
EENM Rings In 2023 With A New Executive Director!
EENM is pleased to kick off the new year by welcoming our new Executive Director, Carlos Matutes, to the Leadership Team. Carlos is an experienced advocate of outdoor education, recreation, Continue Reading →
Share in the Celebration: Outdoor Learning Week 2022
Let’s get New Mexico’s kids outdoors to learn! The Land of Enchantment’s second annual Outdoor Learning Week will be September 26 – October 1, 2022! Celebrate by engaging kids in your favorite outdoor learning activity. Snap a Continue Reading →
Fall Edition of Symposium to Showcase Outdoor Classrooms and Curricula
Just in time for Outdoor Learning Week and National Public Lands Day, the fall edition of the Outdoor Learning Symposium will showcase outdoor classrooms and curricula in action! Everyone is welcome to join EENM and Continue Reading →
Outdoor Learning Program Passes Legislature: A Tremendous Success for Our Community!
Update March 10, 2022: Yesterday, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed House Bill 2, which included an amendment for the outdoor learning program funding for the NM Public Education Department. New Continue Reading →
Outdoor Learning Legislation is a Win for Kids and a Win for Communities
For more information about Senate Bill 32, Outdoor Learning Program Funding, click here. This Op-Ed was also published on January 23, 2022 by the Las Cruces Sun News and the Continue Reading →
An Extraordinary Year for Environmental Education in New Mexico
Thanks to our amazing community, 2021 was filled with incredible accomplishments to advance environmental education in New Mexico! At the beginning of 2021, we celebrated the release of Every Kid, Every Day, Continue Reading →
Big Outdoor Learning Win for Students in Las Cruces
Environmental Education of New Mexico (EENM) was thrilled to join our partner, Wild Friends, for a very special presentation at Monte Vista Elementary School in Las Cruces. On October 20, Continue Reading →
First NM Outdoor Learning Week
A Community Celebration of Outdoor Learning New Mexico’s first annual Outdoor Learning Week, as declared by Governor Lujan Grisham, was September 27-October 1! Educators statewide engaged students in fun outdoor education activities. Dozens of Continue Reading →
EENM and Wild Friends Respond to Recent Article
This My View op-ed was published in the Santa Fe New Mexican on August 28, 2021. View it online, or read the full text here. It was then published in Continue Reading →
Update on Outdoor Classrooms and Outdoor Learning for the 2021-2022 School Year
August 19, 2021 Dear Outdoor and Environmental Education Community, The need for outdoor learning has never been more evident, and outdoor classrooms provide a bi-partisan, common sense solution to support Continue Reading →