An initial meeting among Mary Brandwein, Brandwein-Morholt Trust, Jack Padalino, Pocono Environmental Education Center (PEEC), Bill Hammond, Natural Context, and Alan Sandler, American Institute of Architects, Marily DeWall, National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), and Keith Wheeler, Global Rivers Environmental Education Network (GREEN) provided core ideas for a collaborative relationship between the Pocono Environmental Education Center (PEEC) and the Brandwein-Morholt Trust. These individuals met from 1995-1998 acting as an independent and active working group to lead to form the Paul-F Brandwein Institute.