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organization overview ! ! Founded in 1972 ! ! 15 Plant Communities Native to California ! ! Mission is to provide quality education through hands-on experience with nature native site Aerial View 1972 native site Aerial View 2012

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!! Founded in 1972 !! 15 Plant Communities Native to California !! Mission is to provide quality education through hands-on experience with nature

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Aerial View

native

site

1972

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Aerial View

native

site

2012

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Riparian

native

site

1972

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Riparian

native

site

2012

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Redwood Forest

native

site

1973

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Redwood Forest

native

site

2012

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Desert

native

site

1974

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Desert

native

site

2012

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Southern Oak Woodland

native

site

1975

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Southern Oak Woodland

native

site

2012

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  • Only Butterfly House in

Orange County

  • Features only Orange

County native butterflies including CA State butterfly - CA Dogface

native

butterfly house

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native

butterfly house

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  • 16,500+ total

program participants during 2011/12 fiscal year

  • ! Participants come

from Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego Counties

education

programs

First School Tour in 1977

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  • 12,000+ students visited

with their Kindergarten - Sixth grade classroom during 2011/12

  • ! All school programs

satisfy requirements for CA State Science and Social Science Standards

education

school programs

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  • Brings experienced ENC

Naturalists to school classrooms

  • Designed to enhance the

experience of students visiting the Center for field trips and/or to provide classroom teachers with a stand alone program that makes science and social science concepts understandable and memorable to students

education

traveling naturalist

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  • Boy and Girl Scout

programs presented to 2,000 scouts during 2011/12 program year

  • ! Over 109 Eagle Projects

completed on site since 1986

education

scout programs

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  • Additional programming

includes: Little Naturalist programs for pre- schoolers, Summer Nature Camp, Student Enrichment Programs, Birthday Parties and Public Programs for all ages

  • The Center is open to the

public with thousands of visitors annually.

education

community programs

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1973

  • Over 600 volunteers

during the 2011/12 program year.

  • ! Volunteers provided

nearly 7,000 hours of service during the year.

service

volunteers

2012

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green

building

The ENC’s Learning Center is the first LEED Platinum Building in Orange County as certified by the U.S. Green Building Council

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green

LEED

  • The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to

sustainable building design and construction.

  • LEED = Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.
  • LEED is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation
  • f high performance green buildings.
  • LEED is a practical tool for achieving a sustainable and environmentally responsible

project.

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green

building

V I E W F R O M S T R E E T

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green

building

V I E W F R O M C E N T E R

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green

building

V I E W F R O M ABOVE

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green

building

E N T R Y

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green

building

M U S E U M

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green

  • n-site renewable energy
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green

natural ventilation

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green

water conservation / storm water management

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green

recycled content / renewable resources

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green

drought tolerant / native landscape

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green

daylight harvesting

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green

encouraging alternate transportation

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green

We have a lot of work to do!!!

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green

sustainable education

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support

membership

  • 350+ annual members
  • Membership support

provides 10% of annual

  • perating revenue
  • Members receive terrific

benefits

  • ! Thank You!
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support

community events

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support

facility rentals

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growth

expansion opportunity

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growth

expansion opportunity

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growth

expansion opportunity

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growth

expansion opportunity