experiencing sustainability
Imagine the ultimate learning experience. Imagine a three week, 1200
km journey down one of the world’s great rivers, the greatest salmon
river on earth: the Fraser.
The Sustainable Living Leadership Program brings you – first hand
– the theory and practice of sustainable living and community stewardship.
The SLLP explores what it means to:
- be a leader
- live sustainably
- become a community steward
SLLP participants
- participate in team-building exercises and activities,
- experience different Fraser Rivershed regions,
- listen to different perspectives from Fraser Rivershed community
stewards,
- discuss sustainable living concepts and how they can be applied
in their lives,
- learn about community stewardship.
SLLP participants learn and experience
- the People of the Fraser River Basin (e.g. Communities, First Nations
& Stewards),
- places of the Fraser River Basin (e.g. Riversheds, Biogeoclimatic
Zones, etc.), and
- subjects on Sustainable Living (e.g. Deep Ecology, Bioregionalism,
Choices for Sustainable Living & Simplicity), Community Stewardship
and Leadership Development.
Section 1 – Leadership & Team Building
Section 2 – Watershed, Salmon & Sustainable Living
Section 3 – Project Presentations.
This three-week outdoor education program combines theory-based curriculum
with experiential education. Experiential education includes group interaction
and initiative tasks on: Teamwork, Leadership Skills, Conflict Resolution,
and Communication.
Theory-based curriculum includes discussions, case studies and activities
on: Deep Ecology, Bioregionalism, Voluntary Simplicity, and Choices
for Sustainable Living.
The program includes interaction with the RSBC’s extensive network
of First Nation and Non-native Fraser River Community Stewards. Participants
travel by raft and canoe on their 1,200 km journey down the Fraser River.
During week one, facilitators meet with each participant individually
to discuss long-term goals and course expectations. Facilitators are
available for additional individual support to those participants for
the duration of the program.
Registration
To participate in the 2008 program, go to the registration
page.
