

Lessons Learned: 10 years, 100 communities
What we’ve learned: Evaluation insights
For ten years, Nature Everywhere Communities worked to expand equitable access to nature for children. To better understand how this work unfolds and what supports lasting impact, Education Northwest evaluated the initiative. This study explores how communities strengthened partnerships, aligned systems and built readiness for collaborative action, offering insights into the conditions that enable equitable, long-term change in children’s access to nature.



Ripple Effects Mapping brings the evaluation’s findings to life by sharing community stories on how children’s access to nature becomes a community-wide priority. In facilitated sessions, communities mapped ripple effects that began with convening a network of partners, cultivating trust and relationships, empowering community and youth, leading to shifts in power dynamics, transformed belief systems and the adoption of new policies and practices.
Explore the Ripple Effects Mapping Reports:
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