In 1974, the Evanston Ecology Center was built and donated to the City of Evanston by a group of citizens who believed the city would benefit greatly from a facility dedicated to environmental education and awareness. Those citizens formally organized themselves as a 501(c)(3) organization in 1976 and became the Evanston Environmental Association. For more information about the history of the EEA, click here.

Since those early years, the Ecology Center has been a City of Evanston operated facility providing highest quality environmental education to the community and the EEA has been its non-profit partner, supporting the Center with fundraising, volunteer and programming efforts.