Environmental educators have an unprecedented opportunity to create a more environmentally literate citizenry — a citizenry equipped with the knowledge, skills, and motivation to tackle the environmental, social, and economic challenges that we face today and in the future.

In 2015, NEEF released Environmental Literacy in the United States: An Agenda for Leadership in the 21st Century.

This report explores how environmental education links to major trends and innovations in technology, employee engagement, nature appreciation, K-12 teaching and building sustainable communities. 

Its nine chapters include:

• Chapter 1: Environmental Literacy and Change
• Chapter 2: The New American Landscape
• Chapter 3: Tectonic Shifts in Technology
• Chapter 4: The Greening of the American Education System
• Chapter 5: Americans in the Great Outdoors
• Chapter 6: Environmental Literacy in the Corporate World
• Chapter 7: Facing Environmental Threats
• Chapter 8: Building Support for Environmental Education
• Chapter 9: Building Sustainable Communities