Membership

Join us at our next meeting!

DCEEC General Meetings are held every other month (starting in January) at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. Dates change depending on room availbility. For meeting details, contact a DCEEC Officer.

Becoming a DCEEC Member

Benefits of being a member are:

    - Networking at bi-monthly meetings;
    - Collaboration with District of Columbia Public Schools;
    - Inclusion in and access to outreach tools;
    - Professional development trainings & workshops; and
    - Joint grant opportunities and/or funding for student field studies.

Expectations of DCEEC members are:

    - Meeting attendance;
    - Committee participation;
    - Payment of dues;
    - Nominating and voting for elected officers.

Committee Involvement

Committees increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the Consortium. Current standing committees include the Executive, Ways and Means, Education, Outreach, and Schoolyard Greening. The following are the current committee chair(s) and responsibilities.

*To find out more on becoming a DCEEC Member, see our DCEEC Membership Form DCEEC Membership Form.*



Current Member Organizations

21st Century School Fund

The 21st Century School Fund is a nonprofit organization dedicated to building the public will and capacity to improve urban public school facilities. 21CSF believes that our public school buildings and school grounds can be designed, constructed or renovated, operated, and maintained using high performance schools, green building, or sustainable design concepts. 21CSF green schools programming includes research, innovative projects, and advocacy.

Alice Ferguson Foundation (AFF)

The Alice Ferguson Foundation provides experiences that encourage connections between people, the natural environment, farming and the cultural heritage of the Potomac River Watershed, which lead to personal environmental responsibility.

The Alliance to Save Energy (ASE)

The Alliance to Save Energy promotes energy efficiency worldwide to achieve a healthier economy, a cleaner environment, and greater energy security. Energy costs are an enormous expense for our nation's schools. To help free up more resources for education while strengthening academic learning, the Alliance's Green Schools Program engages students in creating energy-saving activities in their schools, using hands-on, real-world projects. Through basic changes in the operations, maintenance, and individual behavior, Green Schools has achieved reductions in energy use of 5 to 15 percent among participating schools. Green Schools encourages students to apply the lessons of energy-efficiency message in their homes and communities.

  • The Alliance to Save Energy
    1850 M Street, NW, Suite 600
    Washington, DC 20036
    Tel : (202) 857-0666
    Fax : (202) 331-9588
  • http://www.ase.org
American Forest Foundation

The American Forest Foundation (AFF) is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization that was chartered in 1981 with the purpose of encouraging the long-term sustainability of America's forests, restoring wildlife habitat, and developing quality environmental education programs, to assure that Americans today, and in the future, enjoy healthy, growing forests. They help young people learn the skills they will need to become responsible environmental decision makers.

Project Learning Tree is a nationally award-winning environmental education program designed for PreK-12 formal and non-formal educators. The supplementary materials provide hands-on, minds-on multi-disciplinary activities that teach students how to think, not what to think about complex environmental issues.

  • American Forest Foundation
    1111 Nineteenth Street, NW, Suite 780
    Washington, DC 20036
    Tel : (202) 463-2462
    Fax : (202) 463-2461
  • http://www.forestfoundation.org/
Anacostia Watershed Society (AWS)

The mission of the Anacostia Watershed Society is to restore and protect the Anacostia River and its watershed by cleaning the water, recovering the shores, and honoring the heritage. Our ultimate goal is to make the Anacostia River swimmable and fishable in keeping with the Clean Water Act of 1972. Our work is conducted through a four-part program that involves environmental education, restoration, advocacy, and recreation.

The Education Department at AWS delivers hands-on programming that allows elementary, middle and high school students to connect with their natural world and the Anacostia River. It will enhance their understanding of the interdependence of ecological and human communities. The program consists of three classroom sessions, a field study on the tidal Anacostia, a service-learning restoration project, and integrated reflection activities.

  • Anacostia Watershed Society
    The George Washington House
    4302 Baltimore Avenue
    Bladensburg, MD 20710
    Tel : (301) 699-6204
    Fax : (301) 699-3317
  • http://www.anacostiaws.org
Capital Region Earth Force (CREF)

Capital Region Earth Force engages young people as active citizens who improve the environment and their communities now and in the future.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF)

The mission of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation is to restore and sustain the Bay's ecosystem by substantially improving the water quality and productivity of the watershed, and to maintain a high quality of life for the people of the Chesapeake Bay region.

CBF Education accomplishes this mission through student field experiences, teacher professional development, and student leadership training.

Clean Air Partners

Clean Air Partners strives to improve public health and the environment by working with businesses, organizations and individuals throughout the region to raise awareness and reduce air pollution through voluntary actions. Our success is dependent on the active participation of an informed community.

To that end Clean Air Partners has developed the On the Air curriculum and kit available to public and private schools located within the jurisdictions of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and Baltimore Metropolitan Council.

