National Wildlife Federation

Education outreach & publicationsthe national wildlife federation believes everyone is responsible for caring for the earth and improving the environment for future generations. the national wildlife federation provides ecological education through our k-12 ecoschools program, which has engaged over 6,500 schools and certified nearly 18,000 schools since 2009.the earth tomorrow program has trained high school students in leadership and civic engagement through community action projects for over twenty years. the program has involved more than 5,000 youth in conservation action and environmental service learning projects and brought together high school educators and community members. the program's impact can be seen in the hundreds of hours youth have spent exploring, recreating, and serving in state parks, national park service properties, usda forest service lands, urban forests, and nature centers.expanding early outdoor learning: the goal of the early childhood health outdoors (echo) initiative is to ensure all young children have access to healthy outdoor play and learning. echo relies on colleagues and affiliates to better incorporate local contexts and community perspectives to bring authentic value to local projects. echo and sacred grounds collaborated to provide assistance to a variety of organizations in detroit in building nature-based, resilient outdoor spaces for their communities. in addition, the echo team worked closely with the south carolina wildlife federation to build the foundation for grow outdoors sc, a five-year partnership with the state to support quality outdoor learning for young children.

Membership & other nature education programsmembership education programs maintain an active, engaged and informed membership providing supporters with the information and inspiration to make a difference in their own backyards, their communities, and across the country. nwf reaches millions of supporters on a monthly basis to communicate the most pressing needs facing the environment today - from people becoming more disconnected from nature to loss of habitat and the impacts of climate change. through such publications as national wildlife magazine, the nwf website, and other sources of information, nwf is educating our membership base on how nwf is working to protect wildlife and habitat. every month, through national wildlife millions of people can read informative feature articles about wildlife and wildlife conservation, the latest environmental news and success stories from nwf and around the nation.the rich history of national wildlife week dates all the way back to its first celebration in 1938. as our longest-running education program, national wildlife week engages millions of participants. the broad range of educational activities increases awareness and promotes the conservation of north america's most at-risk wildlife and habitats.the national wildlife federation's green hour provides tips and activities to get kids and families outside in nature every day. we encourage kids, parents, grandparents, educators, and caregivers at home, schools, childcare centers, park agencies, camps, and more to adopt a goal of an hour per day of time for children to play and learn outdoors in nature.our every child healthy outdoors initiative supports home-based educators to childcare centers, to provide professional development and pass-through funding to 78 childcare programs and educators. the work is expanding across the country, helping communities in michigan, texas, new mexico, south carolina and washington, d.c., with outdoor play and learning experiences for young children.