The Pennsylvania Center for Environmental Education (PCEE) was established through an Executive Order issued by Governor Tom Ridge on December 20, 1996. Still working to “provide increased public and private access to quality environmental education,” the Center is funded through a state grant to the PA State System of Higher Education and administered by Slippery Rock University.

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PCEE is an integral part of the environmental community, linking professionals and private citizens throughout Pennsylvania with the tools and information necessary to have environmental education make a difference in their lives and the well being of the planet.

Able to reach citizens all across the Commonwealth through the internet, PCEE functions primarilyas a “virtual” resource center. The PCEE website (www.pcee.org) receives over 3.9 million hits each year and over 12,800 Pennsylvanians receive the monthly electronic newsletter, EE Connections.

Teachers and naturalists have always found the PCEE site to be a goldmine of educational resources, including several unique online activities not available elsewhere on the web.  Each year, over 600 environmental centers and nonprofit organizations market their events and programs through the PCEE website, linking themselves to the larger environmental community at no cost.

The Center is physically housed in an attractive storefront office on Main Street in downtown Slippery Rock—a site that is easily accessible to students of SRU and the 40+ colleges and universities located within a 50-mile radius.  The Center offers a growing Environmental Educational Reference Library to visitors by appointment, including many curricular materials linked to Pennsylvania’s Environment & Ecology Standards.

The Center also contains a small meeting area, equipped with video-conferencing capability and other current media support.  In the future, this area willbe available to educators and environmental nonprofits, allowing groups to meet with others across the state without wasting fossil fuel through costly travel.

It is hoped that in the future, the PCEE office will become a hub of EE activity for the region—just as www.pcee.org has become a hub of EE resources across the state.

To make an appointment to visit our office, please call 724.738.9020 and ask for the receptionist or email us at info@pcee.org.