Help us celebrate environmental education this month!

The Afterschool Alliance is excited to announce that throughout April we will be celebrating environmental education! Our goal is to highlight the work that afterschool programs do to address the importance of environmental education by showcasing how programs are engaging students to think critically about the environment—both locally and globally.

As part of this campaign, we will be celebrating Earth Day by hosting a tweet chat to discuss the importance of environmental education, the current state of environmental education in afterschool, and how programs and individuals can support this mission. Sign up to join us on April 22 at 2 p.m. ET.

Additionally, we have registered our events as part of the National Environmental Education Foundation’s (NEEF) Environmental Education Week (EE Week 2016). This will be the 12th annual EE Week working to inspire environmental learning among K-12 students both inside and outside of the classroom.

Get involved with environmental education:

• Check out our favorite environmental education resources.
• Send us a tweet @afterschool4all using the hashtag #AfterschoolEE and share what afterschool programs can do to support environmental education, what your program is doing, and what your favorite environmental resources and activities are.
• Learn more about our Earth Day tweet chat on April 22 at 2 p.m. ET and sign up to join us and a panel of environmental education experts for a conversation about environmental education in afterschool.
• Keep checking the Afterschool Snack for a blog series where programs like the Washington ZooCrew will share their experiences and advice on how to implement environmental education into afterschool programs.
• Register your events, field trips or projects happening on or around April 17 to 23 as EE Week events.