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 from across the state who have similar goals to incorporate environmental action and climate literacy into their campus, curriculum, community, and culture. Organized by District … READ MORE
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 to a post. The students stood quietly and quite mesmerized for almost twenty minutes as they watched the dragonfly emerge from its larval stage. It … READ MORE
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 up with a Sámi-Norwegian father from a small fishing village in the Arctic Circle of Norway, she was introduced to the importance of nature and … READ MORE
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 education in California. This yearlong study, conducted by the California Environmental Literacy Initiative (CAELI), Ten Strands, and The Lawrence Hall of Science, examines how environmental … READ MORE
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 well as bringing new ideas, members, and projects into the mix. In late June Ten Strands supported the second annual CAELI Leadership Retreat, which solidified … READ MORE
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 for the inaugural Bay Area Climate Exchange scheduled to take place on Monday, February 5th, the National Weather Service Bay Area issued its first ever … READ MORE
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 outline the first major steps needed to align the ambitious policy and economic commitments that flow from the governor’s office, the legislature, and sub-regional economies, … READ MORE
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 Hub have centered one of their 2023-24 working groups on developing a set of resources that feature Environmental Superheroes of the English Language Classroom. Over … READ MORE
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 the journey of CAELI’s County Office of Education Innovation Hub to establish an environmental literacy coordinator in all fifty-eight county offices of education. At this … READ MORE
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 learning approach focuses on critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity, and collaboration, which are critical to expanding new and old technologies to help in the climate fight … READ MORE
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