EdenAcres develops exciting, engaging, and curiosity-inspiring educational experiences in outdoor settings for all of the learners in our community.
Our Vision:
A community that cares for the earth and for people, fairly distrubutes and shares abundance, and lives within the limits of the natural world that sustains us.
Our Mission:
To engage our community in active learning for transition to a sustainable future.
Our Goal:
Enviornmental literacy for all learners in our community
Our Strategies
To develop capacity in our community for environmental education:
We help to integrate outdoor learning activities with academic content in K-12, non-formal and adult education
We help develop infrastructure & protocols to support learning at outdoor sites
We help develop funding to cover program costs and transportation
We build connections and partnerships to develop a broad base of support for outdoor education across the community
Our Methods
We are proponents of teaching methods that have been shown to empower learners and develop environmental literacy as well as foster instrinsic motivation, self-confidence, creative engagement, and connection to community. Our methods include place, project, and service-based learning, sustainability education, permaculture design, systems thinking for problem-solvers, and STEM to STEAM.
To engage our community in active learning for transition to a sustainable future.
Nature-based Summer Camps, Learning Garden & Outdoor Classroom Design & Implementation, Teacher Trainings, Outdoor Field Trips for School Groups
