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September 10, 2026
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Community Changes Everything: How to Build Community That Inspires and Sustains Action

September 17, 3:00–4:00 PM ET
Get ready to laugh, connect, and rethink what "building community" means in this interactive eeWEBINAR with comedian, educator, and activist Esteban Gast. Drawing on his work creating spaces that people want to show up for, Esteban breaks down the techniques he uses to turn one-off audiences into real, sustained communities that stay connected long after the workshop ends.

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Financial Aid and Special Hotel Rates for NAAEE 2026 Ending Soon

Two important conference deadlines are quickly approaching! The last day to get guaranteed group rates at the Hilton Portland Downtown is September 10, and the last day to apply for financial aid to help offset registration costs is September 11. Please join us and help us spread the word. See you in Portland!

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Art and Environmental Education PRO Picks

Art can help us see the natural world in a new light and give learners creative ways to understand, interpret, and engage with environmental issues. Explore our Art and Environmental Education PRO Picks collection for resources that bring art, science, storytelling, photography, nature journaling, dance, and more into environmental learning.

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Fall 2026 Outdoor Learning Virtual Workshops

Looking to bring more outdoor learning into your practice? Explore upcoming virtual workshops from Outdoor Learning School & Store, with sessions on nature connection and well-being, outdoor play, and climate education. Each 60-minute workshop is recorded for registrants, with certificates of attendance and closed captioning available.

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Find Your Next Career Opportunity

Looking for your next career move in environmental education? eeJOBS connects job seekers with opportunities across environmental, climate, and outdoor education, as well as communications, technology, internships, fellowships, and more. Explore current openings, discover career resources, and subscribe to the weekly eeJOBS newsletter to stay up to date on new opportunities.

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Stories from the EE Field
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ALOHA EE: Building Relationships Before Building Programs

2025 CEE-Change Fellow Jaclyn Stallard is building bridges as a curriculum advisor with Project Learning Tree (PLT). Her project, "ALOHA EE: Increasing Impact Across Hawai'i," focuses on bringing Project Learning Tree to the islands, but not through a traditional top-down approach. Instead, Stallard is prioritizing something deeper: building trust and relationships with local educators and organizations to create a supportive ecosystem of environmental education.

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From Salty Soil to Hope: How the 2025 Global E-STEM Award Transformed Our Coastal Community in Türkiye

What connects salty soil, shrinking farmland, and a group of high schoolers who refused to sit it out? With assistance from the 2025 Global E-STEM Award, students teamed up with local farmers to build a solar-powered prototype—now reshaping how one school teaches science, tech, and community action.

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Ripple Effects: How the CEE-Change Fellowship Shaped a Tiny Forest and Outdoor Living Lab

One of the most meaningful examples of the ripple effects of 2025 CEE-Change Fellow Cameron McKenzie's time with the CEE-Change Fellowship has been the development of a Tiny Forest and Outdoor Living Lab at Readington Middle School in New Jersey. This inspiring project is driven by civic engagement, community partnership development, and empowering young people as environmental stewards.

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More from the eePRO Community

Join NAAEE’s eePRO community to network with environmental education professionals around the world. 

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Learning

7th Annual Campus Nature Rx Symposium (Virtual)

Nature-Based Solutions to Global Challenges Foundation Course

UM Wilderness Management Graduate Certificate

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Opportunities

Apply for the 2027 Whitley Awards

Call for Submissions: Special Issue of Ecopsychology on "Children and Nature"

International Student Art Contest 2027: Science Without Borders Challenge

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Resources

Diving Into the Guidelines for Excellence—Resources You Can Use!

Finding Nature: Photography Lesson Plan

Appliance Electricity Investigation: Estimate, Measure, and Compare

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