healthy outdoor learning spaces widely available to TK–12 students as a positive, accessible, hopeful, and powerful resource. NATIONAL COVID-19 OUTDOOR

Ten Strands offers Technical Assistance Services that support education-focused organizations to design and implement environmental and climate action initiatives that take place across the campus, curriculum, community, and overall culture

Ten Strands offers Technical Assistance Services that support education-focused organizations to design and implement environmental and climate action initiatives that take place across the campus, curriculum, community, and overall culture

Ten Strands leads or supports several youth engagement initiatives that aim to empower youth environmental and climate action. THE CALIFORNIA YOUTH CLIMATE POLICY (CYCP) LEADERSHIP PROGRAM This youth leadership program—a

Ten Strands and UndauntedK12 work together on initiatives that center on decarbonizing every school building to ensure that school buildings and grounds are resilient and can support student health, safety,

The environmental literacy and sustainable and climate-resilient schools movement in California is transitioning between laying foundational elements for broad-scale change and moving toward taking implementation to scale in every school

California’s Environmental Principles and Concepts (EP&Cs) have a timely and relevant place in our state frameworks. Background: In 2003, the California Education and the Environment Initiative, Assembly Bill 1548, was

The California Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI) Curriculum is a powerful, state board of education-approved instructional resource that helps educators teach to state standards in science* and history–social science

The Environmental Solutionary Teacher Fellowship (ESTF)—formerly known as the San Mateo Environmental Collaborative (SMELC)—is built around four key elements of professional learning: knowledge, action, accountability and reflection, and connection to

The September 2018 Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) brought together leaders from around the world to showcase the achievements of states, regions, cities, companies, and citizens with respect to climate