DC Greenworks

DC Greenworks, a 501 c3 non-profit, is the national capital region's preeminent green roof advocate and educator, as well as a one stop shop for green roof consultation, design, installation, and maintenance. We serve the Washington, D.C. community by providing training, tools, and techniques that utilize, protect and advance the environment. DC Greenworks sees a vital connection between economy and ecology, employment potential and environmental sustainability. Our mission is to promote urban social revitalization through environmental restoration. We actively seek to discover, promote, and deliver cutting edge solutions that are cost effective, eco-friendly, and socially beneficial. We provide environmental education programs based on Low Impact Development (LID) strategies.

District Department of the Environment (DDOE) - Fisheries and Wildlife Division

The District Department of the Environment's Fisheries and Wildlife Division has four major components: research and management, aquatic and wildlife education, licensing and regulation, and fishing. Collectively these components serve to conserve the District's aquatic and wildlife resources for the use of DC residents and wildlife.

District Department of the Environment (DDOE) - Watershed Protection Division

The mission of the District Department of the Environment is to conserve the soil and water resources of the District of Columbia and to protect our watersheds from non-point source pollution through education, restoration, regulation, conservation.

DC Water and Sewer Authority

WASA is an independent Authority of the District of Columbia government and serves more than 580,000 residents in the District by delivering drinking water and collecting and treating wastewater. WASA also serves approximately 1.6 million people in the surrounding counties of Montgomery and Prince George’s in Maryland and Fairfax and Loudoun in Virginia with wastewater treatment services at the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant - the largest advanced wastewater treatment plant in the world.

WASA hosts a free Sewer Science lab program for District high schools. In the lab, students are taught the basic concepts of how wastewater is treated before being returned to the river. They make a sample plant and treat their own wastewater. In addition, students are introduced to careers in environmental science, using biology and chemistry.

  • DC Water and Sewer Authority
    5000 Overlook Ave, SW
    Washington, DC 20032
    Tel : (202) 787-2000
    Fax : (202) 787-2333
  • http://www.dcwasa.com
Earth Conservation Corps

The Earth Conservation Corps is a nonprofit organization that engages the strong minds and muscles of Anacostia's youth in the restoration of the Anacostia River. As corps members improve their own lives, they rebuild the environmental, social, and economic health of their communities.

  • Earth Conservation Corps
    2000 Half St. NW
    Washington, DC 20024
    Tel : (202) 479-6710
    Fax : (202) 479-9509
  • http://www.ecc1.org
Earth Day Network

Earth Day Network (EDN) grew out of the original Earth Day in 1970, and is a driving force steering environmental awareness around the world. Through EDN, activists connect, interact, have an impact on their communities, and create positive change in local, national, and global policies. EDN seeks to grow and diversify the environmental movement worldwide, and to mobilize it as the most effective vehicle for promoting a healthy, sustainable planet - through education, politics, events and consumer activism.

  • Earth Day Network
    1616 P Street NW, Suite 340
    Washington, DC 20036
    Tel : (202) 518-0044
    Fax : (203) 518-8794

  • http://www.earthday.net
Environmental Concern

Environmental Concern is dedicated to promoting understanding and stewardship of wetlands through education and outreach, native species horticulture and restoration initiatives.

Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region (LC-NCR)

Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region is a nonprofit organization, providing hands-on education and job training for young people from diverse backgrounds, with a special emphasis on serving at-risk youth. The Foundation uses maritime settings, community revitalization projects and other challenging learning environments, and a low staff-to-students ratio. Our learning by doing educational programs emphasize the applied learning of math, science, language arts, history, economics, and ecology. Key objectives of all programs are career development, cooperative learning, elevating self-esteem, and fostering multicultural exchange.

The National Aquarium

The National Aquarium in Washington strives to communicate the magic and mystery of the world beneath our waters - a world that will thrive only if we all work together to preserve its healthy longevity. It provides teacher training and offers classroom programs to school groups.

Through science, conservation, and educational programs, we will confront the pressing issues facing global aquatic habitats. Our legacy to future generations is a world in which aquatic habitats are preserved and restored.

  • The National Aquarium
    Commerce Building, Room B-077
    14th & Constitution Avenue, NW
    Washington, DC 20230
    Tel : (202) 482-2825
    Fax : (202) 482-4946
  • http://www.nationalaquarium.com/
National Environmental Education Foundation NEEF

At the National Environmental Education Foundation, NEEF (http://www.neefusa.org), we provide objective environmental information to help Americans live better every day. At a time of conflicting and challenging messages about the state of our environment, we believe people should have access to trusted knowledge, resources, and opportunities to improve their lives and the health of the planet.

Chartered by Congress in 1990 to advance environmental knowledge and action, our strategy is to reach the public through trusted professionals who can help Americans make everyday choices for a healthy life and healthy environment. Working with health professionals, weathercasters, land managers, teachers, and business owners, our programs reach hundreds of thousands of households and translate into actions, saving millions of dollars as well as reducing energy use, protecting nature, and improving the health of thousands of children.

K-12 and public programs include National Environmental Education Week (http://www.eeweek.org), Classroom Earth (http://www.classroomearth.org), and National Public Lands Day (http//www.publiclandsday.org).

