The Outstanding Service to Environmental Education Awards are presented to individuals and organizations to recognize their efforts to lead EE efforts.
2024 Outstanding Service to EE (Individual)
Heidi McAllister, US Forest Service
2024 Outstanding Service to EE (Organization)
The National Center for Science Education
Qualifications
Known for one or more of the following:
- Visible contributions to EE (e.g. research, innovations, curricula, legislation, publications, etc.)
- Dedicated service in the field of EE
- Outstanding environmental contribution by a person whose primary function is not environmental (e.g. a politician supportive of EE programs or legislation, etc.)
- Excellence in reporting environmental issues in the media for the purpose of educating the public (e.g. a writer; newspaper, radio, or television program that regularly gives space or time to present environmental information; or any network, foundation, or entity that makes such reporting possible)
Past Recipients
2022 Winner Individual
Donna Rogler, Project Learning Tree
2022 Winner Organization
S.C.R.A.P. Gallery
2019 Winner Individual-Local
Jennifer Hubbard-Sánchez, Recreation Manager at Raven Run Nature Sanctuary
2019 Winner Individual-Global
Jill Korach, Assistant Director of Field Programs for Miami University's Project Dragonfly
2019 Winner Organization-Local/Regional
Berea College
2018 Winner Individual-Local
Jamie Nakama, Curriculum Specialist, Hawai’i Nature Center
2018 Winner Individual-National
Yash Bhagwanji, Executive Editor for International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education (IJECEE)
2018 Winner Individual-Regional
Katie Navin, Executive Director, Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education
2018 Winner Individual-Global
Gayatri Raghwa, Senior Specialist at the Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi
2018 Winner Organization-Local
Thorne Nature Experience
2018 Winner Organization-Global
Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful
2017 Winner Individual-National
Josetta Hawthorne, Executive Director, Council for Environmental Education
2017 Winner Individual-Global
Ginger Potter, Senior Education Specialist for US EPA
2017 Winner Organization-Local/Regional
Mojave Environmental Education Consortium
2017 Winner Organization-Global
The Foundation for Environmental Education
2016 Winner Individual-Local
Polly Knowlton Cockett, Environmental and Geoscience Education Specialist
2016 Winner Individual-Regional
Adrian Ayson, Executive Director, NEEEA
2016 Winner Organization-Local
Santa Clarita Environmental Education Consortium (SCEEC)
2016 Winner Organization-Regional
Audubon Rockies
2016 Winner Organization-Global
Zayed Future Energy Prize (ZFEP)
2015 Winner Individual-Local
Joshua York, Education Supervisor for the Five Rivers MetroParks in Dayton, Ohio
2015 Winner Individual-Regional
Lisa Bardwell, Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Earth Force
2015 Winner Organization-Local
S.C.R.A.P. Gallery, The Art Museum for the Environmen
2015 Winner Organization-Regional
Prairie Science Class
2015 Winner Organization-Global
Agrium, Inc.
2014 Winner Individual-Local
Ashley Hoffman, Executive Director of Kentucky Association for Environmental Education (KAEE) and Southeastern Environmental Education Alliance (SEEA)
2014 Winner Individual-Regional
Don Baugh, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Educator; Founder and Director of the No Child Left Inside Coalition
2014 Winner Individual-Global
Shin-Cheng Yeh, Deputy Minister of the EPA-Taiwan
2014 Winner Organization-Local
City of Fort Collins Natural Areas
2014 Winner Organization-Regional
Inside Education, Ottawa, Canada
2014 Winner Organization-Global
Earth Force, www.earthforce.org
2013 Winner Individual-Local
Maureen Stine, Conservation Educator, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
2013 Winner Individual-Regional
Thom Benedict, Director, Utah Society for Environmental Education
2013 Winner Individual-Global
Edward McCrea, President and CEO, Environmental Education and Conservation Global
2013 Winner Organization-Local
Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park
2013 Winner Organization-Regional
Green Schools
2012 Winner Individual-Local
Leslie Pieters, Interim Director of Health, Physical Education & Athletics at the Roosevelt Union Free School District
2012 Winner Individual-Global
Safiya Samman, US Forest Service
2012 Winner Organization-Local
City of Plano - Sustainability & Environmental Services in Texas
2012 Winner Organization-Regional
Acorn Naturalists and The Acorn Group
2011 Winner Individual-Local
Sean Miller, Washington, DC
2011 Winner Individual-Regional
Elizabeth Burke, Virginia
