Blog
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As environmental educators, what’s more positive than sharing the knowledge we have? Expanding our knowledge-base so that we can continue to be leaders in our field and help shape a new generation to be more resilient than ever! Keep learning in an ever-changing world.
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With school closures all over the world and emphasis on the importance of hand-washing to prevent the transmission of germs, it can be helpful to teach children to understand how germs are 'handed' from one person to another and there is no better time to share this than on world water day
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With school closures all over the world and talk of an invisible enemy, it can be helpful to teach children to understand that ‘seeing’ is not always believing and that invisible energies are all around us all the time and they are not always the enemy.
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[Resources updated April 7] COVID-19: Events are being canceled. People are physically distancing. Confirmed cases are increasing. These are unprecedented times. Hopefully, this list of resources will help. I will continue to update it as time permits.
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Government agency staff have access to unique resources and operate under unique constraints. This eePRO group is an opportunity for environmental education government agency staff to be part of a Professional Learning Community to learn from each other.
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Learn how new children's book, Earth Hour aims to inspire children to take action to protect the planet. Written by author and sustainability consultant Nanette Heffernan.
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We are pleased to announce our first EE 30 Under 30 Changemaker grantees! Thanks to a new opportunity open to EE 30 Under 30 alumni, thirteen young leaders from eight countries will receive small grants and technical support over the coming year to implement environmental education projects that…
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How do the humanist principles and poststructural ecofeminism fit within the domain of e-STEM? Read E-STEM eePRO moderator, Kenneth Rainer's recent blog.
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Learn about the new eePRO group Government EE Agencies group and some of the questions they plan to explore. Join in the conversation!
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A recent movement—“serious gaming”—is revitalizing the idea that games can do a lot more than just entertain. Learn how games are being used to engage stakeholders, educate students and the general public, and conduct research.
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Read how early childhood EE students in Yash Bhagwanji's Florida Atlantic University course collaborated with churches, mosques, private schools, public schools, and other non-profit organizations to help advance the health and ecological literacy of children.
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Learn how this network of schools have nearly a 100% survival rate for trees and school gardens planted using a values-based education initiative.
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Read about nature journaling as a method of connecting to nature in a different way than many are used to.
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Are you interested in starting a career in conservation? Are you unsure of where or how to start? This blog will provide helpful tools for those who are just getting started in the field and those who are looking to build their resumes.
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The Maine Environmental Education Association, NAAEE's Maine Affiliate, and the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance recently partnered on a survey of community-based environmental learning across Maine. Read more to find out what they learned!
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Guest eePRO blogger, nature photographer, and retired teacher, Steve Maanum combines his photography with writing activities to share with students.
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With climate change at the forefront of the news for many reasons, we face some difficult questions about how to slow its progress. Local youth are making a big impact and can teach us about what we can do moving forward.
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Rural communities are hard hit by changes in weather and climate, but often left out of climate discussions. The Jefferson Center in St. Paul, MN, used a citizen jury model to create Rural Climate Dialogues, engaging rural residents with the resources and information they need to think critically…
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An African American leader in Denver has created and is circulating a webpage for Black History Month that highlights Black conservation leaders in Colorado. Check it out and consider doing something similar in your state or region!
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It’s not often that you are able to attend a professional development workshop and put virtually everything you gleaned from that training into practice. Thanks to serendipitous timing and a team that was eager to experiment with a new (to us) approach to conservation capacity building, our Roger…
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In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, here are 5 lessons and tips from the frontlines about how to turn students of any age into activists.
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What is one book that you believe every environmental educator should read? Find out what dozens of educators had to say!
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GEEP country profiles highlight EE policy, curricula, and other programming around the world. Read more about the GEEP's latest additions to this collection, including the Bahamas, France, Israel, Malaysia, and Qatar!
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The NOAA Office of Education is excited to be working with the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) to offer this grant opportunity!
