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Mijares: Time spent in the great outdoors correlates with improved health, academic performance

Al Mijares July 27, 2022

Outside the urban glare of Los Angeles, we found a night sky packed with stars and a still silence interrupted...

OCDE continues to track the latest developments related to COVID-19 while following guidance from the California Department of Public Health...

Nearly 600 elementary school students from inland Orange County displayed acts of kindness toward the environment as they collected more...

Students can soak up the sunshine during outdoor activities this July with the return of summer camp at Shipley Nature...

Nichole Pichardo November 22, 2021

It’s been nearly a year since the devastating Bond Fire swept through Rancho Soñado, claiming the home of OCDE’s Inside...

Inside the Outdoors, OCDE’s popular environmental education program, is partnering with the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) to...

Ian Hanigan September 17, 2021

Tony Bube, a founding member of the foundation that supports the Orange County Department of Education’s environmental education program, has...

The summer months are in full swing and while children and teens can definitely benefit from rest and relaxation, there...

For the second consecutive year, OCDE’s environmental education program — better known as Inside the Outdoors — will offer a...

While every day is Earth Day for OCDE’s Inside the Outdoors program, we set aside one day a year —...