Member Organizations:

Alliance for Climate Education
ACE is a national nonprofit that educates America's high school students about the science behind climate change and inspiring them to do something about it. ACE educators visit high schools around the country, teach climate science with our multimedia presentation, and help students start projects in their community and school.

Apeiron Institute for Sustainable Living
The Apeiron Institute for Sustainable Living and Sustainable Schools Network work to create ecologically healthy communities by bringing sustainable living practices from around the world to southeastern New England. Our range of school and adult programs, field trips, teacher trainings, and annual festival at the Institute’s Center for Sustainability feature a variety of workshops, speakers and study circles for people of all ages.

Audubon Society of Rhode Island
The Audubon Society of Rhode Island, the state's first environmental organization, protects nearly 9,500 acres of diverse natural habitats across our region. Audubon’s mission promotes environmental education, conservation and advocacy. Audubon offers dynamic hands-on, science-based environmental education programs that help teachers achieve state standards. In-classroom and field explorations are available for grades pre-K–high school. Visit our website for a school brochure.

Bridges 4 Learning AmeriCorps Collaborative
The Bridges 4 Learning AmeriCorps Collaborative (B4L) is a partnership of four organizations—Apeiron Institute for Sustainable Living, Traveling Theatre Company, Cranston’s Community Learning Center, and Connecting for Children & Families. B4L engages inner-city students from Woonsocket and Cranston, RI, in their communities through dynamic after-school enrichment and family programming, with emphasis on environmental science and arts literacy.

R.I. Department of Environmental Management, Division of Forest Environment
The RI Department of Environmental Management (DEM) Division of Forest Environment manages 40,000 acres of state-owned rural forestland; promotes public understanding of environmental conservation; enforces the rules and regulations on DEM lands; assists the federal government in providing landowner assistance programs; and more.

RI Envirothon
RI Envirothon, Inc. promotes a year long program of study for high-school aged students in the fields of Soils/land use, Forestry, Wildlife, Aquatic Ecology, and an Environmental Issue, which changes annually. The program culminates in the annual “Envirothon”, a competition who’s winning team goes on to represent Rhode Island in the Canon International Envirothon. For more information, click here to email the President, Paul M. Ricard.

Friends of Ballard Park
Friends of Ballard Park (FBP) is dedicated to protecting, maintaining and promoting Newport, RI's only nature preserve. In addition to educational programming, FBP hosts free cultural activities such as concerts and movie screenings throughout the year in the thirteen-acre park.

Frosty Drew Nature Center and Observatory
The Frosty Drew Nature Center and Observatory is dedicated to environmental stewardship and delivering environmental education to people of all ages, with primary focus on marine and aquatic habitats of the nearby salt ponds. Our observatory and sky theatre is open every Friday night providing education on the day and night skies above. We provide summer programs and spring and fall school field trip opportunities.

Girl Scouts of Rhode Island, Inc.
In partnership with committed adult volunteers, Girl Scouts of Rhode Island develops courage, confidence and character in order to make the world a better place. Leadership experiences in the outdoors are a key part of girl scouting. Girls discover the natural world through hiking and camping, they work with experts in environmental science, and they take action through community service projects and award initiatives.

Narragansett Bay Research Reserve
The Narragansett Bay Research Reserve (NBRR) is located in the heart of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay on Prudence, Patience, Hope and Dyer islands. The reserve is one of 27 in the U.S. National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS). Currently, NERRS protects over 1 million acres of coastal lands for long-term research and education.

Norman Bird Sanctuary
Located in Middletown, Rhode Island, the Norman Bird Sanctuary is a 325-acre wildlife refuge and environmental education center with over seven miles of trails and a diversity of forest, pond, ridge, and coastal habitats. NBS serves over 10,000 students annually through its engaging and interactive nature-based education programs for school, scout, camp, and public audiences.

Ocean State Environmental Education Collaborative
The Ocean State Environmental Education Collaborative’s partner organizations—Save The Bay, RI Zoological Society, and the Norman Bird Sanctuary—empower citizens to improve life in Rhode Island and grow a sustainable future. Our cooperative effort enables us to build on our organizations' common vision, and expand our capacity to reach children in RI through high-quality environmental education programs by our AmeriCorps team.

Recycling for Rhode Island Education
Recycling for RI Education is committed to preserving the environment by diverting clean, non-toxic, reusable excess inventory from the business community to educational organizations. Donated materials are redistributed to schools, teachers, daycare providers for children and the elderly, after-school programs, and other non-profit organizations and groups in need of basic supplies for hands-on learning and creative programs.

RiverzEdge Arts Project
RiverzEdge Arts Project is a youth development program offering young people in Northern RI (ages 12-24) paid employment in the arts and a voice in the community. Based in Woonsocket, one of RI's poorest cities, RiverzEdge engages teens in a lifestyle of creative expression, disciplined practice and economic self-reliance. Talented youth artists run micro-businesses: DesignWorks, the Mobile Studio and ScreenWorks, featuring Clean Clothes an environmentally friendly youth-designed organic apparel line.

Rhode Island Families in Nature
Rhode Island Families in Nature was created by and for families that want to spend more time outdoors, explore Rhode Island's natural places, and reconnect with nature. Monthly e-newsletters include tips to help families enjoy nature, recommended books, and many other practical resources. Each month we explore a different natural area in RI together. Membership is free and open to everyone.

Roger Williams Park Zoo
Home to hundreds of rare and fascinating animals from around the world, Roger Williams Park Zoo is the ultimate living classroom. Every year 500,000 people visit the zoo and more than 65,000 children participate in formal education programs including zoo camps, overnights, and classroom visits from the Zoomobile.

Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation
The Rose Island Lighthouse, established in 1870, was restored and relit in 1993 by the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation. The foundation uses this historic site as a hands-on demonstration center and living classroom to teach stewardship, conservation and sustainable living through the responsible use of natural resources.

Save The Bay
Save The Bay is a non-profit organization that works to protect, restore and explore Narragansett Bay and its watershed. Education is a key component of our mission. We provide hands-on, inquiry-based marine programs to students of all ages aboard our educational vessels along coastlines and inside classrooms. For more information about our education programs, please call 401-272-3540 ext. 133, or visit our website.

Office of Marine Programs (OMP) - Education and Outreach
URI Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO)
The OMP outreach mission is to enhance marine and environmental education and science communications through a range of initiatives within Rhode Island, the U.S., and around the globe by collaborating with scientists, engineers and graduate students from GSO and oceanographic research institutions worldwide. OMP brings current marine science to: K-16 educators and students, the general public, journalists and the media.

Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association
The Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association promotes and protects the integrity of the lands and waters of the Pawcatuck Watershed, a 300-square mile area of land in southern RI and CT. We educate and inform citizens about the watershed's unique and irreplaceable resources. Educational opportunities include teacher trainings, classroom programs and field trips.

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