EcoLeaders in a Nutshell (4 elements)

1. Mission/Higher Purpose

• EcoLeaders is a movement originating in schools devoted to developing socially and environmentally aware leaders with passion and responsibility to create a more sustainable, just and non-violent world

• It is vital to this mission that EcoLeaders expands to become a large web of participating schools that provide a platform for students and their mentors to learn the art of leadership through experience by putting the underpinning values and principles into action

• In addition EcoLeaders aims to establish an ever expanding alumni network that sustains the leadership development of its members beyond high school by applying their learned skills in higher education, workplaces and the wider community

2. The Ecoleaders System

• The EcoLeaders DIY Toolkit

– 5 step annual cycle,

– meetings and workshop templates and guidelines,

– simulation games,

– recognition systems

– Web support

• Community of Practice

– for school sponsors, mentors, facilitators and administrators

– Conferences – Open international and regional conferences

• Alumni network

– For EcoLeaders student graduates beyond high school years

3. Principles and Values

• Leading Values

• Secular principles and values

– The Earth Charter; Permaculture Principles

• Religious/Spiritual principles and values

– Aboriginal spirituality, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islamic, Sikh, other

4. Training

· Mentor, facilitator and administrator training (TinCAN U) deliverable online and in workshop formats

· Advanced leadership training (to be developed)