A peer-reviewed open-access electronic journal promoting early childhood environmental education for global readership and action, The International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education (IJECEE) publishes scholarly written works pertinent to the education of all young children (birth to eight years). Articles include book reviews, educational approaches, evaluation models, program descriptions, research investigations, and theoretical perspectives—all anonymously and expertly peer-reviewed. 

Articles in this issue include:  

• Editorial--Writing Research-to-Practice Briefs: Opportunities for Published Authors and Graduate Students in Advancing Research-Based Practices in Nature-Based Early Learning by Yash Bhagwanji, Florida Atlantic University, USA and Christine Kiewra, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, USA
• Conceptual--Story as Seed: A Conceptual Framework for Using Picture books to Teach Climate Justice with Young Children, by Erica Holyoke, University of Colorado Denver, USA and Lauren Fletcher, California State University Stanislaus, USA
• Research-Literature Review--Honoring Children’s Agency: A Systematic Review of Research With and By Children in Environmental Contexts, by Claire Underwood, University of Cincinnati, USA
• Research--Slowing down, caring deeply, trusting children: An ethnographic study of Forest School practice, by Steph N. Dean, Amanda Gladys, and Julianne A. Werner, Clemson University, USA
• Research--Entangled Gardens, Entangled Lives: Refiguring Presences Toward an Ethics of Care and Vulnerability in Preschoolers’ Multispecies Encounters by Luke Muscat, St. Luke’s School, New York, USA
• Research--How Cold is Too Cold?  A Descriptive Study of Cold-Weather Play in Minnesota’s Nature-Based Early Learning Programs by Julie Ernst and Emily K. Johnson, University of Minnesota Duluth, USA
• Research--The value and role of outdoor play: Analyzing early learning and childcare websites by Tammie Hachey-Bell, New Brunswick Community College, Canada, Beverlie Dietze, Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada, Deidre Craig, Saskatchewan Polytechnic, Canada, and Linda O’Donoghue, Okanagan College, Canada
• Research--One Preschool’s Adaptations and Modifications to Maintain Nature-based Programming During COVID-19 by Jennifer Gallo-Fox, Annette Pic, and Ekaterina Novikova, University of Delaware, USA
• Children’s Books and Resources Review--Using our Senses: Book and resource list by Carla Gull, Books and Resources Review Editor