Become a Member
You care about environmental education
Become a member to show your support!
WAEE Members include teachers, administrators, environmental educators, natural resource professionals, students, supporters, and volunteers. Besides individuals, organizational memberships are available for schools and districts, governmental, not-for-profit, and private entities whose missions align with our work. Memberships are subject to approval.
"Getting involved and becoming a life member in WAEE was easily the smartest thing that I did as a teacher. "
— Scott Lee
Individual Member
$40*
benefits Include:
- Eligible for awards
- Access to networking events
- Exclusive member discounts, events, and online content
- Member-only professional learning opportunities
- Participate on committees
- Post your résumé
- Optional listing in the Speakers Directory
- Recognition of years of membership
Family Discount: Two individuals from the same household can join under the "Family Membership" rate of $60.
Individual Life Membership is available for a one-time fee of $750. Life members get an additional benefit of recognition at the annual conference.
Organizational Member
$160**
Individual benefits plus:
- Individual membership for 4 staff members (or more!)
- Discounted exhibitor table at events
- Dedicated annual email to membership
- Listing in the EE Organization Directory
- Connect with job seekers (coming soon!)
- Resharing tagged social media posts
Organizations can add as many additional individual members desired for an additional $40 per person.
School, governmental, not-for-profit, and private entities whose missions align with our work are eligible to join at this level. Memberships are subject to approval.
Exclusive Discounts
Get 30-50% Off 100+ Brands Everyday!
A new benefit of membership is access to prodeals, which are super discounted name-brand outdoor products. As a member of WAEE, you can purchase gear for personal use (not for friends or family).
Want in? Become a member before the next roster upload: August 1
Outdoor Learning Store
The Outdoor Learning Store provides easy access to excellent outdoor learning equipment, resources, trainings, and more. OLS provides a small financial return from each purchase to organizations like WAEE, so you can support both organizations at once!
The Outdoor Learning Store provides free professional learning, and as a WAEE member, you get a 20% member discount on all of their
Courses & Certifications and a
5% member discount on all of their
Resources, Tools & Kits.
Green Teacher
As a member of WAEE, you can receive a 50% discount on an
Organization Subscription to the Green Teacher Resource Bank, which includes unlimited access to over 130+ webinars and 550+ articles and teaching strategies from Green Teacher magazine.
* A reduced rate membership is also available for individuals and organizations. The individual discounted rate was previously limited to students, seniors, and veterans. Institutions purchasing memberships for employees should join at the full rate.
** A reduced rate or fee waiver is available to organizations who meet two of three following criteria: 1) Cannot afford the $160 organizational member fee, 2) Primarily work with communities who are economically disadvantaged (more than 75% of those served), and/or 3) Primarily work with populations historically excluded from environmental education (more than 75% of who we serve).
To request a reduced membership rate, click here or
contact us to request a complete waiver.