The Hawai‘i Environmental Literacy Plan (HELP) will be a multi-agency plan to create a society – starting with our youth – that makes responsible choices on complex issues that affect their own lives, the lives of their families, their communities, and the world beyond our shores. Environmental Literacy Plans are in development or already completed in a number of states in the U.S. due in part to the excitement generated by the No Child Left Inside Act (NCLI).  With the HELP, Hawai‘i will be in a strong position to ensure that environmental education (EE) in all its forms (e.g. outdoor and service learning, STEM, career pathways, etc.) is of high quality and available to all communities.

The Hawai‘i Environmental Education Alliance (HEEA), worked closely with the Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources and Hawai‘i Department of Education to develop the HELP. In order to create a plan that is appropriate and applicable in Hawaii's communities, it is essential to involve environmental education and all people interested in an environmentally literate Hawai‘i.