# Environmental Education ## expand\_more ![Environment](/sites/g/files/omnuum3976/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/geii/files/envir.png?itok=VDzZGxsr) The organizations listed below teach environmental education in various ways. [Recent studies](http://climatecommunication.yale.edu/news-events/what-world-thinks-about-climate-change/) have shown that 40% of adults worldwide have never heard about climate change. Education plays an important role in shaping attitudes and behaviors that lead to greater environmental awareness and more sustainable lifestyles. You can [read more from an OECD blogpost](http://oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.com/2014/07/think-green-education-and-environmental_53.html) (7/31/14). You can read Felipe Calderon, former President of Mexico and Chair of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, [make a case for why climate change is an education issue](https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/climate-change-education-issue-by-felipe-calderon-2016-07) (7/4/16). You can [read about programs focused toward environmental education in the US and at the global level](http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/global_learning/2016/04/environmental_education_at_the_local_national_and_global_level.html) in a blogpost written for Education Week by *Cleary Vaughan-Lee, Education Director,* [*Global Oneness Project*](https://www.globalonenessproject.org)*.* ## Organizations [### Earth Force ](/earth-force) Website Countr(ies) USA & Canada Grade Level Of Students Participating 3-12 Number of Students Participating per Year 20,024 Year Organization Began 1994 Relationship to the public education system Works together with 175 schools... [### Engineering for Kids ](/engineering-kids) Programs profiled: Junior Engineers, Apprentice Engineers and Master Engineers. Website engineeringforkids.com Countr(ies) 145 locations in 21 countries – please see the website for specific information Grade Level of Students Participating Grades Pre-K... [### Foundation for Environmental Education ](/foundation-environmental-education) Programs Profiled Here: Young Reporters, Learning about Forests and Eco-Schools Website fee.global yre.global leaf.global Countr(ies) Worldwide in 73 countries. Please see here for a full list of programs and countries Age Level of Students Participating... [### National Green Corps ](/national-green-corps) Devised by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Implemented by partner organizations at the local level. Centre for Environment Education (CEE) is a resource agency for 15 States and 2 Union Territories in India providing technical inputs... [### OpEPA ](/opepa) Organizacíon para la Educación y Protección Ambiental (Colombia) Organization for Environmental Education and Protection Corporation (501c3-USA) Website opepa.org Countr(ies) Colombia & US Grade Level of Students Participating Grades 4-12 (programs also... See also:- [ Organizations ](/page-type/organizations)