Mission

Environmental Education Associates designs programs that integrate students' existing studies at the high school level in social studies, civics, economics, science and literature into a broader consideration of the nation's concern for environmental protection.

Issues

Endangered/Threatened Species, Environmental Education - General, Environmental Justice, Native American Issues/Indigenous Peoples

Activities

Education, Curriculum Development

Programs/
Projects

EEA's environmental curricula reflect the complexity of the science, economic and public policy issues at the center of environmental disputes. EEA's environmental justice coursework, included within a class offered as part of a participating school's established curriculum, is presented in a seminar setting for about 25 to 30 students. The course simulates a planning commission hearing to consider the siting of a household hazardous waste facility. Each course (Endangered Species Act and Environmental Justice) takes as its springboard a hypothetical case pitting seemingly intractable opponents in the search for both legal and ethical solutions. EEA's hypotheticals aim to confront students with realistic concerns facing a community similar to theirs and to encourage them to discover consensus when no party in the hypothetical dispute is clearly right or wrong.

Constitutency

High School Students

Geographical Focus

State

Staff

1

Volunteers

6-10

Annuual Budget

$10,000-$100,000

Year Founded

1994