Our Work
Climate Change and Environmental Justice Program
The State of California invested $6 million to create curricular resources to help teachers promote students’ understanding of climate change and environmental justice, leading to action in their communities. The units will…
California Environmental Literacy Initiative
The California Environmental Literacy Initiative (CAELI), led by Ten Strands, works statewide with guidance from a Leadership Council to create systems change in support of ensuring that all students have access to…
Environmental and Climate Change Literacy Projects
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 innovative arrangement.…
Outdoor Learning Initiatives
NOLI is a collective impact project led by Ten Strands, Green Schoolyards America, Lawrence Hall of Science, San Mateo County Office of Education, and others to support TK–12 teachers in reimagining the…
Sustainable and Climate-Ready Schools Initiative
Current efforts include the launch of the Climate Ready Schools Coalition, which supports California policymakers, state and local agencies, and district leaders to adopt, resource, and implement nation-leading policies, as well as…
Data Initiative for Environmental and Climate Action in California’s TK–12 Schools
The environmental literacy and sustainable and climate-resilient schools movement in California is in a transition between laying foundational elements for broad-scale change and moving toward taking implementation to scale in every school…
Environmental Principles and Concepts
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 passed by California’s…
Education and the Environment Initiative Curriculum
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 using the…