  • National Environmental Education Foundation
    4301 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 160
    Washington, DC 20008
    Tel : (202) 833-2933
    Fax : (202) 261-6464

  • http://www.neefusa.org/
The National Park Service, Rock Creek

Rock Creek Park rangers lead guided nature walks and curriculum based environmental education programs on a daily basis. The rangers instill an affection for wild places, the ability to find a sense of wonder in them, and discover the joys of the outdoors. Programs attempt to teach the concepts of ecology, to identify the local flora and fauna, and to understand man's interrelationship with nature.

NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office (NCBO)

NOAA Chesapeake Office Education Program provides funding and resources for hands-on watershed education to students, teachers and the public to foster stewardship of the Chesapeake Bay. NOAA is the lead federal agency for K-12 education activities for the Chesapeake Bay Program supporting the commitment to provide a meaningful watershed educational experience to every student in the watershed prior to graduation.

NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office Emerging Scientists Project (ESP) provides urban high school teachers with the means to bring oceanic and atmospheric sciences into their classrooms and the opportunity to get their students into the field. The project encourages youth to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math as well as increases understanding of and appreciation for the resources of the Chesapeake Bay.

Retired Scientists Engineers and Technicians (ReSET)

ReSET is a D.C.-based non-profit volunteer organization that partners retired scientists, engineers, and technicians with elementary school teachers to improve science motivation and literacy. Our goal is to introduce children in the classroom to science, engineering and technology as being enjoyable and exciting(fun)!

One of ReSET's long-term goals is to produce a citizenry that is prepared to effectively participate in public decisions on issues of science and society. Another is to increase the size and diversity of the future scientific workforce in the U.S. by stimulating interest among young people in pursuing related academic and professional careers.

Saturday Environmental Academy

The Saturday Environmental Academy offers a unique outdoor educational opportunity for 7th and 8th graders living in the Anacostia River watershed. Through this free, fun, educational experience students learn about the history, health and ecology of the river, while developing skills in team building, critical thinking, and scientific investigation.

Solar Publishing LLC

The mission of Solar Publishing LLC is to enlighten the lives of others through media that instills a sense of connection to nature and humanity. Solar Publishing promotes cultural awareness and publishes work that uplifts and inspires individuals to live in harmony with themselves, the planet, and its inhabitants.

Surfrider Foundation - DC Chapter

The Surfrider Foundation is a grassroots, non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world's oceans, waves, and beaches for all people, through conservation, activism, research, and education.

The Washington, DC Chapter represents residents from the greater Washington, DC, area, including western Maryland and Virginia. It naturally draws coastal transplants who have found themselves landlocked, as well as river-, bay-, and snow-oriented natives. Most importantly, we realize that despite physically being hours from the nearest beach, our actions locally can significantly affect the health of the coast, the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers, the Chesapeake Bay, and the rest of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed!

The DC Chapter strives to affect coastal water quality through upstream improvements, achieved through hands-on projects, education programs, and advocacy campaigns. Our long-term guiding goal is to make the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers swimmable.

United States Botanic Gardens (USBG)

The United States Botanic Garden is an institution dedicated to demonstrating the aesthetic, cultural, economic, therapeutic, and ecological importance of plants to the well-being of humankind.

The U.S. Botanic Garden carries out this mission by:
? presenting artistic displays of plants, exhibits, and a program of educational activities;
? promoting botanical knowledge through the cultivation of an ordered collection of plants;
? fostering plant conservation by acting as a repository for endangered species.

Uniquely situated at the heart of the U.S. government, the Botanic Garden seeks to promote the exchange of ideas and information relevant to this mission among national and international visitors and policymakers.

  • United States Botanic Gardens (USBG)
    100 Maryland Avenue, SW
    Washington, DC 20250
    Tel : (202) 225-8333
    Fax : (202) 225-1561

  • http://www.usbg.gov/
U.S. Forest Service Conservation Education Program

The Conservation Education Program works with partners to coordinate development and delivery of high-quality, science-based education about forests, grasslands, and related natural resources to pre-K through 12th grade students and their educators, in both formal and nonformal settings. We strive to connect people to the land by providing them with the tools they need to take informed actions related to sustaining natural and cultural resources.

  • U.S. Forest Service Conservation Education Program
    1400 Independence Ave., SW
    Washington, DC 20250
    Tel : (202) 205-5681
    Fax : (202) 690-5658

  • http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/ce/
Washington Youth Garden at the U.S. National Arboretum (WYG)

Using the garden cycle as a tool, the mission of the Washington Youth Garden at the U.S. National Arboretum (WYG) is to inspire children and families to engage in self-discovery, explore relationships with food and the natural world, and contribute to the health and well-being of their communities.
Founded in 1971, the Washington Youth Garden at the U.S. National Arboretum provides a unique, year-round environmental science and food education program for D.C. youth and their families. Using the garden and Arboretum as a living classroom, the program teaches participants to explore their relationships with food and the natural world. Adventures in healthy cooking and eating, organic gardening and environmental literacy cultivate lifelong skills which transform our participants and community.