Who are we?
Since its establishment in 1998, the Environmental Education Center (EEC) has had a long history that dates back to 1986, when it began as a pioneer project of the Evangelical Lutheran Schools. Over the past 18 years, it has progressed from the Education for Awareness and Involvement (EAI) program, and in 1992 was developed into Children for the Protection of Nature in Palestine (CPNP). The CPNP has now become an important part of the new EEC, which includes a permanent location in Beit Jala, inside the campus of Talitha Kumi school.

The EEC is a leading provider of environmental and educational facilities as well as information on nature conservation issues for a wide base of Palestinian students and researchers. The purpose of this center is to:

· Help the community (students, teachers, women and graduate students) to understand the position, the relationship and role of humans in their environment.
· Increase the awareness of the economic, scientific and cultural values of natural resources.
· Develop and form healthy values, attitudes and skills that are necessary to promote a positive relationship between humans and their environment.

Our Policy is based on the fact that dealing with the Palestinian community in this regard, start with children reaching the whole public. Also our program activities are not restricted only to a group of people whether it is a social, political, religious or geographical group but rather it deals with the community as a whole, respecting gender issues equally.