NEEF is proud to announce Gary Swick of Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville, IL, as the 2008 Bartlett Award winner.Nominations are now being accepted for the 2009 Bartlett Award. Learn more, or nominate a teacher.

The Classroom Earth High School Challenge grant winners have been announced. The Classroom Earth High School Challenge is the first component of a larger program, Classroom Earth, designed to increase the environmental literacy of high school students.

National Public Lands Day was held on Saturday, September 27th. Hundreds of thousands of volunteers worked on our public lands -- mending fences, clearing trails, and planting trees. Did you participate? Enter the 8th Annual Photo Contest today!

Children and Nature Initiative: Discover health benefits of playing outdoors for children.

Get Outside.  Find a nature center in your area -- the map includes contact information for over 2,000 nature and environmental education centers. 

NEEF is excited to announce the theme of National Environmental Education Week 2009: Be Water Wise! EE Week will be held from April 12-18, 2009. Stay tuned for new Be Water Wise! content on this site, and be sure to register for EE Week!

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National Environmental Education Week brought out 3½ million students across the country. In Utah, nearly 400 students celebrated by planting 1,000 shrubs in the Diamond Fork Youth Forest as part of a stream restoration project. More success stories....