SEI is an environmental nonprofit that builds leaders to drive sustainability solutions. For over 20 years, SEI has partnered with schools, communities, and businesses to develop a leadership pathway from elementary school to early career. Our flagship programs (Energize Schools, Energize Colleges, School of Environmental Leadership, Climate Corps, and Energize Careers) educate and empower students and emerging professionals to create thriving, resilient communities.

Seminole County Natural Lands Education Program provides opportunities to Educate, Inspire, and Connect children and their families to the Natural World.

The Seminole Education, Restoration, and Volunteer (SERV) Program works to actively restore and educate people on how to protect the waterways and natural areas of Seminole County.

We provide tours of permaculture gardens and solar hand-crafted structures; programs on natural and sustainable living; education and research in ecology; and three hundred acres of forest trails.

The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) provides science-based knowledge to meet critical environmental challenges. SERC leads objective research on coastal ecosystems—where land meets the sea—to inform real-world decisions for wise policies, best business practices, and a sustainable planet.

Our strategic and master plans seek to discover solutions to unprecedented environmental impacts and change in the Anthropocene Period – the age of humans – which urgently require pragmatic management decisions based on sound science.

We seek to inform, educate and engage people in science-based solutions for the environment:

Nationally and internationally recognized intern, graduate and post-doctoral student programs train the next generation of research scientists and natural resource managers. Participatory science to gather new data and to engage them in the process of using science effectively for answers. Public programs and K-12 field trips and activities about SERC science and how it relates to their communities.

To provide learning opportunities for citizens and visitors to the state that foster an increased understanding and appreciation of park resources and their inherent significances.