Discover the forest and all that comes with the US Forest Service youth engagement efforts across the country. Participants will learn about the strategy for youth engagement, efforts to engage people of color and different socio-economic communities, and provide time to identify partner opportunities with the Forest Service.

Maine conducted a "state of the state" initiative for environmental education in both formal and informal learning contexts. This poster will share our process for developing a survey and strategy to engage multiple audiences and findings from our state that are helping to inform needs for the field moving forward.

Maine conducted a "state of the state" initiative for environmental education in both formal and informal learning contexts. This session will share findings from our state that are helping to inform needs for the field moving forward and lessons learned for those interested in conducting similar initiatives in their states.

When researching, evaluating, and designing environmental education programs we often focus on knowledge, attitude, and behavior changes. This session will challenge participants to look at current research processes (including their own) to identify the pros and cons of these measures of effectiveness, with particular emphasis on affective measures.

Empowering diverse youth and adults towards environmental action is vital to building resilient communities. But, to what degree do citizen environmental efforts in environmental action programs make a collective ecological and community impact? We quantified the impacts of 167 conservation efforts by intergenerational partnerships in UCONN’s Natural Resources Conservation Academy.

Experts predict a gap in STEM workers prepared to deal with complex environmental issues. It’s critical that informal learning centers increase capacity to work with schools. Riverbend’s Philadelphia Children Access Nature program is a catalyst for change, using a comprehensive supports and aquaponics in the classroom.

Experts predict a gap in STEM workers prepared to deal with complex environmental issues. It’s critical that informal learning centers increase capacity to work with schools. Riverbend’s Philadelphia Children Access Nature program is a catalyst for change, using a comprehensive supports and aquaponics in the classroom.

Come learn about the strategic planning processes that the Environmental Educators of North Carolina and the Environmental Education Association of New Mexico recently completed. Explore how to engage your stakeholders and reflect upon where your Affiliate has been to define where you can go in the future.

Thinking about launching a new crowdfunding campaign or looking to amp up your previous campaign strategies? Come learn from EENC! We raised almost $37K in six weeks last year through peer-to-peer campaigns. We'll share our lessons learned, tips and tricks to help you raise funds for critical programs.

Building from the resources provided by NAAEE, environmental education partners in North Carolina joined together to create a document for NC education leaders explaining how the Every Student Succeeds Act can fund environmental education. We'll talk about our partnership process, outreach campaign, and lessons learned in this presentation.