Finding a way to truly make an impact in your community’s own environmental literacy and action efforts couldn’t be easier. Today we highlight members of the NAAEE Affiliate Network, an NAAEE initiative that supports the work of environmental educators by offering high-quality professional development, resources, and opportunities for collaboration in order to tackle existing and emergent issues in local communities. Over 50 state, provincial, and regional NAAEE Affiliates can be found on our NAAEE Affiliates web page.

Here's a little about some of our NAAEE Affiliates:

Arkansas Environmental Education Association (AEEA)
California Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education
Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education
Idaho Environmental Education Association
Environmental Education Association of Indiana
Kansas Association for Environmental Education
Massachusetts Environmental Education Society
Mississippi Environmental Education Alliance
Environmental Education of New Mexico
Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Educators

Arkansas Environmental Education Association (AEEA) champions access to environmental education, builds community among professionals, provides support to educators, and drives excellence in the field of environmental and outdoor education in Arkansas. We work towards this mission through providing professional development opportunities, highlighting the benefits of environmental and outdoor education as well as the options around the state, recognizing outstanding educators, providing mini-grants and sharing additional EE funding options, and offering resources to strengthen and expand environmental and outdoor education across Arkansas.

Our top priorities include expanding professional development opportunities, including Project WET and eeCourses, increasing the amount of mini-grants we distribute, supporting the Arkansas Outdoor Education Initiative, and updating the Arkansas EE Resource Directory on our website.

Interested in supporting our work? Donating unrestricted funds is always appreciated and helpful. In 2026, we will celebrate 30 years, and we are fundraising around that effort to help expand our operations. Subscribing to our newsletter helps broaden our reach, and engaging on Facebook and Instagram helps amplify our voice. Learn more at Arkansas Environmental Education Association.

 AEOE strengthens environmental education in California by connecting providers, building professional expertise, and championing environmental literacy and outdoor learning. As the professional association for environmental and outdoor education in California, AEOE strives to drive excellence in environmental and outdoor education in our state by providing program providers and practitioners with the tools, resources, and expertise to ensure that future generations are equipped with the skills, knowledge, and experiences necessary to develop lifelong connections to the natural world and a commitment to sustain it. We do this through our annual regional meetups and statewide conference; certification program for environmental educators; statewide job board; and online workshops, courses, and resources.

In 2026, AEOE is working to:

• Enhance program offerings to better serve the diversity of programs and providers in California
• Strengthen organizational visibility and leadership role across the state
• Increase organizational capacity

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At the Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education, our mission is to elevate and amplify environmental and outdoor learning in Colorado. Since 1989, CAEE has been here to support YOU in providing and championing environmental and outdoor learning across our beautiful state. We are your advocates for training, funding, and support in the fight for access to quality environmental and outdoor learning opportunities for all Coloradans.

The well-being of both people and nature depends on helping every Coloradan develop the skills to understand, care for, and take action for our environment. But right now, the system in Colorado that supports this work is stretched thin. Funding doesn’t match the demand, and access to meaningful outdoor and environmental learning is uneven across the state. In the years ahead, we’re committed to strengthening this entire network—lifting up great programs, rallying more support, and bringing partners together. Our priorities include building stronger connections by developing vibrant collaborative learning networks, supporting schools and educators at every level to foster skilled and green career-ready graduates, creating sustainable career pathways, and expanding the resources and funding needed to reach every learner.

Together, we have the power to build a more reliable, statewide system—one that ensures no Coloradan is left out and that we’re all better prepared for whatever the future brings.

Ready to get involved? Stay connected, make an impact, and help strengthen environmental and outdoor learning across Colorado. Join our mailing list, fuel our work by donating, or plug into one of our regional networks or working groups to be part of the momentum.

IdEEA is dedicated to the advancement of environmental education in Idaho. We support and promote the activities of all educators working to clarify our understanding of the natural world and our role in it. Our primary programs are annual Educator Awards, grants to educators for EE projects, and supporting workshops and conferences.  In the coming years, we aim to fund our Awards and Grants programs which recognizes and supports EE educators in Idaho,  maintain support for regional and statewide conferences, and better connect with and provide resources to our members.

If you're interested in supporting us, we invite you to become a member for only $25 a year! Learn more.

The mission of the Environmental Education Association of Indiana is to work cooperatively to promote opportunities that will educate, motivate, and inspire the citizens of Indiana to conserve natural resources and meet the needs of our society while maintaining a healthy environment now and in the future.

To support this mission, we provide professional development and networking support to educators across the state. Our main priorities are to increase our professional development offerings through programs such as eeCourses and working toward the development of a certification program in Indiana.

