Blog
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Meet educators at a large urban elementary school in a high-poverty, high-crime area of Los Angeles. Read about the "Parent's Guide to Nature Play" that will inspire and make nature play easy. Catch up on nature preschools in the news. Learn how to take an active role in the new Council of Nature…
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When environmental education enables children and youth to contribute to improving urban environments, it can not only increase cities’ sustainability and resilience but also foster young people’s personal growth.
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Today: June 8 at 3PM EST
Considering a wide array of perspectives helps us be more effective and creates an environment that allows us to honor our diverse beliefs, attitudes, languages, interpersonal styles, and values. NAAEE will host a panel of experts on diversity and inclusion in environmental… -
Urban environmental education facilitates children’s contact with and learning about urban nature and the built environment.
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William Scott blogs about the first NAEE/NAAEE joint meeting in Bristol, England, drawing people from Botswana, Japan, Kenya, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Taiwan, the UAE, the UK, and the USA for the GEEP international steering committee meeting.
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Follow the link for the key findings and commentary from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication's report on "Global Warming and the U.S. Presidential Election".
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This blog post by founding director of Forum for the Future outlines an approach that just may turn your thinking around on one of those days when you find addressing Climate Change as something that's just too depressing.
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The Journal of Environmental Psychology is looking for a new Editor-in-Chief to manage the journal, in co-operation with two Associate Editors, Maria Lewicka and Jeffrey Joireman. The role is due to start on 1st January 2017, when the current Editor-in-Chief, Robert Gifford, steps down.
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Climate change education addresses immediate safety and risk reduction, as well as longer-term actions to enhance environmental quality.
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Sense of place, including place attachment and place meanings, can help people appreciate ecological aspects of cities.
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Sc3 Student Fellow Sophie Stern shares her thoughts on her experience at the Student Climate and Conservation Congress (Sc3)
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"Nonformal education provides opportunities for students to learn outside of the classroom environment. There are some occasions when nonformal learning may occur during the school day, such as when programs or lessons are not standardized, accredited, or part of the larger school curriculum. But…
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Environmental education advocacy call this Thursday, May 5th
Please join us for our monthly advocacy call, Thursday, May 5, 2016, 1-2:00 EDT. There will be an update on the introduction of a Senate climate education bill in a few weeks, and we’ll have more information on how states are responding… -
Community environmental education uses environmental learning and action to foster community wellness in cities and other settings.
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Learn about exploring energy with STEM outdoors, a nature preschool in remote Alaska. Find out how to register for the Nature-Based Preschool National Conference. Explore job opportunities, and more!
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A whirlwind of energy and ideas, Stephen Ritz is a teacher in New York's tough South Bronx, where he and his kids grow lush gardens for food, greenery — and jobs. Just try to keep up with this New York treasure as he spins through the many, many ways there are to grow hope in a neighborhood many…
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The unequal representation of people of color in environmental work is a situation that many of us know needs to change. We realize that in order to make real impact on the environmental issues that affect us all, we all need to be a part of the conversation.
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Urban schools can use local environments to serve as stimulus, context, and content for teaching and learning about sustainability.
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Read on to learn how participating in EECapacity's CCC Fellowship impacted the president of the MERITO Foundation, its work, as well as over 800 students in California through the creation of the Energy Efficiency to Mitigate Climate Change and Ocean Acidification (EECCOA) program.
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We need cities that are resilient, sustainable, livable, and just. Urban EE can help debunk common assumptions that cities are ecologically barren, and city people don’t care for, or need, nature.
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NAAEE and Kettering have released the first issue guide, Climate Choices: How Should We Meet the Challenges of a Warming Planet? Learn more about the Environmental Issues Forum (EIF) and how to get involved in helping the initiative.
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August 15–17 in St. Paul, MN
Registration now for the 4th Nature-Based Preschool National Conference designed for professionals working in nature and forest preschools. -
Diversity is changing the staff photo, Inclusion is keeping the staff.
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RECORDING AVAILABLE: Change the world by changing your story! You won’t want to miss hearing Andy Goodman, an expert in strategic communications, speak about the power of storytelling as best practice in the third installment of our monthly webinar series.
