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Dec 9, 2022

Celebrating 2022 EENC Mini-Grant Winners

Each year, EENC awards mini-grants to ranging from $50 to $250. This year’s nine winners used this funding for school gardens, community...

Oct 25, 2022

EENC Goes to Tucson!

This year EENC staff were able to attend and present at the NAAEE Research Symposium and Conference in Tucson, AZ. The first opportunity...

Oct 24, 2022

What we learned at the funders’ briefing on environmental education in the southeast

In the United States, the southeast receives only 8% of the $116 million in philanthropic investments for environmental literacy, outdoor...

Oct 17, 2022

DPI Releases Draft of K-12 Science Standards: Provide Feedback by 12/18

After months of work and review, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has released the first draft of the revised K-12...

Sep 28, 2022

EENC 2022 Conference - It’s A Wrap!

This year’s Annual Conference was themed rEEdefine, redefining how we reflect, connect and identify in the field of EE. It was held...

Sep 26, 2022

Recognizing Excellence in Environmental Education (2022 EENC Awards)

PRESS RELEASE CONTACT Lauren Pyle, Executive Director director@eenc.org | 984-999-1702 For Immediate Release Chapel Hill, N.C. (September...

Sep 13, 2022

EENC Launches Comprehensive Landscape Analysis of Environmental Education in PreK-12 Schools Across

EENC, in partnership with the Southeastern Environmental Education Alliance, announces the launch of Phase 2 of its landscape analysis of...

Aug 30, 2022

Organizational Member Spotlight: North Carolina Zoo

By: Maggie McIntyre The North Carolina Zoo, an organizational member of EENC, is the largest natural habitat zoo in the world and is...

Aug 30, 2022

Environmental Educators of North Carolina Hosts 31st Annual Conference

For Immediate Release - August 31, 2022 [Chapel Hill, N.C.] - On September 9th & 10th, 2022, the Environmental Educators of North...

Aug 24, 2022

Don’t Waste It!: A Case Study of Success in the Southeast

Over the past two years, EENC and its partners, Chatham County Solid Waste & Recycling and the Southeastern Environmental Education...