GOOD NEWS
We have been shortlisted among the top ten world best schools in environmental action due to the use of regenerative desing and ecovillage desing, check it out in this link:
https://t4.education/prizes/worlds-best-school-prizes/best-schools/environmental-action/colegio-johannes-kepler
We are a school that integrates SDG and Ecovillage Design Curricula to a regenerative resilient campus and is a leader at Ecuador in Education for Sustainable Development and SDG 15 of Global Compact. We are located at Ecuador, in a suburban Andean Forest which surrounds the city of Quito, our outreach reaches tropical and rainforests ecosystems.
We design and implement a Education for Sustainable Development Plan with the four dimensions of sustainability and the whole approach:
ECOLOGICAL
- Regenerative campus and Forest School
- Food Forest and Production
CULTURAL – EDUCATIVE
- Integration of sustainable and constructivist pedagogies with SDG and Ecovillage Design Curricula
- Environmental Educomunication
- Art and Music festivals
- Youth movement
ECONOMIC
- Local economy with community market and fair
- SDG Sustainable Projects Fair
- Earth cycle integrated in soil, food production and compost
SOCIAL
- Local and regional interaction with our community
- Coordination of United for SDG Schools Network with 3182 institutions integrated
- SDG 15 Leader in Global Compact with a national Ecosystem Restoration Programme
Membership & Visitors
- Current members: 1150
- Open to new members
- Open to visitors
This is a green school so we accept students through the admission process. Interested people should contact the school and ask for admission assesment. A visit will be agreed to know the camp and the education model. We also share our learnings to other schools throug workshops and the camp and tours through the sustainable habitat route. We have gathered a school network which has already over 3000 schools which are called United by SDG. We develop material to share with the network as well as trainings.
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