Green Adventures
Green Adventures is a cross culture and global exchange travel program where youth study solutions, create and share ideas, collaborate and exchange culture.
Every year the Green Ambassadors chooses a destination in the world, albeit local or international, where they can step out of their comfort zone and learn and experience another culture, while performing an ecological research project, learning about sustainability and bringing back all these information back to Los Angeles where they share and implement their experiences. For example, in 2007 students went to the Pantanal, in Brazil where they worked with Earthwatchs scientist in their efforts to protect river otters and the surrounding ecosystem. In 2008 we went to Costa Rica with Costa Rican Adventures. In 2009, Quail Springs, New Cuyama, CA was explored. Green Ambassadors spent four days learning about permaculture, natural building, and relationship building with community and each other. Not only did they learn the value of living symbiotically with their environment, they also thought of creative applications for the knowledge to be used in their school, communities, and homes. During the trip, film maker Alex Gorosh, lead them in filming the solutions they plan on sharing with their peers and community.
Year after Year Green Adventures:
1. Bioneers: A Leading Source of Innovative Solutions. An Annual Environmental Conference. A Network of Networks. An Oasis of Hope.October 16-18, 2009 2. Green Festival™ a joint project of Global Exchange and Green America. Celebrating what’s working in our communities—for people, business and the environment. November 13-15, 2009 3. Quail Springs a learning oasis and permaculture farm dedicated to demonstrating and teaching holistic ways of designing human environments, and to facilitating deeper understandings of ourselves and one another through immersive experiences in nature. Spring, 2010.Past Green Adventure:
Quail Springs, April 2009
