The Outstanding Service to Environmental Education Awards are presented to organizations to recognize their efforts to lead environmental education efforts.
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Past Recipients
2024 Winner Organization
The National Center for Science Education
2022 Winner Organization
S.C.R.A.P. Gallery
2019 Winner Organization-Local/Regional
Berea College
2018 Winner Organization-Local
Thorne Nature Experience
2018 Winner Organization-Global
Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful
2017 Winner Organization-Local/Regional
Mojave Environmental Education Consortium
2017 Winner Organization-Global
The Foundation for Environmental Education
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 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 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 Organization-Local
Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park
2013 Winner Organization-Regional
Green Schools
2012 Winner Organization-Local
City of Plano - Sustainability & Environmental Services in Texas
2012 Winner Organization-Regional
Acorn Naturalists and The Acorn Group
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 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 Organization-Local
Golden Gate Audubon Society
2009 Winner Organization-Regional
NatureBridge
2009 Winner Organization-Global
Environmental Education Exchange
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 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 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 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 Organization-Local
Shaver's Creek Environmental Center
2004 Winner Organization-Regional
Earth Day Canada
2003 Winner Organization-Local
Aspen Center for Environmental Studies
2003 Winner Organization-Regional
ForEd BC
2002 Winner Organization-Local
New Jersey School of Conservation
2002 Winner Organization-Regional
National Wildlife Federation
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 Organization-Local
School Yard Nature Program
2000 Winner Organization-Global
Rostov Region of Russia
2000 Winner Organization-Global
Tennessee Valley Authority
1999 Winner Organization-Local
Moanalua Gardens Foundation
1999 Winner Organization-Global
CISDE
1998 Winner Organization-Local
Eco-Cycle
1998 Winner Organization-Regional
Environmental News Network
1997 Winner Organization-Local
Los Angeles Conservation Corp
1997 Winner Organization-Regional
The National Environmental Education and Training Foundation (NEETF)
1996 Winner Organization-Local
The Metropolitan Sewer District
1996 Winner Organization-Regional
American Forest Foundation
1995 Winner Organization-Local
Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education, Stevens Point, WI
1995 Winner Organization-Regional
Council of State Governments, Lexington KY
1994 Winner Organization-Regional
Phillips Petroleum Company
1993 Winner Organization-Regional
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
1992 Winner Organization-Regional
Profauna (Proteccion de la Fauna)
1991 Winner Organization-Regional
WSMT TV Channel 4, Nashville
1990 Winner Organization-Regional
Alberta Environment, Environmental Education Branch
1989 Winner Organization-Regional
Tennessee Valley Authority, Environmental Education Program
1988 Winner Organization-Regional
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
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 Organization-Regional
National Wildlife Federation
1984 Winner Organization-Regional
Western Regional Environmental Education Council
1983 Winner Organization-Regional
Michigan Environmental Education Association
1981 Winner Organization-Regional
Environmental Education Association of South Dakota
1980 Winner Organization-Regional
ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education
1979 Winner Organization-Regional
Journal of Environmental Education
1978 Winner Organization-Regional
League of Women Voters Education Fund
1975 Winner Organization-Regional
Weyerhauser Corporation
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 an organization 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)