Gaia Changemakers Program
Punti salienti
- Sviluppo olistico
- Diversità culturale con tre sedi
- Apprendimento esperienziale che dura tutta la vita
- Corporate networking opportunities
Focused on STEM for an enriched camp experience.
Panoramica
The Gaia ChangeMakers Program combines fun, challenge and transformation. A camp to inspire 15 to 19 year-olds over three weeks to discover themselves, their values, inner strength and potential. The camp starts in Zurich, then Prague, and finishes in the beautiful Swiss Alps. Students explore global challenges like meeting energy demands, circular economies and sustainability, and a solutions based approach to build the hope, skills, and values needed to address them.
ESPERIENZE CHIAVE:
- Immersive art and engineering projects (e.g. painting a mural in a Swiss Village and building a remote controlled hydrogen fuelled car)
- Hands-on workshops (e.g. Inner Transition work to take action, Climate Fresk to understand the causes and effects of climate change, conflict management skills...)
- Company visits, and expert talks around circular economy, supply chain and more (e.g. Patagonia, Panasonic, Planted Foods and more)
- Excursions and activities in a variety of urban and natural settings. (e.g. staying on a glacier, hikes, swimming in the lakes, visiting a Swiss Chocolate factory, sightseeing and more!)
RISULTATI CHIAVE:
- Develop skills that set you up for life, and universities and employers highly value in their best recruits, such as systems thinking (complexity awareness), problem solving like an innovator (using design thinking) and conflict management (leadership and communication).
- Using the "Inner Development Goals" skills are coupled with values like empathy building, developing a sense of being, inclusion, respect and resilience.
- Students are challenged to consider possible careers, even ones that may not yet exist.
- International Baccalaureate Diploma students may use the program to meet a number of the "CAS" (Creativity, Activity, Service) requirements.
- Learning and friends to last a lifetime.
Il programma è stato creato da Make The Change, fondata da Diya Kanoria. Diya ha guidato molti viaggi all'estero con gli studenti, durante la sua vasta esperienza come educatrice di scuole superiori nel Regno Unito, negli Stati Uniti e in Svizzera. Attraverso l'insegnamento e come ex responsabile dell'area curricolare della Zurich International School, Diya ha un profondo apprezzamento per il potere trasformativo dell'istruzione. Ha conseguito due master presso l'Università di Cambridge e la Duke University.
The program is the product of several collaborations and partnerships, for example with Felix Keller, Professor at the University ETH Zurich, UNESCO Bioreserve Engadin, Netpathie, the TransformActionLab, APAG Elektronik, Freitag Lab, Planted Foods, Patagonia and more.
Students can participate as semi or fully residential students. Semi-residential students do not need accommodation in Zurich, and will be with their families on the weekends. We know three weeks may seem long during summer vacations, but meaningful transformation takes time, and we are confident you will want it to be longer once you take part!
All participants receive a Gaia ChangeMaker Certificate, and will be invited to join our "Gaia Fellowship Program", with lifelong access to the Community, a safe and secure way for Fellows to collaborate on projects and to explore curated content and exchange ideas.
15-19 anni
From July 14th to August 1st
3 settimane
Da $6,699
Inglese
Max 30 campeggiatori
Co-educazione
Condiviso
Attività
Accademici
Programma
Alloggio e alloggio strutture
In Zurich, Prague, and the Engadin accommodation will be in modern youth hostels with high safety and cleanliness standards. Rooms will be shared with other program participants of the same sex. Gender considerations may be discussed on a case-by-case basis. Private bathrooms are a possibility, but unfortunately, we are not able to guarantee this. In the mountains, we will be in a remote and traditional Swiss Mountain Hut for 2 nights that we will hike to. Mountain huts of Switzerland are unique and world-renowned for allowing access to some of the remotest locations of the Alps. Hence, accommodation is simple. Students will have shared accommodation with other participants and shared bathrooms.
Recensioni
Gaia Changemakers Program
| 5 posto | 100% | |
| 4 posto | 0% | |
| 3 posto | 0% | |
| 2 posto | 0% | |
| 1 stella | 0% |
Domande e risposte
Once a participant has filled out the registration form, an invoice will be issued and must be paid in full by the due date to complete the registration process. Payment can be made in installments in certain cases if agreed upon with Make The Change GmbH. To help with your planning as best as we can, until 1st January 2025, you can cancel within 2 weeks of paying for your space and get a full refund, minus a CHF 200 processing fee. With any cancellation after 2 weeks of paying, or from 1st January 2024 until 1st February 2025, you can get a 50% refund. All cancellations from 1st February 2025 onward will be fully charged. We advise students to take out appropriate insurance to cover cancellation due to unforeseen circumstances such as illness, inability to obtain an entry visa for Switzerland, force majeure circumstances such as events/occurrences that are out of the control of the participant or Make The Change GMBH such as, but not limited to, natural disasters, pandemics, airport strikes, accidents, technical difficulties, conflicts, fire, and bad weather conditions. No refund will be made for a shortened stay, missed activities or workshops, withdrawal or dismissal during the camp, or force majeure circumstances.
Posizione
The nearest airport to Gaia Changemakers Program is Zurich. Airport pickup is available upon request. Fully-residential participants will be met and greeted at Zurich airport, or the main Zurich train station. Transfer to/from the airport to the program will be arranged 1 day before the program begins, and up to 1 day after the program ends. Transfers to/from other airports or stations or on other days can be arranged.
La sua dedizione alla sostenibilità (di Diya) è fonte di ispirazione ed è qualcosa che voglio emulare nel mio futuro. Soprattutto, mi ha mostrato come la sostenibilità non sia limitata a un solo settore. Questo sentimento mi ha reso molto fiducioso, perché prima di questo corso pensavo che i percorsi di carriera sostenibili fossero limitati alle scienze ambientali o alla pianificazione urbana.
La signora Kanoria ha avuto un impatto profondo sul mio sviluppo personale come insegnante, mentore e confidente. Ricordo con affetto i nostri viaggi insieme, come la costruzione di case in Romania o la navigazione tra gli alberi al parco avventura. Mi ha sostenuto durante un'adolescenza atipica e instabile e mi ha motivato con la sua fiducia a fare meglio dentro e fuori la scuola".
Alexander Degenhardt
Fondatore di Cikumas GmbH
Studente dell'Università di San Gallo
Diya non solo è premurosa e si preoccupa veramente dei suoi studenti, ma è anche profondamente appassionata del suo mestiere e di fornire agli studenti un'istruzione il più possibile efficace e d'impatto. In questo modo, sta francamente aprendo la strada ai nostri futuri studenti, insegnanti e scienziati. Grazie alla sua gentilezza, alla determinazione per il cambiamento e alla passione per l'insegnamento, è stata una parte davvero influente della mia formazione. È stato un privilegio essere stata istruita da una persona come lei e aver avuto la possibilità di chiamarla mentore, insegnante e modello.
Lucy Sparks,
Studente dell'Università di Maastricht