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The Eco-Designers Program
Preparing a generation of Eco-concious leaders
By Beyond Organic Design
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Are students ready to inherit the Earth?
Our mission for over 15 years has been to prepare them. Now, it’s time to scale up and bring to life our most ambitious program, but we need your support!
The Eco-Designers Program is the first of its kind to be taught in High Schools. A completely customizable STEM-based program that focuses on solutions.
Our Eco-Designer Method’s primary tool is permaculture design, a design method & philosophy which integrates principles of ecology, design and ethics. This interdisciplinary, project-based approach illuminates nature-inspired solutions that can prepare our students for an uncertain future.
Along with professional development and coaching for teachers, Eco-designers consists of 3 years of programming that can be purchased in individual years or semesters, allowing schools to tailor it to their unique needs and scheduling constraints.
Created by Monica Ibacache, Founder and President of Beyond Organic Design, our program offers schools the tools and resources they need to incorporate whole-systems thinking into their classrooms. For schools, this is a low-stakes, high-impact way to explore cutting-edge educational change.
Our mission for over 15 years has been to prepare them. Now, it’s time to scale up and bring to life our most ambitious program, but we need your support!
The Eco-Designers Program is the first of its kind to be taught in High Schools. A completely customizable STEM-based program that focuses on solutions.
Our Eco-Designer Method’s primary tool is permaculture design, a design method & philosophy which integrates principles of ecology, design and ethics. This interdisciplinary, project-based approach illuminates nature-inspired solutions that can prepare our students for an uncertain future.
Along with professional development and coaching for teachers, Eco-designers consists of 3 years of programming that can be purchased in individual years or semesters, allowing schools to tailor it to their unique needs and scheduling constraints.
- Introduction to Climate Change
- Permaculture Fundamentals 1 & 2
- Certificate in Permaculture Design
Created by Monica Ibacache, Founder and President of Beyond Organic Design, our program offers schools the tools and resources they need to incorporate whole-systems thinking into their classrooms. For schools, this is a low-stakes, high-impact way to explore cutting-edge educational change.
What do our students say?
“You taught me another language for my creativity and gave me a new outlet and helped me develop a new skill. Now I have another thing I can point to and say that I do, I can design a garden, and I know how to make it sustainable and I have another purpose and another option in life.”
David, 12th grade
David, 12th grade
Key Features
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Whole-Systems Thinking: Educators will learn how to integrate whole-systems thinking into their teaching practices, inspiring students to understand the interconnectedness of ecological, social, and economic systems.
Project-Based Approach: Discover how project-based learning can ignite students' passion for STEM subjects while addressing real-world sustainability challenges. Our method makes learning fun, relevant, and impactful. Expert Leadership: Monica Ibacache brings over 15 years of experience in teaching Permaculture Design in a wide variety of settings, including New York City. Our program is tailored to make sustainability education relevant and accessible to students in urban settings. Coaching Sessions: Educators receive ongoing support throughout the school year that will help them implement and adapt our curriculum to their students’ learning styles. Curriculum Materials: Our partner schools will access a comprehensive STEAM-based curriculum that is ready to teach (lesson plans, slideshows, games, handouts, & rubrics). Schools will have the flexibility to license individual years of the curriculum or specific semesters (Fundamentals 1 & 2), allowing the program to meet their unique needs |
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Join us in cultivating change!
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For more information, contact Beyond Organic Design via email: [email protected] or through one of BOD’s channels:
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