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While environmental education often gets pigeonholed as just for science instruction, teaching about the environment is meant to be interdisciplinary. In California, no subject area holds sole responsibility for environmental...
At CAELI, we are continually working to improve access to high-quality environmental literacy resources for educators, students, and partners. As we enter the third quarter of the season, we are...
On Tuesday, January 7, 2025, a fast-spreading blaze in the Los Angeles area left Angelenos in shock and disbelief. As the unprecedented Palisades Fire spread faster and farther than ever...
The California Environmental Literacy Initiative (CAELI) Green Career Education Initiative (GCI) facilitates the development of an environmentally literate workforce by fostering the integration of career and environmental education into TK—14...
The start of a new calendar year offers a great time for reflection and renewal. 2025 feels especially momentous as it marks the 10th anniversary of the Blueprint for Environmental...
In November, CAELI’s District Innovation Hub convened in Pasadena for its fourth annual meet-up at the Green California Schools and Higher Education Summit (GCSHE). This event brings together education leaders...
One wonderful memory I have of my many years directing an outdoor school was leading a group of students along the trail when we came upon a dragonfly nymph attached...
For Tara Kajtaniak, educator at Alder Grove Charter School in Eureka and university supervisor at Cal Poly Humboldt, being deeply connected to the environment is rooted in her background. Growing...
The recently released report, Peaks and Valleys: A landscape study of environmental literacy implementation in and out of California’s TK–12 classrooms, offers an in-depth look at the state of environmental...
Authored by: Andra Yeghoian, CAELI Project Director As the 2024–25 CAELI season gets underway, the CAELI leadership team looks forward to building on the momentum and successes of 2023–24 as...
Authored by: District Innovation Hub Members: Ellen Mc Clure and Nate Ivy On Sunday, February 4th, 2024 as representatives from Berkeley, Fremont, and Oakland Unified school districts began setting up...
CAELI is proud to announce the publication of its “Call to Action: Educating for a Green Economy.” Green Career Innovation Hub co-lead Dana Richards, explains, “The Call is meant to...
Environmental literacy and justice belong in every California classroom, especially the core subject area of English Language Arts. With this fundamental idea in mind, members of the CAELI Professional Learning...
We are thrilled to announce the successful completion of the second CAELI COE Fellowship cohort, comprising fourteen fellows from six county offices of education. This year marks another milestone in...
As our planet has warmed and new technologies are needed to combat human-made climate change, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) has become more intertwined with environmental learning. This interdisciplinary...
As we edge closer to the final quarter of the 2023-24 school year, we’re thrilled to bring you a quick update on the many Innovation Hub projects. First, we had...
Looking back now, it’s hard to believe that CAELI’s focus on equity was not always inevitable. When CAELI emerged as a statewide project rooted in a 2015 Blueprint for Environmental...
What was your formative memory of nature when you were a child? For Mackenzie Wieser, CEO of Sacramento Splash, a camping road trip to Bodie, California with her great aunt...
The 2023-24 CAELI season got off to a strong start with the first annual CAELI Executive Committee coming together in June 2023 to connect around our shared sense of purpose...
What is your experience with environmental-based learning? Does your school have a garden where your students can feel the touch of the dirt and watch the life cycle of living...
There is good news! A growing number of school districts from every corner and context in California are developing environmental literacy and sustainability plans to ensure that every student has...
People living in Imperial County have some of the highest rates of asthma in the country, and airborne pollutants from the nearby Salton Sea are a big part of the...
Students visiting the Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve embark on a transformative journey as they experience one of the last places along the California coast that hasn’t been disrupted by...
For today’s young people, sustainability and climate are a top priority. For students, the environment holds the key to their futures, although schools are often ill-equipped to cultivate that connection....
