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Upcoming Events and
Learning Opportunities

  • Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Environmental Education – Online Course
    Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Environmental Education – Online Course
    Membership Offer
    Jun 02, 2025, 9:00 AM – Jul 25, 2025, 6:00 PM
    Online Course
    This course is designed to provide a strong foundation in the language, concepts and principles of equity work for environmental educators and environmental professionals.
  • Accessible by Nature: Designing EE to Support All Learners
    Accessible by Nature: Designing EE to Support All Learners
    Membership Offer
    Jun 16, 2025, 9:00 AM – Jul 25, 2025, 5:00 PM
    Online Course
    We hope this course will inspire you to strengthen your pedagogical practices so they are more welcoming, inclusive and accessible for all learners.
  • EE and the NC Science Standards
    EE and the NC Science Standards
    Membership Offer
    Jul 28, 2025, 10:00 AM – Aug 29, 2025, 6:00 PM
    Online Course
    This course is designed to help formal and non-formal educators understand North Carolina state science standards and how environmental education can apply to those standards when planning lessons and curricula for school-age audiences.
  • Inquiry Based Outdoor Learning: Using BEETLES in NC Workshop
    Inquiry Based Outdoor Learning: Using BEETLES in NC Workshop
    Aug 16, 2025, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
    Roanoke/Cashie River Center, 112 W Water St, Windsor, NC 27983, USA
    The BEETLES learning sessions are active experiences crafted to encourage instructors to look at specific aspects of research-based science pedagogy and to inspire shifts in instructors’ thinking about their own teaching and learning.
  • 2025 Pre-Conference: Echoes in the Gorge - Climbing Toward Renewal
    2025 Pre-Conference: Echoes in the Gorge - Climbing Toward Renewal
    Membership Offer
    Sep 18, 2025, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
    109 Terrace Dr, Chimney Rock, NC 28720, USA
    This experiential field trip takes participants into Hickory Nut Gorge, an area actively rebuilding after Hurricane Helene.
  • 2025 Pre-Conference: Hood Huggers/Peace Gardens/Service Day
    2025 Pre-Conference: Hood Huggers/Peace Gardens/Service Day
    Membership Offer
    Sep 18, 2025, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
    54 Burton St, Asheville, NC 28806, USA
    This field trip will tour the historically African American Burton Street neighborhood, visit an art garden founded in that neighborhood, and provide service work for their community garden.
  • 2025 Pre-Conference: Project WILD Workshop
    2025 Pre-Conference: Project WILD Workshop
    Membership Offer
    Sep 18, 2025, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
    Mission Health/AB Tech Conference Center, 16 Fernihurst Dr, Asheville, NC 28801, USA
    This workshop will be a unique exploration of Project WILD activities and Cherokee culture and language.
  • EENC 2025 Annual Conference
    EENC 2025 Annual Conference
    Membership Offer
    Sep 19, 2025, 9:00 AM – Sep 20, 2025, 5:00 PM
    Mission Health/AB Tech Conference Center, 16 Fernihurst Dr, Asheville, NC 28801, USA
    The 2025 conference will be September 19-20 at AB Tech Conference Center in Asheville, with pre-conference programs taking place on the 18th.
  • Inquiry Based Outdoor Learning: Using BEETLES in NC Workshop
    Inquiry Based Outdoor Learning: Using BEETLES in NC Workshop
    Membership Offer
    Sep 27, 2025, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
    Eastern 4-H Center, 100 N Clover Way, Columbia, NC 27925, USA
    The BEETLES learning sessions are active experiences crafted to encourage instructors to look at specific aspects of research-based science pedagogy and to inspire shifts in instructors’ thinking about their own teaching and learning.

Environmental Educators of North Carolina

EENC’s mission is to build connections, provide professional development, and promote excellence for North Carolina's community of environmental educators.
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