Blog
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2025 CEE-Change fellow, Jaclyn Stallard, is building bridges as a Curriculum Advisor with Project Learning Tree (PLT). Her project, "ALOHA EE: Increasing Impact Across Hawai'i," focuses on bringing Project Learning Tree to the islands, but not through a traditional top-down approach. Instead…
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Through the Global E-STEM Awards’ Next Generation Transportation Grant, Fundación Pachamama has supported the Solar Canoe project, where a 10-meter canoe is fitted with solar panels, electric hardware, and an electric outboard engine. Learn more about how this project supports Kapawi and its school…
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One of the most meaningful examples of the ripple effects of 2025 CEE-Change Fellow Cameron McKenzie's time with the CEE-Change Fellowship has been the development of a Tiny Forest and Outdoor Living Lab at Readington Middle School in New Jersey. Read more about how it shaped his approach to the…
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Ginny Ellis-Kirifi is a 2025 CEE-Change Fellow working in Aotearoa (New Zealand) to inspire and educate young people as guardians of their environment. Learn more about Ginny's role with BLAKE, supporting the planning and delivery of week-long environmental education and leadership experiences.
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Mrs. Lalitha Murali, a teacher for the Glendale River-Hills School District and 2025 CEE-Change Fellow, reflects on her experience at the CEE-Change Leadership Institute. Following her time there, Lalitha worked to add a civic leadership layer to her school's STEAM Program.
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2025 CEE-Change Fellow Jeftey Saint Fleur writes about his arrival in the United States and inspiration for his Community Action Project, Green Bridges. He found opportunities to strengthen and refine the vision of the project at the CEE-Change Leadership Institute last year.
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It’s the time of the year when students and teachers alike are ready to head outdoors! Here are ideas and resources to take learning outside in ways that make us healthier, happier, and smarter.
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Supported by ee360 and ee360+, Earth Force and the Inland Seas Education Association (ISEA) are continuing to strengthen their eight-year organizational partnership. Together, they are working to train educators, deepen civic engagement, and help define what best practice looks like for the field.
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With assistance from the 2024 Global E-STEM Award, Groundwork San Diego-Chollas Creek deepened their partnership with Millennial Tech Middle School to deliver a full-year, interdisciplinary, project-based learning (PBL) curriculum across 6th, 7th, and 8th grades.
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TriOceans Education Trust brings hands-on science education to young people growing up in coastal New Zealand communities. With help from a 2024 Global E-STEM Award, TriOceans launched an outreach program that offers experiential ocean science activities directly to schools and community groups.
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With support from the 2024 Global E-STEM Award, the Riley Orton Foundation (ROF) works to bring STEM concepts to rural schools in Kenya. In the organization's Climate Solutions project workshops, students learn renewable energy and IoT (Internet of Things) technologies, addressing clean water access…
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Living Lakes Canada educates about environmental challenges within local watersheds. With the support of the 2024 Global E-STEM Award, the Watershed Matters program equips high school students with the skills needed to not only understand the issues around them, but to make a local difference.
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A hurricane hit the habitat preserve surrounding a small Texas school, but Artist Boat turned repair into real learning. With support from the eeBLUE 21 CCLC Watershed STEM Education Partnership Grant, students saw resilience firsthand and discovered why their coastal ecosystem needs them.
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The South Carolina Aquarium Teen Conservation Crew is empowering high school students to tackle climate change through hands-on conservation and aquaculture education. Supported by the eeBLUE Aquaculture Literacy Mini-Grants Program, crewmates explored oyster farming’s ecological benefits firsthand…
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As an ee360+ training partner, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point works with higher education faculty and staff to connect them through statewide networks that offer professional development and opportunities to build community through monthly webinars.
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CEE-Change Fellow Caroline Nickerson discusses her dissertation, focused on answering this question: could a live webinar from a field site led by a UF/IFAS Extension agent educate people about climate change and a particular climate impact in a county, changing the way attendees think about climate…
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Caroline Nickerson discusses her time as a CEE-Change Fellow, bringing her Community Action Project to life. Caroline launched a series of "Digital Field Experiences" (DFEs) across Florida called ClimateCast LIVE to educate Floridians about climate change.
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Curious about how your organization can better support civic engagement? This new toolkit busts common myths, shares real-world insights, and highlights the powerful roles museums, science centers, and others can play in building more informed and connected communities.
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In this essay following the 2025 EE and Civic Engagement panel discussions hosted by Cornell, Nathan Spees examines youth empowerment programs, highlighting how giving youth a voice and agency can lead to meaningful political engagement and lasting change.
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Dr. John Dryzek explores the concept of deliberative democracy in this follow-up to the 2025 EE and Civic Engagement panel discussions hosted by Cornell. Dr. Dryzek's essay defines deliberation, provides examples of its use, and examines five reasons it should support sustainability.
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As a follow-up to the 2025 EE and Civic Engagement panel discussions hosted by Cornell, Dr. Yun-Wen Chan shares more about place-based deliberation, as a way to encourage learners to consider different stakeholder perspectives while examining environmental issues.
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Students at Tree Heroes Club dig into hands-on ecological investigations—measuring trees, studying leaves, and learning about the local watershed. But they're also growing something bigger: community. Read a new Watershed Chronicles blog post from Boxerwood, a grantee of the eeBLUE 21st CCLC…
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Despite ongoing conflict in Northern Uganda, ERONet empowers women, youth, and people with disabilities through innovative Environmental STEM programs. By addressing unemployment and educational inequality, they equip communities with the skills to tackle local and global environmental challenges.
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CEE-Change Fellow Mariam Kabamba describes how the Fellowship revived her hope and provided the support she needed to run a youth-focused environmental and climate leadership training in the Haut Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
