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Who We Are

ChangeScale is a professional network and community that consists of partner organizations in the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas who share a goal to ensure environmental education is the cornerstone of lifelong learning. We envision a world where all generations have the environmental know-how to create healthy communities and a healthy planet. Our mission is to advance cohesiveness, effectiveness, and prominence of the environmental education field. We create opportunities for partners, funders, academics, and environmental educators to convene, and foster spaces for knowledge sharing and capacity building.

Membership

ChangeScale used to run on a membership based model. Members included a geographically and organizationally diverse group of institutions working together to expand access to environmental education throughout the region. We collaborated to advance the cohesiveness, prominence, and effectiveness of our field.

Mission & History

ChangeScale was founded in 2011 to advance the field of environmental education in the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Area. Our mission is to ensure that every generation is inspired with the environmental know-how to create healthy communities and a healthy planet.

Leadership

Leadership for the partnership is comprised of some of the region’s most prominent educational institutions including NatureBridge, California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, Lawrence Hall of Science, Outdoor Afro, Education Outside, Latino Outdoors, Stanford University and more. Current steering committee members include…

Environmental Education

Environmental education is vital to healthy, vibrant communities. The growing scale and complexity of the environmental issues we face, from climate change to pollution to loss of biological diversity, demands an environmentally literate public that is inspired to act as stewards of the planet and apply practical environmental know-how to support an improved quality of life…