A resource for funders, administrators, grant writers, and teachers, this book highlights the benefits to foundation seed funding promoting reforms.

by James Elder | August 14, 2015

Advocacy, Policy, and Civic Engagement

Community Engagement: Guidelines for Excellence describes five key characteristics of effective community engagement. Case studies, drawn from the field of environmental education, are also included to illustrate how key ideas can be implemented.

by Bora Simmons | May 7, 2019

The Environmental Education Materials: Guidelines for Excellence comprises a set of recommendations for developing and selecting environmental education instructional materials.

by Bora Simmons | February 6, 2019

Learn how to design and conduct an evaluation by following the exercises, case studies, and examples in this workbook.

by Martha Monroe | August 14, 2015

Research and Evaluation

The Guidelines for Excellence Series Set includes all five publications, plus the newest publication: Community Engagement: Guidelines for Excellence.

by Bora Simmons | February 6, 2019

K–12 Environmental Education: Guidelines for Excellence provides students, parents, caregivers, educators and others a roadmap to achieving environmental literacy by setting expectations for fourth (age 10), eighth (age 14) and twelfth grade (age 18) students and outlining a framework for effective and comprehensive environmental education programs and curricula. These guidelines define the aims of environmental education. They set a standard for high quality education, based on what an environmentally literate person should know and be able to do by the time they graduate from high school. They draw on the best thinking in the field to outline the core ingredients of environmental education.

by Bora Simmons | February 6, 2019

The Executive Summary is a companion to K-12 Environmental Education: Guidelines for Excellence developed to support state and local EE efforts by setting expectations for performance and achievement in grades 4, 8, and 12.

by Bora Simmons | February 6, 2019

Guidelines for Excellence

This paper reviews and analyzes a long-standing and well-documented program in environmental education, Hungerford et al.'s issue-and-action instruction program.

by Thomas Marcinkowski | August 21, 2015

As the first resource to fully address the unique practices of nature-based early childhood education, the "Nature-Based Preschool Professional Practice Guidebook" is an essential component of any nature-based educator’s toolkit. The Guidebook provides a comprehensive look at nature-based practices in four broad areas: Teaching, Environments, Safety, and Administration, and aims to answer the question: What makes a nature-based preschool safe, effective, and inclusive?

by Christy Merrick | May 18, 2020

Early Childhood EE

The Nonformal Environmental Education Programs: Guidelines for Excellence comprises a set of recommendations for developing and administering high quality nonformal environmental education programs.

by Bora Simmons | August 21, 2015

Guidelines for Excellence

Are you interested in assessing and enhancing the connections your audiences have to nature? The Practitioner Guide to Assessing Connection to Nature provides practitioners, organizations, researchers, and others with tested tools for measuring connections to nature. The guide provides information to help you choose an appropriate tool or approach for your needs, specific to your audience and their experiences, to assess connection to nature. Available as a free PDF or purchase a hard copy: Members $15 / Nonmembers $20.

by Martha Monroe | June 16, 2020

Connecting to Nature

K-12 EE

Research and Evaluation

Professional Development of Environmental Educators (2019) comprises a set of recommendations for the preparation and continuing education of teachers and other environmental educators.

by Bora Simmons | February 6, 2019