Who’s Who in Environmental Education?

Here’s a quick list of providers of EE in Houston. Inquire WITH THE ORGANIZATION about field trips, guest speakers, classroom instruction, lesson plans, and more! We are HERE to help, and HERE to help you connect. Befuddled? Email GBEP@Tceq.texas.gov and we’ll help you find the right person!

American Bird Conservancy

Armand Bayou Nature Center (Clear Lake)

Audubon Texas

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Bayou Land Conservancy

Bayou Preservation Association

Baytown Nature Center (Baytown)

Big Thicket National Preserve (Kountze)

Birding for Fun

Camp Olympia (Trinity)

Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation

Citizen’s Environmental Coalition of Houston

City of Houston, Office of Sustainability or Parks and Recreation Department

Climate Justice Museum of Houston

Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program

Delores Fenwick Nature Center (Pearland)

EcoRise

Environmental Defense Fund

University of Houston, Clear Lake: Environmental Institute of Houston (Clear Lake)

Fishing’s Future

Galveston Bay Estuary Program

Galveston Bay Foundation

Galveston Park Board

Girl on the Grow

Gulf Coast Bird Observatory

Harris County, Precinct 1 - 4 (includes multiple parks & programs)

Hermann Park Conservancy

Honey Brown Hope Foundation

Houston Arboretum and Nature Center (West Loop 610)

Houston Audubon

Houston Botanic Gardens (Hobby Airport)

Houston Humane Society, Wildlife Center

Houston Zoo

Lake Houston Wilderness Park (New Caney)

Long Acres Ranch (Richmond)

Moody Gardens (Galveston Island)

Moonflower Farms

National Wildlife Federation

Native Prairies Association of Texas & Deer Park Prairie (Deer Park)

Nature Discovery Center (Bellaire)

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary

Student Conservation Association

Texas Association for Environmental Education

Texas Children in Nature

Texas A&M Forest Service: WG Jones State Forest (Conroe) or Project Learning Tree

Texas A&M University: Sea Camp (Galveston)

Texas Wildlife Association

The Nature Conservancy

The Woodlands Township

Texas Parks & Wildlife Department: Project WILD or Sheldon Lake State Park or Brazos Bend State Park or Texas Outdoor Families

Urban Harvest

US Fish and Wildlife Service, Houston Community Partnerships and Engagement, Virtually Wild

Westbury Community Garden

The following organizations offer professional development opportunities for educators to earn CPE/TEEAC credit throughout the year. Contact the organization for the next available workshop, or to set one up.

  • Project WILD is facilitated by Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. Each TEKS-aligned suite contains interdisciplinary activities and lessons that are suitable for K-12 classrooms and informal settings. Note: Houston Audubon hosts workshops with the Flying WILD curriculum from Project WILD.

  • Project Learning Tree is facilitated by the Texas Forestry Association and the Texas A&M Forest Service. There is TEKS-aligned curriculum and corresponding workshops for early childhood, preK-8, secondary and pre-service teachers; they’re offered in-person or via a new online training module. They also host a Summer Institute in the forests of Texas.

  • Texas Children in Nature regularly hosts webinars, or you can peruse their library of recorded sessions.

  • Texas Association for Environmental Education hosts an annual conference for formal and informal educators.

  • Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation hosts workshops, provides microgrants and stipends to help K-12 educators guide students in community-based inquiry projects with opportunities to present their findings to stakeholders. They will also create a customized professional development plan for campuses and districts.

  • EcoRise has a sustainable intelligence program with K-12 curricula and professional development, a green building academy and a teacher ambassador program.

  • NOAA recorded webinars for educators about the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.

  • Texas Wildlife Association hosts in-person and virtual workshops that introduce educators to lessons and activities about our natural resources, land stewardship, native wildlife and water conservation. Aligned to Science TEKS Grades K-8.