Environmental and Outdoor Education Organizations Around the World:

Directory: State | National (USA) | International (other countries and regions) | Other

State and Regional Environmental Education Associations

In alphabetical order, with date of establishement, if found:

• Alabama
• Alaska - 1984
• Arizona - 1980
• Arkansas - 1996
• California (AEOE, of course!) - 1954 (so far it looks like we can say we are the oldest state EE organization in the country!)
  • Map of member organizations providing EE in California
• Colorado - 1989
• Connecticut - member of the New England Environmental Education Alliance
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Hawaii 1989
• Idaho
• Illinois - 1972
• Indiana
• Iowa - 2001(?) Also, Iowa Association of Naturalists
• Kansas - 1969
• Kentucky - 1976 Kentucky seems to have two websites
• Louisiana
• Maine 1982
• Maryland 1985
• Massachusetts - 1977
• Michigan
• Minnesota - 1992
• Mississippi - apparently there is a Mississippi Environmental Education Alliance, but I couldn't find a website for them.
• Missouri
• Montana - 1991
• Nebraska - 2001 (formed from two older groups)
• Nevada - 1986
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey - 1985
• New Mexico
• New York - 1968
• North Carolina - seems to have two: Environmental Educators of North Carolina (1990) and the N.C.Assoc. of EE Centers (1996)
• North Dakota - 1995
• Ohio
• Oklahoma - 1993
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island - member of the New England Environmental Education Alliance
• South Carolina 1977, with roots back to 1960
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah - 1981
• Vermont - 1975
• Virginia - "mid-1950's"
• Washington - 1990
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin - 1962 (as Wisconsin Council for Conservation Education - WCCE)
• Wyoming
  

National Environmental Education / Outdoor Education Organizations

• North American Association for Environmental Education - NAAEE
• Association for Experiential Education - AEE - early 1970's
• Association of Nature Center Administrators - ANCA
• Residential Outdoor and Environmental Education - ROEE

International Environmental Education / Outdoor Education Organizations

Global Organizations:

• AEE International
• Environmental Education for Sustainable Development
• Foundation for Environmental Education - FEE International
• Global Rivers Environmental Education Network (GREEN)
• Mountain Forum

Organizations from other countries/regions:

• Asia
  • Japan Environmental Education Forum (JEEF)
• Australia
• Canada
  • EarthCARE, An Environmental Education PartnershipÈ
  • Environmental Educators of British Columbia Society
  • Global, Environmental, & Outdoor Education Council (GEOEC), Alberta
• Central America
• Europe
• Great Britain, also see the Institute for Outdoor Learning (IOL), UK
• Kathmandu Environmental Education Project
• New Zealand
• South America
• Southern Africa also see the Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa - EEASA

Other: