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eeWORKS: The Benefits of EE and Nature Connections in Early Childhood

NAAEE

Research shows what educators, policymakers, and parents have recognized for years: early childhood environmental education can positively impact young children’s development.

Posted: 09/22/21

Type: Publication , NAAEE Publication

eeWORKS: Identifying Effective Climate Change Education Strategies

T'Noya Thompson

What does well-informed climate change education look like? Explore our latest eeWORKS on climate change education.

Posted: 11/04/20

Program/Initiative: University of Florida, eeWORKS, Research

Using Storytelling and Literature to Build Student Engagement and Connection During a Global Crisis

Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy

Join us for a webinar!

Posted: 04/20/20

Type: Event

Earth Force

Earth Force is committed to ensuring that young people have the knowledge, skills, and motivation to be effective civic participants who bring their environmental values to public decision-making

Posted: 03/25/20

Type: Organization

CWI's Summer WEST Virtual Institute on Place Based Service-Learning and Sustainability

Community Works Institute (CWI)

Special supported early bird registrations are available to attend CWI's 2020 Summer WEST Institute on Place Based Service-Learning and Sustainability. CWI's Institute is a unique opportunity for deep learning, collaboration, and networking in a design lab atmosphere, with like minded K-16 and community based educators from across the U.S.

Posted: 02/19/20

Type: Online courses , Webinars

CWI's 2020 VIRTUAL Summer EAST Institute on Place Based Service-Learning and Sustainability

Community Works Institute (CWI)

Specially supported early bird registrations to attend CWI's 2020 VIRTUAL Summer EAST Institute on Place Based Service-Learning and Sustainability. CWI's acclaimed Summer EAST Institute is a unique opportunity for deep learning, collaboration, and networking in a design lab atmosphere, with like minded K-16 and community based educators from across the U.S.

Posted: 02/19/20

Type: Online courses , Webinars

eeWORKS K-12 Students: Messaging Guide

NAAEE

eeWORKS is a project of NAAEE, Stanford University, and other partners designed to demonstrate the impact of environmental education by substantiating powerful anecdotes of its benefits with empirical evidence. The first research review focused on the benefits of EE for K-12 students, and the team has developed a suite of tools to help the field promote these benefits. Most recently, we created a messaging guide to assist the field in communicating with key audiences.

Posted: 02/08/18

Type: Publication , Article/Report

eeWORKS: Demonstrating the Power of Environmental Education

NAAEE

For the November installment of NAAEE's monthly webinar series (Bringing New Ideas and Innovation to the field of EE), we were joined by NAAEE's very own Executive Director, Judy Braus, as well as two esteemed environmental education researchers: Dr. Nicole Ardoin (Stanford University) and Alison Bowers (Virginia Tech & Stanford University). This dynamite team discussed our eeWORKS project, which is a research-to-practice initiative designed to demonstrate the impact of environmental education for achieving key outcomes.

Posted: 11/13/17

Type: Webinars

eeWORKS: Demonstrating the Power of Environmental Education

Kristen Kunkle

We heard from the team leading our eeWORKS initiative: Judy Braus (NAAEE), Dr. Nicole Ardoin (Stanford University), and Alison Bowers (Virginia Tech & Stanford University) as part of NAAEE's monthly webinar series.

Posted: 09/19/17

Program/Initiative: Pisces Foundation, Stanford University, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, US Forest Service, eeWORKS

eeWORKS K-12 Students: Selected Study Summaries

NAAEE

NAAEE is partnering with Stanford University and other respected organizations to demonstrate the impact and value of environmental education by substantiating powerful anecdotes from across the field with empirical evidence. We are conducting comprehensive literature reviews that demonstrate the impact of EE on key outcome areas and developing communication tools based on these reviews for the field, and our first outcome area is finished! Find out more about what the literature says broadly regarding the benefits of EE for K-12 students, and download the communication tools to share these findings or support your work.

Posted: 02/02/17

Type: Publication , NAAEE Publication