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Global Youth Climate Summit with Stanford Center for Deliberative Democracy
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Global Youth Climate Summit with Stanford Center for Deliberative Democracy
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2 reviews
Location
- Online
Term
Short Term, Summer
Subject Areas
Cultural Studies
Design
Ecology
Education
Environmental Studies
Global Studies
Humanities
International Relations
Public Policy
Service Learning
Sustainable Development
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Need-based funding, Merit-based funding, General grants/scholarships, Payment plans, 529 Plan eligibility
Health & Safety
May 06, 2021
May 11, 2021
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About Program
This program is part of our Leadership Lab, a series of programs where you will engage with experts and leaders in their fields and combine immersive, online global experiences with meaningful learning that deepens your understanding of how to create impact in the world.
This program is currently not being promoted on Go Overseas by its provider. Check with Rustic Pathways for the most up-to-date information regarding the status of this program.
Program Highlights
- Develop skills needed to lead deliberative discussion and conversation to build consensus
- Identify challenges, highlight opportunities and brainstorm new approaches to the biggest issues facing our world
- Use design thinking to build a prototype impact project
- Receive a Certificate of Completion
How Rustic Pathways Staffs Its Programs
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Diversity & Inclusion 💙
BIPOC Support
Rustic Pathways maintains a zero-tolerance policy for discrimination and bullying and supports every student regardless of race, ethnicity, or national origin.
Program staff complete annual DEIA, cultural sensitivity, and LGBTQ+ competency training, supported by external partners including Gender Spectrum, with scenario-based role-plays on racial discrimination and microaggressions.
Program staff complete annual DEIA, cultural sensitivity, and LGBTQ+ competency training, supported by external partners including Gender Spectrum, with scenario-based role-plays on racial discrimination and microaggressions.
LGBTQIA+ Support
Rustic Pathways welcomes all students regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, or socioeconomic status, and no student is denied enrollment based on any of these characteristics.
Rustic Pathways uses gender-affirming practices across housing, pronoun use, and program design, and plans rooming for transgender and nonbinary students individually and confidentially with the student and family before travel.
Rustic Pathways discloses when local laws in a program destination affect LGBTQ+ travelers, so students and families can plan with full information.
Rustic Pathways uses gender-affirming practices across housing, pronoun use, and program design, and plans rooming for transgender and nonbinary students individually and confidentially with the student and family before travel.
Rustic Pathways discloses when local laws in a program destination affect LGBTQ+ travelers, so students and families can plan with full information.
Neurodivergent Support
Rustic Pathways supports students with ADHD, dyslexia, and autism spectrum conditions. Families share the student’s current support plan during intake; Program Leaders are briefed on the strategies that help the student participate fully; and Rustic Pathways selects a program whose structure and pace fit the student.
Personal Travel Advisors at Rustic Pathways create a customized plan that may include predictable routines, sensory breaks, smaller group settings, and clear communication guidelines.
Personal Travel Advisors at Rustic Pathways create a customized plan that may include predictable routines, sensory breaks, smaller group settings, and clear communication guidelines.
Accessibility Support
Rustic Pathways uses a proactive, individualized assessment for each student with a disability or chronic condition and matches that student to a destination and itinerary that fit their needs, reviewing lodging, transportation, and daily activities.
Students with chronic health conditions or daily medication needs can travel with Rustic Pathways after a medical review.
Rustic Pathways is candid about limits: programs often take place in remote locations and developing regions where infrastructure such as ramps, paved walkways, and lifts may be limited or nonexistent, so universal accessibility is not possible in every destination.
Students with chronic health conditions or daily medication needs can travel with Rustic Pathways after a medical review.
Rustic Pathways is candid about limits: programs often take place in remote locations and developing regions where infrastructure such as ramps, paved walkways, and lifts may be limited or nonexistent, so universal accessibility is not possible in every destination.
Impact 🌎
Sustainability
Rustic Pathways hires local staff at all levels of operations and prioritizes locally owned vendors, investing economic benefit directly in the communities its programs visit.
92% of Rustic Pathways seasonal staff are local to the regions where programs operate. Rustic Pathways works to minimize its environmental footprint and offers wildlife experiences only on programs where they support conservation and animal welfare can be assured.
The Rustic Pathways Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3), has raised more than $1.14 million for community projects since 2017.
92% of Rustic Pathways seasonal staff are local to the regions where programs operate. Rustic Pathways works to minimize its environmental footprint and offers wildlife experiences only on programs where they support conservation and animal welfare can be assured.
The Rustic Pathways Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3), has raised more than $1.14 million for community projects since 2017.
Ethical Impact
Rustic Pathways treats ethics as an operational constraint and does not offer orphanage tourism or poverty tourism, and runs wildlife experiences only where they support conservation and animal welfare, with no elephant riding, tiger temples, or captive animal entertainment.
When priorities conflict, Rustic Pathways applies a decision-making hierarchy that puts student safety first, followed by legal compliance and ethical responsibility, with financial impact never the primary driver.
These standards have cost Rustic Pathways revenue: programs have been declined, partnerships have been ended, and destinations have been exited when ethical standards could not be maintained.
When priorities conflict, Rustic Pathways applies a decision-making hierarchy that puts student safety first, followed by legal compliance and ethical responsibility, with financial impact never the primary driver.
These standards have cost Rustic Pathways revenue: programs have been declined, partnerships have been ended, and destinations have been exited when ethical standards could not be maintained.
