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Green Mentoring: Aligning Human Values with an Environmental Vision through Education

Green Mentoring: Aligning Human Values with an Environmental Vision through Education. Melinda Campbell, Ph.D. and Maryam Davodi -Far, DPA. Why “Green” Mentoring?. Addressing two important issues with one program:. Academic achievement presents challenges for: Children in minority groups

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Green Mentoring: Aligning Human Values with an Environmental Vision through Education

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  1. Green Mentoring: Aligning Human Values with an Environmental Vision through Education Melinda Campbell, Ph.D. and MaryamDavodi-Far, DPA

  2. Why “Green” Mentoring? Addressing two important issues with one program: • Academic achievement presents challenges for: • Children in minority groups • Children who live in “urban-blight” communities • Disadvantaged groups often live in polluted and ecologically degraded areas. • Both problems addressed by Green Mentoring: • Student engagement, academic improvement, student retention • Benefits for students’ local environment • Raises awareness of sustainability issues.

  3. What Green Mentors Can Do Creating active relationships of helping, teaching, learning, and sharing. • Focus on environmental issues and sustainability creates clear and meaningful goals. • Marketable skills for the workplace of tomorrow • New opportunities in environmental fields • Inter-generational connections: old and young alike depend on a clean, safe, sustainable environment. • Green mentors = role models [successful people helping others] • Green mentors and social responsibility: • Passing on duties of stewardship to the next generation. • Highlights innovation in solving longstanding environmental problems

  4. Green Mentoring Promotes Success • Student engagement • Self-esteem • Sense of belonging • Leadership skills • Perseverance • Academic success

  5. Mentoring and Environmental Awareness Educational institutions are focusing on: • Environmentally themed courses and programs • Sustainability issues • New energy sources • Degrees in environmental science and related fields

  6. The “Green Mentoring” Program Student-centered academic mentoring with an environmental focus. • Groups university faculty with high school students • Interest-matched teams • Origination of “green” projects within a set of categories: Food Pollution & toxic wastes Transportation Water conservation • Academia • Culture & Community • Energy

  7. Academic Outcomes Green Mentoring combines peer interaction, shared achievement, and advanced-level learning. Familiarizes students with college-level work: Meaningful public venue for environmentally focused student activities and achievements. Generating controlling questions within a field of inquiry Methodology for implementing proposed solutions • Documented reports • Primary and secondary research • Formal proposals Students are in direct contact with academic professionals.

  8. green mentoring at national university

  9. The National University System: Working together to create a model of educational outreach, community involvement, and responsible citizenship at the global level supported and encouraged by corporate sponsorship. The Green Mentoring Program enables students from National Academy Charter Schools and National University Virtual High School to benefit from National’s pledge to uphold the goals of environmental awareness and conservation, sustainability, and social responsibility through corporate support, research, and community engagement.

  10. Expected Outcomes:Short-Term • Involvement of NU high school students in environmental/academic projects. • Involvement of NU faculty in finding new pathways for learning and solving problems facing our world today. • Successful completion of “green” projects, including presentations of team projects and an award ceremony where participants are recognized. • Securing continued support of the NU System and other institutions for a mentoring program focused on environmental conservation and sustainability practices. • Expansion of Green Mentoring locally and nationally.

  11. Expected Outcomes: Long-Term • Affecting people’s behavior in relation to the environment. • Drawing attention to our shared responsibility to sustainability. • Empowering young people to devise inventive solutions for existing problems and find creative ways to change the world for the better. • Inspiring students to pursue college degrees in areas related to environmental conservation and sustainability. • Producing practical, innovative solutions to real-world environmental problems, meeting sustainability challenges.

  12. Implementing the Program Year One: Steps to Get Started • Call for participants • Publish guidelines & description of program. • Six mentor teams enlisted by Program Directors. • Mid-cycle progress reports. • Final presentation of reports, certificates, and awards. • Measurement of outcomes: Pre- and post-surveys of participants. • Focus groups: Both participants and non-participants. • Gather beliefs and attitudes about the Green Mentoring Program. • Test assumptions, gauge reactions. • What was gained? What went wrong? • Generate excitement and interest about the Program. • Provide opportunities to learn more and increase participate.

  13. Green Mentoring: Aligning Human Values with an Environmental Vision through Education Questions and Discussion Melinda Campbell, Ph.D. and MaryamDavodi-Far, DPA

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