The nationally recognized Neighborhood Environmental Education Project (NEEP)’s innovative approach to environmental education offers a unique opportunity for you to supplement your science curricula. With NEEP, schools partner with the Urban Ecology Center for an entire year, transforming the experience from just another field trip to a permanent outdoor classroom where you can reinforce science concepts taught in class with hands-on outdoor activities during multiple visits.
Our science-based programs range from basic wildlife and ecology studies, to the physics of sound and light, to simple machines, to energy, to recycling. At a time when physical education programs are being cut, the Center also offers valuable kinesthetic learning opportunities, including rock climbing, canoeing, hiking, snow shoeing and ice skating. Our custom designed programs meet the needs and desires of the teachers and school districts.
For more information
To find out more about why the Urban Ecology Center is more than just a field trip site, contact Lynn Anders, Environmental Education Manager, (414) 964-8505, x125 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
National Recognition for NEEP
The National Environmental Education Advancement Project selected the Neighborhood Environmental Education Project as one of the most unique and effective programs in the state, inviting us to share our model with five different urban regions in Wisconsin.
Environmental Education Sponsorship Opportunities
The Urban Ecology Center relies on community sponsors to help provide terrific programming to schools. Each school contributes a portion of the cost for a NEEP contract and generous donors and corporate partners contribute the remainder. Contact our Corporate and Foundation Relations Manager, Meenal Atre, at (414) 964-8505, x136 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., if you or your organization would like to become a NEEP sponsor.
Ensure environmental education is available for students in Milwaukee!
For the 2020-2021 year, the Neighborhood Environmental Education Project (NEEP) was supported by*:
Antonia Foundation
Bader Philanthropies, Inc.
BMO Harris Bank
BOGS Footwear
Brady Corporation
Charles D. Ortgiesen Foundation
Dorothy Inbusch Foundation, Inc.
Eaton Corporation
Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors Youth Foundation
Herzfeld Foundation
Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation, Inc.
Komatsu Mining Corporation Foundation
Maihaugen Foundation
Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin
PPG Industries Foundation
Ralph Evinrude Foundation, Inc.
Rexnord Foundation
Rockwell Automation
The Gardner Foundation
The Miami Foundation
We Energies Foundation
Weiss Family Foundation
*Last updated 12/06/21
