Located in Berkeley, California, the Center for Ecoliteracy's stated mission is to support and advance education for sustainable living.
It introduces the concept of the 6-5-4 School Lunch Matrix, "based on six dishes students know and love, five ethnic flavor profiles, and four seasons.
[9] In collaboration with bestselling author Daniel Goleman, the Center for Ecoliteracy published Ecoliterate: How Educators Are Cultivating Emotional, Social, and Ecological Intelligence in fall 2012.
The book profiles educators, activists, and students who embody this integration of intelligences as they address food, water, and energy issues around the world.
It also includes a professional development guide and five practices of "engaged ecoliteracy": developing empathy for all forms of life, embracing sustainability as a community practice, making the invisible visible, anticipating unintended consequences, and understanding how nature sustains life.