Wilderness and International Leadership Development (WILD) Course in Pacific NW Cascades
Location
- United States of America
Length
1 week
Project Types
Service Learning
Conservation
Environmental Conservation
Medical
Professional Development
Payment plans
Health & Safety
May 25, 2023
May 23, 2023
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About Program
GIVE’s Wilderness International Leadership Development (WILD) Course is an incredible opportunity to explore Washington’s Cascade Mountains, grow your outdoor leadership skills, and take a Wilderness First Aid course to get your WFA certification. Washington’s old-growth forests will serve as your classroom, with practical, hands-on training that provides you with real-world skills, knowledge, confidence, and qualifications to become an effective leader in settings around the world. Discover how to transform your passions into your profession!
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Impact
Sustainability
GIVE's mission is to inspire growth, empower global citizens, and ignite sustainable change worldwide. To truly inspire growth and achieve sustainable travel internationally, GIVE has adopted the Asset-based community development (ABCD) model, a set of proven best practices in sustainable development that mobilizes a community’s assets and resources as the basis for development. Furthermore, through providing hands-on and eye-opening learning experiences that foster authentic connections between participants and host community members, we can empower global citizens who will continue to spread GIVE’s values and ignite sustainable change worldwide.
Ethical Impact
Exploring the world with GIVE is all about responsible travel, but what does that really mean?
Mindful Tourism + Community Partnership = Economic Growth & Community Empowerment.
Part of what makes GIVE trips so special is being fully immersed in the cultures and communities we visit. However, we take extra steps to ensure we minimize our influence and always respect local cultures. We prepare all participants before travel and ensure they understand the culture and how to dress appropriately.
Mindful Tourism + Community Partnership = Economic Growth & Community Empowerment.
Part of what makes GIVE trips so special is being fully immersed in the cultures and communities we visit. However, we take extra steps to ensure we minimize our influence and always respect local cultures. We prepare all participants before travel and ensure they understand the culture and how to dress appropriately.
Program Highlights
- Earn your Wilderness First Aid certification
- Snowshoe to alpine lakes and peaks
- Unplug in a rustic mountain lodge
- Explore downtown Seattle and infamous Pike Place Market
- Develop and hone your leadership skills