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MYE is a non-profit organization specializing in
adventure education and experiential programs for young people
aged 15-18. MYE is supported by MYEF, and the Orfalea Foundations.
MYE’s Vision
To enrich and expand the lives and vision of
young people, and to develop the next generation of leaders
through adventure, service, personal challenge, teamwork and
access to continuing education.
MYE’s Mission Statement
Montana Yellowstone Expeditions provides exceptional
experiential opportunities that build skills for success in
learning and in life.
MYE Program Foundation
MYE is grounded through a framework of core
themes, outcomes, values, and design principles. These elements
pervade everything we do and inform our current actions and
future direction.
Core Values
Heart
An ethic that combines
compassion, caretaking, trust, and commitment.
Challenge
Understanding and
demonstrating that you can do more than you think you can.
Service A commitment to making
the world more livable and sustainable in small and large ways.
Learning A focus on learning
how to learn, and the enjoyment of learning for its own sake.
Responsibility Stepping up
and taking responsibility for your decisions and actions, and
the consequences of these.
Themes
Self Discovery
The discovery
of our true selves; our talents, goals, inner personality and
core beliefs.
Leadership
Leading both self
and others toward a positive contribution to the world.
Sustainability
Teaching and
practicing environmentally and socially sustainable methods
of living, working, and interacting.
Design Principles
Experiential
Learning by trying
and doing, failing and succeeding, and having fun.
Sustainable
Operating in a
manner that supports the continuation of learning and life
for all.
Practical
Seeking always to
be applicable, useable and actionable.
Quality
Continually taking
the extra steps to provide the highest possible quality in
everything we do.
Safety
Physical, emotional,
and spiritual safety are the bottom line
at all times.
MYEarth MYEarth
is the environmental education, local and global stewardship,
and green business initiative for MYE and MYEF. This is an
organization wide program with sustainability principals, goals
and strategies applied to all aspects of the business, and
education program. The MYEarth vision is to craft MYE as a
leader and role model in sustainability best practice and as
a steward for the healthy future for our home and planet by
2010. Read more……..
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