1. Ten Strands 2026 Annual Impact Report: Local Ripples, Lasting Change
 | Description: Across California, students are finding their voices, educators are bringing environmental learning to life, and school leaders are building more sustainable and resilient campuses. Each action may begin locally, but together, these ripples are creating lasting change. Ten Strands invites you to explore what we accomplished together in 2026. |
2. Hopeful by Nature Podcast Series
 | Description: Hopeful by Nature travels the world to find the educators, parents, organizers, and community leaders who are connecting young people to the natural world through outdoor learning in ways that build something real. Each episode is a conversation with someone who refused to wait for permission — and built something anyway. The podcast is hosted by Scott Shepherd, founder of Wildward Institute. Among the wonderful episodes, check out Episodes 17 and 18 with Karen Cowe and Craig Strang on Joyful Persistence and Less Screen Time, More Green Time and Episode 13 with Celeste Royer, Retired Twice: Still passionate about outdoor learning! |
3. Green Schoolyards America Policy Brief: CA Students Need Trees at School
 | Description: Over the last two years, Green Schoolyards America’s research team quantified the extent and distribution of tree canopy on California’s K-12 public school campuses. Their goals were to understand existing conditions, establish a baseline from which to measure change over time, and identify priorities for the California Schoolyard Forest System®. They hope the study’s findings will also provide tools for data-driven decision making to help California’s policymakers in their efforts to protect vulnerable children from extreme heat and impacts of climate change. This report outlines short and long-term policy recommendations for taking action to protect California’s children from extreme heat by increasing tree canopy in K-12 public schools. For additional information about the study, visit the Green Schoolyards America website. |
4. Seeds to Solutions: unit materials now available in Spanish
 | Description: All Seeds to Solutions units now include student worksheets, readings, and other materials in Spanish. After you download a unit, check individual lesson folders for the corresponding student materials in Spanish. Developed by professional educators and scientists, Audubon Adventures is designed to be integrated easily into any curriculum area: science, mathematics, language arts, social studies, and the creative arts. It has been used in classrooms, home-school settings, after-school programs, camp programs, ESL classes, and more. Since its inception in 1984, more than 7 million students have participated in the program. |
5. Children & Nature Network Feature: It’s science: How time in nature shapes young brains
 | Description: C&NN contributing writer Susan Pagani talks with Dr. Cathy Jordan about how time outside can act as a natural buffer against toxic stress. Unstructured outdoor moments, like tummy time on uneven ground or playing in mud, lower stress hormones in children and caregivers at the same time, building neural pathways for lifelong emotional resilience. Find out what science has learned in the past few years. Lauren MacLean is a certified teacher and accomplished author, known for her children’s picture books. |