Gaia Changemakers Program

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.

重要な経験

- 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!)

キーポイント

- 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.

このプログラムは、ディヤ・カノリアによって設立されたメイク・ザ・チェンジによって作られた。ディヤは、イギリス、アメリカ、スイスの高校で教育者として豊富な経験を積み、生徒たちとともに多くの海外旅行を引率してきた。チューリッヒ・インターナショナルスクールで教鞭をとり、カリキュラム・エリア・リーダーを務めた経験から、ディヤは教育が持つ変革の力を深く理解している。ケンブリッジ大学とデューク大学で2つの修士号を取得。

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.