Vision
To empower youth around the world to become more resilient and self-sufficient through environmental education.
Mission
EAA provides intensive, hands-on, outdoor science education, alongside classroom courses, with the goal of creating pathways to secondary education, college education, entrepreneurship, and economic stability for under-served, under-resourced youth.
Our History
The Environmental Awareness Academy, Inc. seeks to empower youth around the world to become more resilient and self-sufficient through environmental education. The Environmental Awareness Academy (EAA) was founded by National Geographic Explorer and environmental engineer, Linda P. Freeman, science educator and humanitarian, Frederick Hubbard, an entrepreneur and youth development expert, Rhonda Smith. Together, they decided to embark on an ambitious quest to develop a STEAM-based youth development program with the goal of reaching under-served, under-resourced youth around the world. EAA provides intensive, hands-on, outdoor science education, alongside classroom courses, with the goal of creating pathways to secondary education, college education, entrepreneurship, and economic stability for under-served, under-resourced youth. In January 2021, EAA was approved by Miami Dade County Public Schools to work with students and teachers at Norland Middle School in Miami Gardens, Florida.
In March 2021, EAA expanded its work in Miami-Dade County, Florida to Canterranas, Francisco Morazán, Honduras. The target audience for the EAA Honduras is under-resourced youth, male and female, ages 5 through 21 years old, at-risk for migration to the United States. All EAA Honduras students receive holistic educational, nutritional, medical, and social service supports to ensure that they remain engaged in their local school.
In June 2022, the Environmental Awareness Academy began offering STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Culture, and Mathematics) Field Trips in partnership with GEN2050 at Patch of Heaven Sanctuary. These STEAM field trips include age-appropriate instruction in botany, Ethnobotany and the Expressive Arts for Change, mindfulness, forest bathing, mindful movement and fitness, and “Bats, Bees, and Butterflies” - Understanding the Importance of Pollinators. If your school or youth organization is interested in scheduling an EAA Outdoor Science Field Trip, please email EAA at: info@environmentalawarenessacademy.org