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• Fall 2006: Student members of the Associated Students Environmental Affairs Board (EAB) begin teaching in Ms. Kristen Schmidt’s 2nd grade classroom at Isla Vista Elementary School.

• Fall 2008: Freshman Environmental Science major Ryland King joins EAB, spends year formalizing curriculum and expands program to 1 classroom at Adams Elementary School.

• Summer 2009: Ryland files nonprofit paperwork for Environmental Education for the Next Generation (EENG) with Tanya Heravian as Director of Operations, Nick Allen as Director of Business Development, Teal Riege as Director of Curriculum, and Andrew Notohamiprodjo as Website Director. All are undergraduate students at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

• Winter 2009: EENG receives official 501c(3) nonprofit status.

• Winter 2010: EENG expands to 8 classrooms in 14 schools in Santa Barbara County.

• Spring 2010: EENG awarded first grant from the Fund for Santa Barbara’s Youth Making Change Program.

• Summer 2010: EENG announces funding partnership with the Associated Students Community Affairs Board at UCSB.

• Fall 2010: EENG launches program with new lesson plans developed based on feedback from participating teachers and instructors. EENG operates in 24 classrooms in 12 schools spanning from Goleta to Carpinteria.