Blog
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From fear to fascination, guest writer Rachel Munro helps transform student perceptions of snakes through experiential learning beginning with a memorable night hike.
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The ee360+ initiative serves as an effective catalyst for collaboration, centered on making the best of environmental education (EE) accessible for everyone. This blog highlights the collaboration of three national and long-standing environmental education nonprofits and ee360+ partners—Project…
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Do you have an innovative idea about how to protect marine life? Or tackle marine debris? Or help coastal communities adapt to the effects of climate change? Applications for the GEEP Youth Innovation Challenge: Saving Our Seas will be accepted through July 31, 2023. Read on for more tips on…
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Step into the world of a Youth Climate Summit in New York. Witness the convergence of a yearning for connection and students' passionate drive to protect our planet, written by guest contributor Rachel Arbor.
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NAAEE is going virtual this year, so fire up your computer and get ready to join us. Submit a Proposal for NAAEE2023!
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Plangnan Damshakal, founder of the Eco Friendly Africa Initiative, details climate change impacts in the Sahel region.
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Basaija Augustine, director of the Youth Conservation Education Project, faces a unique community conservation challenge and its repercussions in schools.
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CUBE Co-Founder Therese Keita describes working towards advancing STEAM-equity and climate action on the African continent.
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After college, I became disheartened that environmental education was not the career path that I wanted to continue. Every position I saw offered low wages, part-time, or volunteer work. Then I found Westgate Community School (WCS), a K–12 charter school unlike any other. Environmental Education and…
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What's the Worldwide Teach-In? Learn about a bottom-up educational event led by educators and community members.
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By rethinking what gifts can be and how we ask for them, we can bring less stress and more meaning back to the holidays.
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Read on for a few tips on how to make sure that Halloween isn’t scary for wildlife.
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We truly appreciate the collective exchange of ideas each of the presenters and keynote speakers facilitate and champion at the NAAEE Annual Research Symposium and Conference. In this post, we're amplifying sessions at NAAEE2022 that center Native voices, culture, and knowledge.
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National Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month takes place every year from September 15 to October 15, as a time to recognize and celebrate the contributions, diverse cultures and histories of the Latinx community in the United States.
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By completing a mini-MWEE, educators shared skills and innovated ways to implement a Meaningful Watershed Education Experience program this school year. Learn more in the latest Watershed Chronicles.
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Melanie Schikore writes about her Community Action Project (CAP) that uses action research methods to work towards community sustainability goals, particularly the transformation of grass lawns to sustainable yards.
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Getting from changing minds to changing behavior is a challenge all environmental educators face. By providing our audiences with ownership over their actions—and consequences—we can successfully meet this challenge. Learn how New Orleans' teens did just that.
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In the latest Watershed Chronicle, community organizations partnered with Texas middle schools to enhance watershed STEM learning in an after-school program, giving students creative space to express their knowledge of local ecosystems in various visual art projects.
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Meet Zaineb Akbarally, a 2021 Youth Innovation Challenge Winner whose organization WNPS Youth Wing proposed a Blue Carbon Toolkit.
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Environmental NGO, Lynnhaven River Now, works with Faith communities to nurture a sense of local community stewardship.
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J. Drew Lanham's book "The Home Place" is based on Dr. Lanham's own life, growing up in North Carolina as a Black man. This is a great read!
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In the latest Watershed Chronicle, Executive Director Susan McClure shares how Lake Champlain Maritime Museum brings together informal educators and families to enrich watershed learning through lake stewardship.
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Mangroves are sea life nurseries, protectors of coastal communities, and climate change heroes. What E-STEAM methodologies can we use to teach our students about mangrove forests?
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Mobile gaming can play a powerful role in engaging players by framing conversations to increase wildlife empathy.
