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Learn More About UV Radiation

Learn how UV radiation affects your health, what factors influence exposure levels, and simple steps you can...

One Crabby Family: How an Educator Used Citizen Science to Bring Her Family Closer Together

Scientist and mom Dr. Chanda Bennett shares how she turned citizen science into a family tradition, and offers...

How Local Communities Are Restoring Pollinator Habitat Across the US

Thanks to a NEEF environmental grant, people are rebuilding pollinator habitat nationwide through hands-on...

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Student winners of the Samsung Climate Superstars Challenge!

Michigan Middle School Science Class Wins Environmental Education Challenge

Last month, the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) partnered with Samsung and the EPA’s ENERGY STAR® program to present the 2019 Climate

Landscape photo of the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River valley in Washington State

A Seattle-based nonprofit has conserved public lands for three decades. This year, Congress finally took notice.

Seattle in 1990 was a much different place than it is now. Grunge music had yet to go mainstream, Starbucks was still a local gourmet coffee chain, and Amazon

Volunteers with the Mountain Studies Institute at a stewardship event

Local nonprofit helps Colorado community heal from wildfire devastation through environmental stewardship

It was like something out of an old John Ford Western: on the morning of June 1, 2018, a coal-fired locomotive slowly chugged its way through the picturesque

Student showing a science project about air quality during wildfires

Local Wildfire Helps Teach Students About Science and Ecology

Teens in Durango, Colorado, discuss hydrophobic soil with the ease that they discuss reality TV or Minecraft thanks to teachers who used a major wildfire to

Philadelphia Watershed by Bike Program, photo courtesy of Greater Philadelphia YMCA

The YMCA Keeps the Learning Rolling in Summer

A YMCA summer program blends biking, environmental science, and community learning to help students stay engaged and prevent summer slide.

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I felt very honored to be a part of this program. The whole reason I became a conservation biologist was to make a difference.

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I knew if we could improve the tour for this language, which is one of the most difficult, we could potentially do it for any language.

Cannon overlooking Chattanooga, Tennessee

Funding a Walk Through African American History in East Tennessee

There is more to the Wiley United Methodist Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee, than meets the eye. Thanks to funds from NEEF’s Centennial and Beyond grant

Woodsy Owl and the volunteers from the Lone Star Family Health Clinic

Partnerships Showcase Connection Between Environment and Health

Nature-rich collaborations at Lone Star Family Health Center improve community well-being, fostering mental and physical health. Supported by NEEF and US Forest

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This is the golden age where you start to look at your community heroes, and you think about ‘what do I want to be later?'