Project Learning Tree (PLT) is an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators working with students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12.

PLT uses the forest and trees as "windows" into natural and built environments, helping people gain an awareness and knowledge of the world around them and their place within it.

PLT is a source of interdisciplinary instructional activities and provides workshops and in-service programs for teachers, environmental educators, and youth leaders.

PLT prepares students to make informed decisions management practices and resource use by stressing how to think about the environment, not what to think.

PLT is not just for North Carolina! There are PLT programs in all 50 states, Canada, Japan, Mexico, Sweden, Brazil and other countries throughout the world!