eeRESEARCH combines research for environmental education and the movement to connect children and nature. The database includes multiple ways to search for articles, syntheses, and research summaries.
This project is a partnership with Children & Nature Network and NAAEE. Funded by the Pisces Foundation with support from ee360, ee360+, and the U.S. Forest Service. Learn more.
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Participation and postpaternalism: Child/youth climate action and the UN convention on the rights of the child
Daly, A., Purcell, N., Calvo-Fernández, E. M., & Murray, E. M. (2025). Participation and postpaternalism: Child/youth climate action and the UN convention on the rights of the child. The International Journal of Children’s Rights , 33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15718182-33030001
The youngest minds in a warming world: A review of climate change and child and adolescent mental health
Giannakopoulos, G. (2025). The youngest minds in a warming world: A review of climate change and child and adolescent mental health. Psychiatry International , 6(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/psychiatryint6040119
Transforming pedagogical landscapes in the Anthropocene: perspectives on more-than-human agency and nature as a co-teacher in vernacular way
Kondo, J., & Baars, R. C. (2025). Transforming pedagogical landscapes in the Anthropocene: perspectives on more-than-human agency and nature as a co-teacher in vernacular way. Environmental Education Research, 31(8), 16. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2025.2471426
An Intergenerational exploration of participation, power and praxis in re-imaging children’s right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment
Singh, P., Hope, K., Bhatt, D., Jamarkatel, J., Ferdous, S., Raiyan, S., … Agarwal, P. (2025). An Intergenerational exploration of participation, power and praxis in re-imaging children’s right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. The International Journal of Children’s Rights, 33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15718182-33030009
The value of outdoor environmental education programs for girls and youth of color: cultivating positive dispositions toward science and the environment
Collins, M. A., Romero, V. F., Young, A., Dorph, R., Foreman, J., Strang, C., … Laina, V. (2025). The value of outdoor environmental education programs for girls and youth of color: cultivating positive dispositions toward science and the environment. Environmental Education Research . https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2024.2340502
The Schoolyard I’d Like: an ideas competition for Australian school children ages 12 to 17
Leigh, G., Muminovic, M., & Davey, R. (2025). The Schoolyard I’d Like: an ideas competition for Australian school children ages 12 to 17. Children’s Geographies. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2025.2455023
Exploring nature-based art therapy: a scoping review
Gulbe, E., Ozola, A., Vitola, B., Akmane, E., Pacek, J., & Mārtinsone, K. (2025). Exploring nature-based art therapy: a scoping review. Frontiers. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1522629
Exploring early childhood educators’ perceptions of children’s learning and development on naturalized playgrounds
Squires, K., van Rhijn, T., Harwood, D., Haines, J., & Barton, K. (2025). Exploring early childhood educators’ perceptions of children’s learning and development on naturalized playgrounds. Early Childhood Education Journal, 53. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-023-01614-4
“We never even touched plants this way”: school gardens as an embodied context for motivating environmental actions
Dutta, D., & Chandrasekharan, S. (2025). “We never even touched plants this way”: school gardens as an embodied context for motivating environmental actions. Environmental Education Research, 31(2), 20. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2024.2385993
From seeds to harvest in seven weeks: Project-based learning with Latina girls and their parents
Rillero, P., Jiménez-Silva, M., Short-Meyerson, K., & Rillero, K. M. (2025). From seeds to harvest in seven weeks: Project-based learning with Latina girls and their parents. Education Sciences , 15(246). https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15020246
From green to greener: Exploring associations between green schoolyard design and primary school children’s recess behaviors
van den Bogerd, N., Struiksma, M., Hovinga, D., & Maas, J. (2025). From green to greener: Exploring associations between green schoolyard design and primary school children’s recess behaviors. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2025.128809
“We are all interconnected.”: Relationships and hierarchies among preschool teachers’ conceptions of early childhood education for sustainability
Navarrete, A. M. L. (2025). “We are all interconnected.”: Relationships and hierarchies among preschool teachers’ conceptions of early childhood education for sustainability. Journal of Early Childhood Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/1476718X251325664