This program combines experiential nature immersion with high quality education about the natural world, daily practice with social-emotional community-building skills, and Spanish language acquisition. Children graduate from this program as compassionate, whole-bodied, socially adept, humans who grow up to be guardians of our planet.
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We stand at a critical moment in Earth's history, a time when humanity must choose its future. As the world becomes increasingly interdependent and fragile, the future at once holds great peril and promise. To move forward, we must recognize that in the midst of a magnificent diversity of cultures and lifeforms we are one human family, and one earth community with a common destiny. We must join together to bring forth a sustainable global society, founded on respect for nature, universal human rights, economic justice, and a culture of peace.
Towards this end, it is imperative that we, the peoples of the earth, declare a responsibility to one another, to the greater community of life, and to future generations.
- Declaration of Interdependence, Earth Charter
(from the Earth Charter website)
We believe that the most efficient way to bring about this society is to support nature connection in children. Until forest schools are supported by government funding, support from individuals or grants allows us to support tuition for those who cannot afford the funds it takes to pay our teachers a living wage.
Give a tax-deductible donation via our fiscal sponsor Growing Together
OAKLAND, CA
Operating on Xučyun, the ancestral and unceded land of the Chochenyo Ohlone People
Email: rootsyramas@gmail.com