Help EENC Change the World!

I grew up largely outdoors, playing, camping, fishing, and mineral collecting under the big blue skies of Colorado and Arizona. I learned to appreciate nature by being IN nature and still find my happiest moments surrounded by insects, trees, birds, and rocks. As an adult, one of my passions is to provide others with similar experiences, happy moments in nature that help them form deeper connections to the life all around them. This passion led me to my combined role as an environmental educator, a citizen science manager, and a scientist. In 2016 I joined the board of the Environmental Educators of North Carolina so that I could help support, build, and strengthen an organization that helps others do the kind of work I love and supports environmental education throughout North Carolina (and, increasingly, beyond!)

Environmental education is critical. It provides time in - and a connection to - the outdoors which research has shown to improve physical, mental, and emotional health. Learners not only gain environmental content knowledge, but also support to become civically engaged leaders. As such, environmental education is just as important for our participants as it is for the planet. 

EENC believes everyone, regardless of their background, where they live, or their demographics, should feel welcome in environmental education activities to reap these various benefits. Now, more than ever, we need to work together. It will take people of all ages and backgrounds working together to make informed decisions about increasingly complex environmental issues affecting the economy, public health/safety, and shared natural resources on which all life depends. 

You can read more about what EENC has accomplished this year to support this, and what we’re planning for next year here.

Will you help us? 

If you have a past experience that helped shape your love for and commitment to protecting our planet, please pay it forward by supporting EENC’s mission and work. Any amount you can give brings us closer to our goal.

Prefer to support EENC via check? You can mail a check to: EENC, PO Box 4904, Chapel Hill, NC 27515. Please let me know if you’d prefer this option so I can make sure your support is counted now toward our goal.