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The CREEC Network

The California Regional Environmental Education Community (CREEC) supports environmental literacy of California’s students.

The CREEC Network is a program of the California Department of Education. The CREEC Network fosters regional partnerships throughout the state of California to promote environmental education and environmental literacy by providing teachers with access to high quality professional learning opportunities and education resources. Along with statewide sponsors and partners, each of the 11 California CREEC Regions provides professional learning opportunities and resources to educators as well as fosters communications among schools and organizations interested in supporting the environmental literacy of California’s teachers and students.

Each CREEC Region aligns with the California County Superintendents External link opens in new window or tab. Regions.

Use the list of Regions below to locate sources for more information.

California Counties by Region: Region 1 - Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, and Sonoma Counties; Region 2 - Butte, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties; Region 3 - Alpine, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba Counties; Region 4 - Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Solano Counties; Region 5 - Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz Counties; Region 6 - Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne Counties; Region 7 - Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, and Tulare Counties; Region 8 - Kern, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties; Region 9 - Imperial, Orange, and San Diego Counties; Region 10 - Inyo, Mono, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties; Region 11 - Los Angeles County

 

CREEC Regions Counties Served Within Each Region
Region 1External link opens in new window or tab. Humboldt, Del Norte, Lake, Mendocino, Sonoma
Region 2External link opens in new window or tab. Butte, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity
Region 3External link opens in new window or tab. Alpine, Colusa, El Dorado, Placer, Nevada, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba
Region 4External link opens in new window or tab. Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Solano
Region 5External link opens in new window or tab. Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz
Region 6External link opens in new window or tab. Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne
Region 7External link opens in new window or tab. Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Kings, Tulare
Region 8External link opens in new window or tab. Kern, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura
Region 9External link opens in new window or tab. Imperial, Orange, San Diego
Region 10External link opens in new window or tab. Inyo, Mono, Riverside, San Bernardino
Region 11External link opens in new window or tab. Los Angeles

Events

For calendars of events, please visit a Region web page on the CREEC Network website External link opens in new window or tab..

Lyris email: List

If you would like to receive Environmental Science Education updates via email: notification about resources, workshops, institutes, funding opportunities, contests, and legislation related to Environmental Science and Environmental Education, subscribe to the Lyris email: list by sending a "blank" message to join-environmental-science-ed@mlist.cde.ca.gov.

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Questions

If you have any questions about the CREEC Network, please contact Shannon Gordon by email: at sgordon@cde.ca.gov or by telephone at 916-319-0190.

Questions:   Professional Learning Support & Monitoring Office | plsmo@cde.ca.gov | 916-323-5847
Last Reviewed: Tuesday, July 23, 2024