President's Environmental Youth Awards (PEYA)
EPA's Environmental Education (EE) Program
EPA EE Web Sites
The PEYA program is sponsored by EPA's Environmental Education Division (EED). EED leads and coordinates EPA programs to provide national leadership in promoting environmental literacy, in accordance with the National Environmental Education Act of 1990.
Environmental education provides the capability and skills over time to analyze environmental issues, engage in problem solving, and take action to sustain and improve the environment. As a result, individuals are more capable of weighing various sides of an environmental issue to make informed and responsible decisions.
In addition to PEYA, EED promotes environmental education through the following programs:
- Environmental Education Grants to support projects that enhance the public's awareness, knowledge, and skills to help people make informed decisions that affect environmental quality
- National Network for Environmental Management Studies (NNEMS) student fellowship program that provides undergraduate and graduate students an opportunity to participate in a fellowship project that is directly related to their field of study
- Environmental Education and Training Partnership to support and train environmental educators
- National Environmental Education Foundation that implements various programs relating to Health and Environment, Earth Gauge, Classroom Earth, National Public Lands Day, National EE Week, and Business and Environment