2011 Winner Organization-Local
Audubon Wyoming
2011 Winner Organization-Regional
The Campaign for Environmental Literacy
2011 Winner Organization-Regional
Earth Day Network
2011 Winner Organization-Regional
National Wildlife Federation
2011 Winner Organization-Regional
U.S. Green Building Council, Washington DC
2010 Winner Individual-Local
Tracy Hollis, Texas
2010 Winner Individual-Regional
James Elder, Council for Environmental Literacy, Washington DC
2010 Winner Individual-Global
Al Stenstrup, Project Learning Tree, Washington DC
2010 Winner Organization-Local
REAL School Gardens, Texas
2010 Winner Organization-Regional
Facing the Future, Washington
2010 Winner Organization-Global
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, Kentucky
2009 Winner Individual-Local
Laura Downey, Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education (KACEE)
2009 Winner Individual-Local
Dr. Duane Keown, Wyoming
2009 Winner Individual-Regional
Kim Bailey, Georgia
2009 Winner Individual-Global
Bora Simmons, National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education
2009 Winner Organization-Local
Golden Gate Audubon Society
2009 Winner Organization-Regional
NatureBridge
2009 Winner Organization-Global
Environmental Education Exchange
2008 Winner Individual-Local
Kay Antunez de Mayolo, California Project Learning Tree
2008 Winner Individual-Regional
Bunyan Bryant, University of Michigan
2008 Winner Organization-Local
Kids for the Bay, San Francisco, CA
2008 Winner Organization-Regional
North Cascades Institute, Woolley, WA
2008 Winner Organization-Global
Project Dragonfly, Miami University, Oxford, OH
2007 Winner Individual-Local
Chris Adam, Quebec
2007 Winner Individual-Regional
Fran McTamaney, San Francisco Bay Area
2007 Winner Individual-Global
Rosalyn McKeown, Portland, Oregon
2007 Winner Organization-Local
Willow Bend Environmental Education Center, Flagstaff, Arizona
2007 Winner Organization-Regional
The NEED Project, Manassas, Virginia
2007 Winner Organization-Global
Laurel Springs K-12 Distance Learning Program, Ojai, California
2006 Winner Individual-Local
Lanny Smith, Earthman
2006 Winner Individual-Regional
William F Hammond, Florida Coast University
2006 Winner Organization-Local
Facing the Future
2006 Winner Organization-Regional
Audubon of North Woods
2006 Winner Organization-Global
Green Teacher Magazine
2006 Winner Organization-Global
Project Learning Tree
2005 Winner Individual-Local
Tanya Oznowich, New Jersey Dept. of Env. Protection
2005 Winner Individual-Regional
Ken Strom, Director of Bird Conservation & Public Policy, Audubon Colorado
2005 Winner Individual-Global
Tiahoga Ruge, Mexico City, Mexico
2005 Winner Organization-Local
Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park, Las Cruces. New Mexico
2005 Winner Organization-Regional
Sierra Youth Coalition, Ottawa, Ontario
2005 Winner Organization-Global
The Centre for Environment Education (CEE), Ahmedabad, India
2004 Winner Individual-Local
Art Shomo, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources-Wildlife Resources Section
2004 Winner Individual-Regional
Gene Eidson, Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy
2004 Winner Organization-Local
Shaver's Creek Environmental Center
2004 Winner Organization-Regional
Earth Day Canada
2003 Winner Individual-Local
Bernie Samm, Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education
2003 Winner Individual-Regional
Mike Way, Executive Director, Colorado Alliance for EE
2003 Winner Organization-Local
Aspen Center for Environmental Studies
2003 Winner Organization-Regional
ForEd BC
2002 Winner Individual-Local
Greg Stumbo, Kentucky
2002 Winner Individual-Regional
Tim Brown, Utah Society for Environmental Education
2002 Winner Individual-Global
Martha Monroe, School of Forest Resources and Conservation University of Florida
2002 Winner Organization-Local
New Jersey School of Conservation
2002 Winner Organization-Regional
National Wildlife Federation
2001 Winner Individual-Local
Kurt Mason, District Conservationist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service, and Jefferson County Conservation District
2001 Winner Individual-Global
Bob Jickling, Canada
2001 Winner Organization-Local
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of State Parks
2001 Winner Organization-Regional
Four Corners School of Outdoor Education
2001 Winner Organization-Global
World Wildlife Fund
2000 Winner Individual-Local
Claudia Fowler, Louisiana Environmental Education Association
2000 Winner Individual-Regional
Don Baugh, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
2000 Winner Individual-Global
Brian Day, GreenCOM, the Environmental Education and Communication Project of USAID
