Careers at a Nature Center: Environmental Education, Land Care, Restoration and Justice

Nature Centers provide education, research and outreach for pre-K to retirees as part of urban, county, state and national parks, non-profit networks, faith-based and corporate sponsorships. Ecologists can participate in community science, https://inaturalist.org, long-term monitoring, environmental education, natural history, human and applied ecology fields from restoration to urban ecosystem ecology and environmental justice. Professional organizations include Association of Nature Center Administrators https://www.natctr.org/ and North American Association for Environmental Education https://naaee.org/. The Catholic-sponsored Marianist Environmental Education Center https://meec.center engages ecologists in monitoring, land management, research, native-plant restoration, land service learning and the inspiring Laudato si Action Platform https://laudatosiactionplatform.org