ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER
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and go spoil island hopping in a
pontoon boat.
The ELC is constantly adding
programs and expanding the opportunities
on its campus. Local
artists are invited to showcase
their works in the ELC galleries
each month. Guided bike tours
along jungle trail are scheduled
and young entrepreneurs sell their
wares on campus the first Saturday
of every month.
The Environmental Learning
Center is making a push to let the
public know that the center is for
all ages, not just schoolchildren.
“We like for the community
to think of the Environmental
Learning Center as an extension of their own backyard,”
Barbara Schlitt Ford, executive director of ELC, said. "It’s
a place where they can come to relax, celebrate and connect
with nature.”
And the new Thomas R. Schidel Education and Event
Pavilion will soon be available for large scale events and concerts
with the capacity to host up to a thousand guests. It will
also be available to rent for corporate events and weddings.
ELC’s ultimate goal is to deepen the human connection
with nature and to understand other species on the planet so
all humanity can live in harmony with the rest of the natural
world. The best way to do that is through participatory,
immersive and nature-based experiences accessible to all.
ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER
Visitors to the Environmental Learning Center can stroll an extensive network of boardwalks through mangroves.
IF YOU GO …
What: Environmental Learning Center
Where: 255 Live Oak Drive, Vero Beach
When: Monday – Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
and weekends, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
For more information: Visit www.discoverelc.org
or call 772.589.5050.
Barbara Schlitt Ford, executive
director of the Environmental
Learning Center.
/www.discoverelc.org
/www.discoverelc.org