About NCLI
Dutchess No Child Left Inside, taking you outdoors to a different world to explore.
Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County’s No Child Left Inside (NCLI) program works to get youth outdoors to connect with nature while also providing important job-training and life skills. The Dutchess NCLI program hires teenagers (age 14-19) from the City of Poughkeepsie and provides them with the training and the skills necessary to become Environmental Ambassadors in the program. The youth work with their peers and younger youth to teach them about the environment and encourage them to get outdoors. The NCLI Environmental Ambassadors serve as community role models, learn from STEM professionals, and help the environment through community projects.
The Dutchess NCLI Enviornmental Ambassadors engage audiences in a variety of ways, including: after school and summer camp enrichment programs; organized outdoor recreation (e.g. hikes, nature walks, snowshoeing, canoeing, backpacking); community events; community projects (e.g. trash clean-ups) and utilizing multimedia to educate youth and the public about the environment and area watershed issues (e.g. social media, blogging, podcasts, building a website).
