The Outstanding Service to Environmental Education by an Organization Awards may be presented to organizations to recognize their efforts in promoting and providing EE leadership at the local, regional, and global levels*.

The organization receiving the award must have made a significant contribution to EE, and should be known for one or more of the following:

• Visible contributions in EE (e.g. research, innovations, curricula, legislation, publications, etc.)

• Dedicated service in the field of EE

• Outstanding environmental action, contribution, or stance by an organization whose primary function is not environmental (e.g. a political group that is supportive of EE programs or legislation, etc.)

• Excellence in reporting environmental issues for the purpose of educating the public, in print or electronic media (e.g. a writer; newspaper, radio, or television program that regularly gives space or time to present environmental information in such a way as to educate over a period of time; or any network, foundation, or entity that makes such reporting possible)

*Local refers to work within the state or province.  Regional refers to work beyond the state or province, but within the same country.  Global refers to work involving more than one country.

Previous Winners

2009
Local:  Golden Gate Audubon Society
Regional: NatureBridge, NatureBridge Web site announcement
Global: Environmental Education Exchange

2008
Local: Kids for the Bay, San Francisco, CA (Announced in newsletter >>)
Regional: North Cascades Institute, Woolley, WA
Global: Project Dragonfly, Miami University, Oxford, OH

2007
Local: Willow Bend Environmental Education Center, Flagstaff, Arizona
Regional: The NEED Project, Manassas, Virginia
Global: Laurel Springs K-12 Distance Learning Program, Ojai, California

2006
Local: Facing the Future
Regional: Audubon of North Woods
Global: Green Teacher Magazine
Global: Project Learning Tree

2005
Local: Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park, Las Cruces. New Mexico
Regional: Sierra Youth Coalition, Ottawa, Ontario
Global: The Centre for Environment Education (CEE), Ahmedabad, India

2004
Local: Shaver's Creek Environmental Center
Regional: Earth Day Canada

2003
Local: Aspen Center for Environmental Studies
Regional: ForEd BC

2002
Local: New Jersey School of Conservation
Regional: National Wildlife Federation

2001
Local: Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of State Parks
Regional: Four Corners School of Outdoor Education
Global: World Wildlife Fund

2000
Local: School Yard Nature Program
Global: Tennessee Valley Authority and the Rostov Region of Russia

1999
Local: Moanalua Gardens Foundation
Global: CISDE

1998
Local: Eco-Cycle
National: Environmental News Network

1997
Local: Los Angeles Conservation Corp
National: The National Environmental Education and Training Foundation (NEETF)

1996
Local: The Metropolitan Sewer District
National: American Forest Foundation

1995
Local: the Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education, Stevens Point, WI
National: Council of State Governments, Lexington KY

1994
Phillips Petroleum Company

1993
Boys & Girls Clubs of America

1992
Profauna (Proteccion de la Fauna)

1991
WSMT TV Channel 4, Nashville

1990
Alberta Environment, Environmental Education Branch

1989
Tennessee Valley Authority, Environmental Education Program

1988
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

1987
Kentucky Division of Water

1986
Project WIZE (Wildlife Inquiry through Zoo Education), New York Zoological Society

1985
National Wildlife Federation

1984
Western Regional Environmental Education Council

1983
Michigan Environmental Education Association

1982
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1981
Environmental Education Association of South Dakota

1980
ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education

1979
Journal of Environmental Education

1978
League of Women Voters Education Fund

1977
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1976
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1975
Weyerhauser Corporation