Built with educators. Proven with communities. Refined with evidence.
Partner with Earth Force to elevate your environmental learning and empower students to solve real, local problems.
Earth Force is a national non profit with over 30 years of experience partnering with school districts, youth-serving organizations, and educators to evolve student learning through Environmental Applied Civics (EAC). Our expertise is in the elements that make authentic civic engagement work: centering youth voice, building strong youth-adult partnerships, and creating resilient communities.
WHO WE ARE
WHO WE SERVE
School Districts
We partner with districts to drive student agency and civic engagement through strategic implementation and support.
Non-Profit Organizations
We partner with education and environmental focused organizations to deepen their programming by infusing Environmental Applied Civics.
Educators
We enable educators to strengthen their practice through ready-to-go resources, an Educator’s Guide, and access to a Community of Practice.
THE PROBLEM
Youth civic engagement is declining just as our environmental challenges demand more collaborative solutions. Many communities struggle to provide the tools and space students need to be involved in decision-making.
Earth Force fills that gap.
We created Environmental Applied Civics (EAC), an educational approach where youth partner with adults to identify a local environmental issue and work with community members to change policies or practices. Over 30 years, we have supported more than 220 organizations in integrating authentic EAC learning to enact deep systemic change.
EXAMPLES OF OUR WORK
We work with educational and non-profit leaders to enhance their existing curriculum - building a systems-wide integration of effective youth-led civic learning.
Enriching World Geography curriculum for District of Columbia Public Schools
We partner with districts to drive student agency and civic engagement through expert implementation and strategic support.
Deepening watershed education for NOAA’s B-WET program
We partnered with NOAA to bring youth-led action into their Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience program.
Improving climate literacy with Jefferson County Public Schools
We delivered district-wide professional development to JeffCo science educators focused on climate literacy and action.
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Educators Reached
+365,000
Young People Reached
+220
Organizational Partnerships
LEADING THE CHARGE
We are building the field of Environmental Applied Civics. From setting quality standards to convening leaders, we are driving a systemic shift in how young people learn.
Setting the Standard
We partner with districts to drive student agency and civic engagement through expert implementation and strategic support.
Empowering Field Leaders
We partnered with NOAA to bring youth-led action into their Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience program.
Advancing Teaching Practice
We delivered district-wide professional development to JeffCo science educators focused on climate literacy and action.
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The Latest: Episode 67 - November 3, 2026
Rethinking Evaluation with Emergent Learning: Earth Force & Data+Soul
Episode 66 - October 20, 2026
12 Mins
How can you use evaluation to do more than report outcomes—to make better decisions, adapt your strategy, and strengthen your work?
How can you use evaluation to do more than report outcomes—to make better decisions, adapt your strategy, and strengthen your work? In this replay of our live 2026 NAAEE Brightspot session, Earth Force and Data+Soul share practical examples of using Emergent Learning to build evaluation capacity and turn what you learn into action. We'll talk about how to move from observations to insights, test assumptions with partners, and develop evaluation strategies that are more responsive to the people and communities you serve.
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Mapping the Ripple Effects of Community Change in Fairfax, VA
How can a local environmental project create lasting, systemic change? SJ, Earth Force’s District Strategy Lead, brings together Yannos Misitzis, a Special Education educator at Longfellow Middle School; Kate Carey, a parent and naturalist club leader; Wendy Cohen, Virginia Master Naturalist Volunteer, Fairfax Chapter and Fairfax Tree Steward, and Aleko, a student leader, to share how invasive plant removal and native plant restoration grew into broader community advocacy and policy change in Fairfax County, Virginia.
EAC WEEK - MAY 3-7, 2027
EAC Week brings together educators, practitioners, researchers, and partners to advance Environmental Applied Civics and expand opportunities for authentic youth-led learning for every young person.
2027 event details coming soon.
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