Blog
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The unequal representation of people of color in environmental work is a situation that many of us know needs to change. We realize that in order to make real impact on the environmental issues that affect us all, we all need to be a part of the conversation.
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Urban schools can use local environments to serve as stimulus, context, and content for teaching and learning about sustainability.
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Read on to learn how participating in EECapacity's CCC Fellowship impacted the president of the MERITO Foundation, its work, as well as over 800 students in California through the creation of the Energy Efficiency to Mitigate Climate Change and Ocean Acidification (EECCOA) program.
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We need cities that are resilient, sustainable, livable, and just. Urban EE can help debunk common assumptions that cities are ecologically barren, and city people don’t care for, or need, nature.
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NAAEE and Kettering have released the first issue guide, Climate Choices: How Should We Meet the Challenges of a Warming Planet? Learn more about the Environmental Issues Forum (EIF) and how to get involved in helping the initiative.
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August 15–17 in St. Paul, MN
Registration now for the 4th Nature-Based Preschool National Conference designed for professionals working in nature and forest preschools. -
Diversity is changing the staff photo, Inclusion is keeping the staff.
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RECORDING AVAILABLE: Change the world by changing your story! You won’t want to miss hearing Andy Goodman, an expert in strategic communications, speak about the power of storytelling as best practice in the third installment of our monthly webinar series.
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Check out six great examples of urban EE programs from around the world!
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Help read NAAEE conference proposals
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Got the requisite experience and expertise - and a window of opportunity in the next few weeks - to review proposals on research and evaluation for this year's conference and research symposium? Volunteer via your eePRO account. Read on for more details ...
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Learn about how you can do mindfulness and yoga with preschoolers to enhance children's learning and build essential skills for life. Travel with a naturalist and travel writer as he takes his baby on an epic journey to remote India. Hear about job opportunities in our field, and more.
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First phase finalized of our annual effort to support Congressional appropriations for environmental education.
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Get your presentation proposals in for the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) Research Symposium in Madison, WI this October. Come and join this outstanding community of researchers! Proposals due March 31st! Spread the word!
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Do you wonder how to nurture “ecological place meaning” among urban residents? Here is an answer.
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Recent headlines reported people in Denmark appear to have the most happiness, according to data published by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Is education a factor too?
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A mother and child sharing nature together...What could be better? What can environmental education do to provide more opportunities for all children and parents and encourage more children and teachers to take their playing and learning outside?
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Catch up on the national press on nature-based preschools, find out how to join the new Council of Nature and Forest Preschools, travel to Kenya to check out an international school with a sustainability focus, and more.
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A brief intro into the concept of conservation and what organizations are doing conservation work.
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How to build awe and a connection to nature... Going with the flow of children's excitement may be a way for adults to begin to feel again, to have the emotion using our senses of seeing, hearing, and feeling.
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The weather is starting to warm up so we all start thinking about ways to encourage our students to take advantage of outdoors. How do instructors encourage gardening at their universities?
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Get a preview of the course content from the global online course "Environmental Education: Trans-disciplinary Approaches to Solving Wicked Problems" and watch an intro lecture by Judy Braus, Executive Director of NAAEE. Course content will be available for self-paced study this summer on eePRO.
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Join with a group Climate Change Education members to conceptualize and submit a proposal for a session on climate change education at the October 19 – 22 NAAEE Conference!
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Peer-reviewed articles on EE research and evaluation studies and approaches get published in a range of specialist and general outlets. Some of the key journals that offer dedicated forums for publishing, developing and critiquing such work are listed here, with links to their latest content.
