Ecology in Classrooms and Outdoors (ECO)

Overview
Headquarters: 
Portland, OR, USA
Website: 
ecologyoutdoors.org
Size: 
1-10 employees
Founded: 
2005
Annual Budget : 
$500,000-1M
Areas of Focus: 
Environment
Education
Outdoor Experience/ Retreat
Populations Served: 
Children and Youth
About Us
Mission: 

ECO inspires students to care for nature and their local communities through hands-on science education and climate action.

Programs: 

Our education model is cumulative and grows with students from kindergarten through twelfth grade. ECO curriculum is built on inquiry and project-based learning. We emphasize hands-on! Our programs promote critical thinking and guide students to connect academic content to real world challenges. They develop ecological literacy while building skills in communication, collaboration, and creativity. Interdisciplinary lessons align with Next Generation Science Standards that provide real-world STEM learning, and support teachers in meeting academic benchmarks. Learn more at www.ecologyoutdoors.org.

Why Work For Us?: 

Founded in 2005 by environmental educators, ECO works to connect young people to the world around them. Education programs are delivered in classrooms, schoolyards, nearby parks and field trip locations. Students in grades k-12 participate in standards-aligned lessons, in habitat restoration, and in climate action projects during their school day. Over the past several years ECO has developed free online curriculum, educational games for purchase, an online subscription-based curricula, and Elementary Units incorporating science, math, language arts, and more into curriculum kits for teachers to purchase and use in their classrooms. In 2020, ECO was gifted 77 acres of undeveloped land off Skyline Blvd. The organization is presently in the process of ethically selling this land, with intentions to establish an endowment or other vehicle to provide on-going support to the organization. The organization is poised to move to the next level, and we seek a strong and empathetic leader to help us get there.

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industry: 
Nonprofit