Mission: Environmental education is a learning process that increases people's knowledge and awareness about the environment and associated challenges, develops the necessary skills and expertise to address the challenges, and fosters attitudes, motivations, and commitments to make informed decisions and take responsible action.
EENC’s mission is to build connections, provide professional development, and promote excellence for North Carolina's community of environmental educators.
We do this by promoting and facilitating professional development, fostering networking opportunities, and demonstrating high quality environmental education programs and materials. EENC strives to be a leader in the field of environmental education within North Carolina, the southeast, and the nation.
EENC’s vision is to inspire those we work with to create an environmentally literate citizenry.
EENC is a terrific organization, providing excellent professional development, partners well with other North Carolina environmental education organizations and state agencies.
This all-volunteer organization works to improve the credibility and expertise of environmental educators across the state of NC. Members of the Board give of their time because they are passionate about their profession, and want to improve the environmental literacy of students and citizens. Environmental Educators of NC celebrated its 20th year in 2010 at its 20th annual professional development Conference.
In 2011, EENC members are hosting the international conference of the North American Association for Environmental Education in Raleigh, and will be welcoming about 2000 environmental educators from all over the world. Join us! www.eenc.org
