| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 71.55 |
| Liaison | Kelsey Beal |
| Submission Date | Jan. 18, 2024 |
Indiana University Bloomington
EN-1: Student Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.25 / 4.00 |
Kelsey
Beal Sustainbility Analyst Office of Sustainability |
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The Office of Sustainability interns conduct research and develop programming focused on general sustainability outreach and education or in specific topic areas such as food, transportation, and waste management. Although here we list only the number of interns themselves who have come through the program, the actual number of students served by the peer-to-peer projects of these interns approaches all students on campus. Virtually all internships involve an education and outreach component.
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Through athletic events, certified Green Events, and resident hall events, we believe all student demographics are targeted.
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Trips, workshops, and clinics are led by student peer mentors who have received extensive training, including completion of SPH-W305 "Introduction to Wilderness Leadership."
The course description is as follows:
This eight-week course will introduce the foundations of outdoor adventure leadership, including an introduction to the core competencies of outdoor living skills, education, leadership, risk management, environmental integration, and planning and logistics. The course emphasizes backcountry leadership and judgement with a broad overview of the relevant theories and practices of the outdoor adventure industry. This course introduces students to the Wilderness Education Association (WEA) curriculum.
Wilderness Education Association includes the following units:
Outdoor living: Skills essential to group/individual sustainability in the field
Environmental Education: Attention to ecological and cultural literacy alongside the planning and management skills needed to ensure preservation through past, present and future connections.
Peer leaders use this training to teach and implement ""Leave No Trace"" ethics on every Outdoor Adventures trip. Trip participants are taught to view outdoor adventure or backcountry experiences holistically, within their ecological, historical, and cultural contexts, not just their recreation component.
Since its founding in 1972 as a Union Board committee, IUOA has helped members of the IU community lead active lifestyles and connect with nature by providing opportunities to participate in trips, workshops, and other activities that foster a love and conservation of the outdoors. Go kayaking on Lake Monroe, or mountain biking in Brown County State Park. Hike in the Smoky Mountains, or go rock climbing in Yosemite National Park.
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IU Outdoor Adventures serves all of IU Bloomington.
Estimated hours include 8-week courses trained educators participate in, trips, tabling events, campus training events, and local excursions.
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A brief description of all other student peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs:
Undergraduate Student Government - Sustainability Representatives
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