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At MYE we believe in building confident, thoughtful,
and informed individuals who will make their personal stamp in
their communities and the world. As one of the founding principles
of MYE, the MYEarth project strives to be a comprehensive lens
through which we ask how as individuals and as an organization
we can best live on this planet now, without compromising
the needs of future generations.
MYEarth has two components a
student curriculum and sustainable operations for the organization.
We believe
that sustainability in its social, environmental, economic,
and educational contexts is becoming and will continue to
become one of the worlds most vital and transformative conversations.
This is reflected in the MYEarth curriculum. We believe by
participatng in the MYEarth program our students will build a
capacity to engage in this conversation. Since
this conversation is constantly evolving the MYEarth curriculum
will keep up with current events, giving students the foundation
of understanding these complex issues. Students will learn in
interactive sessions and throughout their field experiences at
MYE.
What better place to explore one's place in the “web” than
while you are climbing your first peak, cruising down the
Yellowstone River, or just watching the clouds float over head.
The MYEarth curriculum will give our students other ways of
viewing the world and their place in it.
Our hope is that they
will take that back to their communities, families, and the
world and make their mark.
The second component of MYEarth is the sustainable
operations of our organization. We believe that if we are asking
the tough questions of our students we should be asking
those questions as an organization and even better, have some
suggestions about how to make changes. At MYE we strive to
provide our students, staff, and visitors with a work in progress
model of sustainability. Our students will discuss water
conservation in the curriculum, thenl see examples
of it in action around Base Camp, and we will ask them to participate
to help make it a reality.
This is how the MYEarth sustainable operations
becomes a teaching tool to the curriculum and gives all of
us a way of seeing big concepts in a smaller way. |
