EARTHTOUCH: Environmental Leader-Training in Chile

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EARTHTOUCH: Environmental Leader-Training in Chile

	Summary Seven international environmental education training courses for educators, ecoguides, and NGOs, based on experiential use of new field handbooks.

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Earthtouch project sees the need for an experiential outdoor education training framework–as yet non-existent in Chile or Argentina–combining modern practice with indigenous and traditional rural values. Beneficiaries are educators, ecoguides, student teachers, NGO workers, and other outdoor activity facilitators in the target areas, as well as all the people that they work with. We hope to extend the activity to similar target groups in North America and Europe.

Activities

Activities are 5-day residential field training programs based on two new handbooks, for initial use in Chile and Argentina, and later in N. America and Europe.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Funding Policy: partial (Retired)

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Earthtouch aims to enhance the practical impact of S. American indigenous environmental education on principles and practice in Chilean and Argentine school systems, ecotourism, adventure tourism and other outdoor programs.

Project Message

I learned in outdoor education that country people, trained as guides to share their land with others, become effective educators, adding dignity to communities. EARTHTOUCH makes this happen.
- Rod Walker, Educational Advisor, CANE GUIDE GROUP