Who we are . . .

The Kentucky Environmental Education Council was established to improve Kentuckians’ understanding of their environment.  Although our major focus is primary and secondary education, the Council also works with colleges and universities, businesses, local governments, private organizations and citizens; in fact, anyone who wishes to help themselves or their students better understand our relationship to the natural world.  Our goal is to provide citizens with the knowledge they need to make their own informed decisions about their environment.

What we do . . .

We coordinate environmental education in the Commonwealth in several ways. We help maintain a searchable website and calendar for both teachers and the general public at www.eeinkentucky.org. We also provide links to valuable state and national environmental education web sites. We create instructional materials that are Kentucky specific and aligned to the state standards. We also plan and help implement professional development for nonformal environmental educators, including a certification program. We also oversee an interactive website called www.greenschoools.ky.gov which students and faculty can use to assess the health and sustainability of their school environments. Finally, we monitor the environmental knowledge and attitudes of Kentucky’s citizens.