About EEA

ABOUT EEA

What is EEA?

The Environmental Education Alliance (EEA) is a coalition of organizations and educators who envision a world where people and nature thrive. Since 1992, EEA has been working toward the day when every child grows up connected to nature, every person is environmentally-literate, and every community is motivated and empowered to protect the earth and its inhabitants.

Help EEA Envision the Future!

We are creating a new strategic plan for EEA and your ideas are valued. Since its founding in 1992, EEA's mission of promoting environmental education and stewardship has not wavered, but our priorities and approach have shifted with the times. For instance, we now have an executive director rather than being entirely volunteer-run.

EEA's Board of Directors is currently in the process of envisioning the future of the field of environmental education in light of trends and issues we face today, and re-imagining EEA's role. The process has included review and analysis of our current programs, committees, and operations; revisiting of our vision statement, mission, and strategic plan; and collaboration on a new vision for EEA.

Next, we will be identifying goals and objectives for the next several years and putting everything together in a Strategic Plan.

We are grateful to the Environmental Protection Agency and the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE), which provided an ee360 Grant to assist with Board development and strategic planning.

A glimpse into the visioning sessions at EEA's 2020 Board Retreat

Below are some ideas shared by EEA's Board of Directors, representatives from the Advisory Council, and the ATEEG Certification Advisory Board, as they articulated their visions for the future of EEA. You can request your own movable version of this board by completing the survey at the bottom of the page and emailing EEA's executive director.

EEA's Theory of Change: the Power of Environmental Education

Do the children where you live have opportunities to explore and connect with nature? Do they have the knowledge and skills to understand local environmental problems and design solutions? Are they confident of their ability to make a difference in the world based on bite-sized successes conducting their own environmental projects?

This is what drives our work at the Environmental Education Alliance: a vision of children who grow up loving nature, environmentally-savvy, thinking critically, making decisions to protect the planet and its inhabitants, and restoring the earth by creating a just and sustainable world for all.

EEA's 2017 Mission, Vision & Strategic Plan
EEA is reflected in the 2017 Vision Statement, Mission, and Strategic Plan - living documents that are in the process of being revised to more accurately reflect our current work and plans. The new Vision, Mission and Strategic Plan will be out in 2021.

MISSION

EEA's mission is to help more people identify as environmental educators and to promote communication, enrichment, and professional development among people in the field of environmental education through interaction with other people and organizations to exchange information, develop contacts, pursue partnerships, advance initiatives, and share access to knowledge and experiences.

VISION

EEA supports environmental educators throughout Georgia to achieve our vision of a statewide culture of environmental literacy and stewardship.

STRATEGIC PLAN

Increase the capacity of EE providers through professional development and continuing education
Promote adoption of a Georgia environmental literacy plan
Create a culture of EE and stewardship
Advance diversity and inclusion in nature experiences and EE

EEA Strategic Plan

Doing More, Together

EEA is proud to be the Georgia affiliate of the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE). The Affiliate Network promotes collaboration for maximum effectiveness and a unified voice for environmental education across North America and beyond.

The Southeastern Environmental Education Alliance (SEEA) is a network of NAAEE state affiliates in the southeastern region of EPA Region 4. EEA represents Georgia in the SEEA network.