Current SEEAL Programs

SouthCoast Energy Challenge
Our Mission: To enrich the community by reducing CO2 emissions in SouthCoast, Massachusetts. Learn More>>

Climate Change Challenge
A traveling high school presentation designed to introduce students to the science behind climate change, and local solutions to this critical global issue. Presented in partnership with the Alliance for Climate Education (ACE), Mass Audubon Allens Pond, and Tem Blessed, a local hip hop artist and figure in sustainability; the program is now in its second year, having visited 15 high schools reaching nearly 5,000 SouthCoast students.

Current & Past Program Funding

SEEAL currently has funding through the Environmental Protection Agency to administer a Sustainable New Bedford Grant for the City of New Bedford. In 2006, we were funded by the Massachusetts Environmental Trust to assess Science Curricula in Southeastern Massachusetts, and to field test curriculum enhancements in selected schools.

Specific Programs supported through SEEAL efforts

Education For Sustainability – According to Education for Sustainability: An Agenda for Action, a report initiated by the National Forum on Partnerships Supporting Education about the Environment in 1994, “Education for sustainability is a lifelong learning
process that leads to an informed and involved citizenry having creative problem-solving skills, scientific and social literacy, and commitment to engage in responsible individual and cooperative actions. These actions will help ensure an environmentally sound and economically prosperous future.”

Implementing education for sustainability depends on six core themes including (1) lifelong learning, (2) interdisciplinary approaches, (3) systems thinking, (4) partnerships, (5) multicultural approaches, and (6) empowerment.

Future Plans…

On this page we will provide a comprehensible searchable database of environmental programs offered in Southeastern Massachusetts. From owl prowls, dune walks and harbor tours, to water quality sampling, energy audit trainings, and climate change presentations, we hope you’ll use this source as one-stop searching for all environmentally-related activities and volunteer opportunities in Southeastern Massachusetts.