Stories
The Mental Health Benefits of Spending Time in Nature
NEEF's Health program highlights the connection between climate change and mental health and how the Climate...
Addressing Common Asthma Myths
Over 25 million people in the US have asthma, and it's the leading chronic disease in children. We tackle some...
Asthma Awareness Month: Promoting Asthma-Friendly School Environments
May is Asthma Awareness Month, and May 1st is World Asthma Day. As a leading chronic illness affecting...
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NEEF believes that the natural world offers a compelling and universal context for investigations and applications of many STEM lessons, through an approach we
As a Major League Baseball team, the Arizona Diamondbacks embrace their responsibility as a leader in Arizona. Located in downtown Phoenix, the sixth most
Success Story
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?'
A conversation with Jennifer Palmer, founder of Women for Wildlife Jennifer Palmer is a wildlife biologist, conservation scientist, youth mentor, public speaker
Learn more ozone: what it is, why it's important to life on Earth, and what is being done by NASA and other countries to slow the depletion of the planet's
As the nonprofit partner of the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests, Discover Your Forest (DYF) connects the residents of central Oregon with their national
Citizen science involves engaging volunteers in data collection for environmental research. It aids tracking climate trends like altered bloom times and
In the summer of 2016, a group of girls in Los Angeles, CA took on air quality and clean air in their community. Their purpose was to spark conversations about
Rain gardens are a visually pleasing way to absorb and filter pollutants from rainwater before the water runs off into storm drains and local water bodies. Rain
Debris Day, organized by Living Classrooms, invites local elementary students to join in environmental education-themed activities and games while working