2000 Winner Organization-Local
School Yard Nature Program
2000 Winner Organization-Global
Rostov Region of Russia
2000 Winner Organization-Global
Tennessee Valley Authority
1999 Winner Individual-Local
Diane Davies, Georgia
1999 Winner Individual-Regional
Max Peterson
1999 Winner Organization-Local
Moanalua Gardens Foundation
1999 Winner Organization-Global
CISDE
1998 Winner Individual-Local
Mayor David L. Armstrong, Louisville KY
1998 Winner Organization-Local
Eco-Cycle
1998 Winner Organization-Regional
Environmental News Network
1997 Winner Individual-Local
Tom Bennett, Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Resources
1997 Winner Individual-Regional
Robert Haas, River of Words Project
1997 Winner Organization-Local
Los Angeles Conservation Corp
1997 Winner Organization-Regional
The National Environmental Education and Training Foundation (NEETF)
1996 Winner Individual-Local
Pamela Landers, GreenPrint Council
1996 Winner Individual-Regional
George R. Francis, University of Waterloo, Canada
1996 Winner Organization-Local
The Metropolitan Sewer District
1996 Winner Organization-Regional
American Forest Foundation
1995 Winner Individual-Local
Vern Fridley, Utah Society for Environmental Education
1995 Winner Individual-Regional
Richard Wheeler, The Great Auk Project
1995 Winner Organization-Local
Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education, Stevens Point, WI
1995 Winner Organization-Regional
Council of State Governments, Lexington KY
1994 Winner Individual-Regional
Karen Armstrong-Cummings, Frankfort, KY
1994 Winner Organization-Regional
Phillips Petroleum Company
1993 Winner Individual-Regional
Lynne Cherry, Washington, DC
1993 Winner Organization-Regional
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
1992 Winner Individual-Regional
Judy Braus, World Wildlife Fund
1992 Winner Organization-Regional
Profauna (Proteccion de la Fauna)
1991 Winner Individual-Regional
David C. Engleson, Supervisor of Environmental Education, WI
1991 Winner Organization-Regional
WSMT TV Channel 4, Nashville
1990 Winner Individual-Regional
Edward Radatz, Biology Teacher, Oak Park, IL
1990 Winner Individual-Regional
Karen Hollweg, Denver Audubon Society
1990 Winner Organization-Regional
Alberta Environment, Environmental Education Branch
1989 Winner Individual-Regional
Kathy O'Hara, Center for Marine Conservation
1989 Winner Individual-Regional
Barry Fox, Virginia State University
1989 Winner Organization-Regional
Tennessee Valley Authority, Environmental Education Program
1988 Winner Individual-Regional
James Murray, Television producer, Canada
1988 Winner Organization-Regional
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
1987 Winner Individual-Regional
Charles Roth, Massachusetts Audubon Society
1987 Winner Organization-Regional
Kentucky Division of Water
1986 Winner Organization-Regional
Project WIZE (Wildlife Inquiry through Zoo Education), New York Zoological Society
1985 Winner Individual-Regional
Paul F. Brandwein, Unionville, NY
1985 Winner Organization-Regional
National Wildlife Federation
1984 Winner Individual-Regional
Charles Hopkins, Boyne River Natural Science School, Canada
1984 Winner Organization-Regional
Western Regional Environmental Education Council
1983 Winner Individual-Regional
Steven E. Landfried, Stoughton (WI) High School
1983 Winner Organization-Regional
Michigan Environmental Education Association
1982 Winner Individual-Regional
Richard Dunn, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1982 Winner Individual-Regional
John A. Weeks, Centers for Nature Education, Baldwinsville, NY
1981 Winner Individual-Regional
Thomas F. Williams, Consultant, Environmental Affairs
1981 Winner Organization-Regional
Environmental Education Association of South Dakota
1980 Winner Individual-Regional
Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute
1980 Winner Organization-Regional
ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education
1979 Winner Individual-Regional
Glenn Linnert, New Albany
1979 Winner Individual-Regional
John Moody, New Albany
1979 Winner Organization-Regional
Journal of Environmental Education
1978 Winner Individual-Regional
William B. Stapp, The University of Michigan
1978 Winner Organization-Regional
League of Women Voters Education Fund
1976 Winner Individual-Regional
Odom Fanning, Washington, DC
1976 Winner Individual-Regional
Kay Blackwelder, Atlanta Schools
1976 Winner Individual-Regional
Lewis Shelton, Fernbank Science Center
1976 Winner Individual-Regional
Philip Greear, Shorter College
1975 Winner Organization-Regional
Weyerhauser Corporation
1974 Winner Individual-Regional
Governor Tom McCall, Oregon
1974 Winner Individual-Regional
Mayor Pete Wilson, San Diego,CA