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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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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…
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Through the Global E-STEM Awards’ Next Generation Transportation Grant, Fundación Pachamama has supported the Solar Canoe project, where a 10-meter canoe is fitted with solar panels, electric hardware, and an electric outboard engine. Learn more about how this project supports Kapawi and its school…
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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. Read more about how it shaped his approach to the…
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2025 CEE-Change Fellow Teresa Cole serves as the James River Association's director of education. Her Community Action Project reimagined the pre-existing programs to deepen students’ understanding of the issues related to the James River and empower more youth to make meaningful and lasting changes…
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Ginny Ellis-Kirifi is a 2025 CEE-Change Fellow working in Aotearoa (New Zealand) to inspire and educate young people as guardians of their environment. Learn more about Ginny's role with BLAKE, supporting the planning and delivery of week-long environmental education and leadership experiences.
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Discover how ee360+ is strengthening environmental education through collaboration, with Project WILD showcasing how long-term partnerships empower educators to inspire meaningful learning and conservation action.
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Over the past five decades, children have lost much of the freedom to roam and build their own worlds. This blog asks what that decline in independent mobility might mean for children's mental well-being, weaving research with personal memories of developing a lasting sense of place.
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Mrs. Lalitha Murali, a teacher for the Glendale River-Hills School District and 2025 CEE-Change Fellow, reflects on her experience at the CEE-Change Leadership Institute. Following her time there, Lalitha worked to add a civic leadership layer to her school's STEAM Program.
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Supported by ee360 and ee360+, Earth Force and the Inland Seas Education Association (ISEA) are continuing to strengthen their eight-year organizational partnership. Together, they are working to train educators, deepen civic engagement, and help define what best practice looks like for the field.
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What can birds teach us about energy? This post highlights a program that uses bird adaptations as an entry point to explore energy concepts, making environmental education more engaging, accessible, and relevant to today’s challenges.
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With assistance from the 2024 Global E-STEM Award, Groundwork San Diego-Chollas Creek deepened their partnership with Millennial Tech Middle School to deliver a full-year, interdisciplinary, project-based learning (PBL) curriculum across 6th, 7th, and 8th grades.
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TriOceans Education Trust brings hands-on science education to young people growing up in coastal New Zealand communities. With help from a 2024 Global E-STEM Award, TriOceans launched an outreach program that offers experiential ocean science activities directly to schools and community groups.
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How do you grow water leadership in Northern Arizona? Dive into how a pilot Water Leadership Institute was designed, and read insights for designing place-based leadership programs.
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With support from the 2024 Global E-STEM Award, the Riley Orton Foundation (ROF) works to bring STEM concepts to rural schools in Kenya. In the organization's Climate Solutions project workshops, students learn renewable energy and IoT (Internet of Things) technologies, addressing clean water access…
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From late-night searches for resources to peer-to-peer connections, eePRO has been a place educators turn to when they need support. As eePRO turns ten, we reflect on belonging in this shared online space and invite you to share your story too.
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Living Lakes Canada educates about environmental challenges within local watersheds. With the support of the 2024 Global E-STEM Award, the Watershed Matters program equips high school students with the skills needed to not only understand the issues around them, but to make a local difference.
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With the support of an E-STEM Award from Pratt and Whitney and NAAEE, the ASA Foundation’s E-STEM for Disabilities project in Indonesia is expanding E-STEM education accessibility by equipping teachers with what they need to support all learners, regardless of their abilities.
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A hurricane hit the habitat preserve surrounding a small Texas school, but Artist Boat turned repair into real learning. With support from the eeBLUE 21 CCLC Watershed STEM Education Partnership Grant, students saw resilience firsthand and discovered why their coastal ecosystem needs them.
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"What creek?" became "our creek" after ten weeks of learning. Engaging young students in their local watershed through field trips, water testing, and storytelling transformed a forgotten waterway into a shared stewardship. Get the full story in the latest education of the eeBLUE Watershed…
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Read how hands-on science, beach explorations, and after-school activities helped students connect their daily lives to the health of Puget Sound in our eeBLUE Watershed Chronicles.
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Nineteen days and a summer full of campers. Through an eeBLUE grant, ShoreRivers and Caroline County Recreation and Parks built stronger partnerships to provide unforgettable learning experiences for 60 fifth-graders.
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Through an eeBLUE Watershed STEM Education Partnership grant, students tested water quality, kept nature journals, and explored the science in their own backyards. Read our latest Watershed Chronicles to see how hands-on learning keeps curiosity flowing.
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Back-to-back hurricanes delayed the launch of a new educational exhibit for one eeBLUE grantee. But through it all, the team’s resilience stands out. Their story is a reminder that real progress isn’t just about milestones—it’s about weathering the setbacks together.