We would love you to support our work by becoming an EEAI member.

KACEE's mission is to accelerate environmental literacy and conservation in Kansas through non-biased, science-based environmental education. We do that by connecting and supporting educators and the infrastructure that supports them. In the years to come, our top priorities are to expand the ways we address gaps and opportunities identified through our eeLandscape Analysis and work collaboratively to advance funding that directly supports environmental education in our state.

If you'd like to support our work, stay engaged and subscribe to our newsletter, or donate to support our work through a one-time gift, a monthly donation, or a legacy gift. 

The Massachusetts Environmental Education Society (MEES) mission is to advance environmental and outdoor learning in Massachusetts by building community, centering equity, and uplifting innovation. 

Our Values:
Sustainability: For the organization, our community, and our planet.
Collaboration: We are safer, louder, more visible, and more supported working together. 
Trust: We move at the speed of trust, with transparency and accountability. 
Justice: We value all voices and seek to disrupt oppressive power dynamics within our organization and community.
Joy: We nurture wonder and joy in our community and nature.

MEES hosts an annual conference, regional networking events, and actively seeks out new perspectives and voices from the environmental and outdoor education fields. Over the next three years, MEES will focus on the following goals:  Work toward sustainable shared leadership and operations, increase board responsiveness & representativeness, grow MEES’s capacity for action, strengthen relationships across the state, embed more inclusivity, equity, and innovation into the annual conference, be an amplifier of resources, opportunities, and peer efforts, create a policy advocacy strategy for advancing environmental and outdoor learning with a focus on equity and innovation, and explore a name change and rebranding for MEES.

You can get involved by joining a networking event, attending the MEES conference in March 2026, and donating to our annual appeal which helps to elevate environmental and outdoor education in Massachusetts.

Through a coalition of support, we promote formal and informal environmental education throughout Mississippi by sharing resources, facilitating networking, and encouraging stewardship. Our organization supports our mission by housing information about programs, facilities, workshops and other EE information on our website and Facebook page. We are also planning a conference in March, 2026 to continue the networking and information sharing that began at our first conference in May 2025. Our top priorities in the years to come are board sustainability -we need to recruit new Action Team members to serve on committees and to develop into future board members, building relationships within and outside our network to foster meaningful opportunities, and sponsoring programs that support our mission.

We invite you to support our work by volunteering as a committee member with the interest of developing into a board member, sponsoring an event/program that MEEA is hosting, and bringing ideas to the board so that we can grow our reach and capacity. Learn more about MEEA's current initiatives.

The mission of the Environmental Education of New Mexico (EENM) is that through implementing an advocacy-focused movement as well as advancing collaboration and leadership, EENM will ensure every NM child has equitable access to environmental and outdoor learning. 

We support educators, community organizations, agency staff, NM tribes and pueblos, and institutions in providing high-quality, culturally relevant environmental education, focusing on youth engagement and long-term sustainability. EENM’s work includes offering professional development for educators, providing resources such as toolkits and peer networks, and hosting events like the NM Outdoor Learning Summit. We are committed to increasing access to environmental education, especially for underserved communities,
ensuring all youth have the opportunity to connect with and learn from their natural surroundings. By building local capacity and empowering educators, EENM helps create lasting educational and environmental impacts, fostering resilience and stewardship across New Mexico.

Over the next few years, we hope to grow our membership offerings and thus expand the membership program. This will enable our organization to have a greater reach across the state and to respond to the needs of more rural and tribal communities.

In New Mexico, people can support EENM by becoming members and actively participating in our membership programs by attending events, sharing their perspectives, and spreading the word about our work. Outside of New Mexico, people can support us by donating to our organization.

PAEE empowers people to build an environmentally engaged community. We are a pivotal organization in supporting a healthy, vibrant, and resilient PA where all community members live in respect and harmony with the natural world.  We support our mission by connecting educators to resources, professional development and each other to build a diverse and thriving environmental education community statewide.

In 2026, we will be finishing up our endowment campaign, expanding upon eeCERT and eeCourses, growing the membership, hiring a development director, and creating mini-grants for members.

If you'd like to support us, you can donate to our endowment campaign, sponsor/exhibit/attend our 2026 conference, or join as a member of PAEE. Find us on Facebook and Instagram. We also have 6 regional Facebook pages, based on the area of PA you live in. Our website also houses all of our info.

In addition to the NAAEE Affiliates listed above, there are dozens more across North America. Find your local Affiliate by searching our Affiliate Network web page. 

Thank you to all who support environmental education around the world through your donations, your time and energy, and your dedication to creating a more just and sustainable future for us all!