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Program Overivew

The AES EcoEmbark program is ideal for  highly motivated students age 15 and above who are interested in developing critical life skills in both entpreneurship and social innovation. 

 

Our program takes place at our partner sites where AES has developed relationships  with diverse communities to create sustainable demonstration & educational sites to help the beneficiaries on site as well as serve as innovative learning labs for sustainability.

 

While mentoring under successful, international social entrepreneurs, students explore the living systems of the natural and built world while simultaneously designing and building sustainable solutions for long lasting social and environmental impact. Students go through the entpreneurial process and get unique insights into effective problem solving skills.

 

Students gain practical hands on experience in subject areas such as design, architecture, economics, engineering, global development, biological sciences and entrepreneurship.Students also earn service hours for IB CAS requirements, build their resume for college and develop friendships with motivated peers.

 

 

 

A regular day at the AES site would look like...

 

09:30 – 10:00: Day Ahead/Reflections

10:00 – 12:00: Design & Build: Sustainable Solutions

12:00 – 12:30: Lunch

12:30 – 13:30: Bio Habitat Study/Guest Speaker

14:00 – 15:00: Beneficiary Social Engagement Program

 

 

 

 

 

 

EcoEmbark

 

 

Eco-Embark is a 1 week summer leadership lab that enables students to engage with underprivileged communities to analyse & solve pressing social and environmental problems affecting Mumbai inhabitants.

 

Registration Required by April 1st, 2015 - Sign Up HERE or call 9820444377

Session 1: May 5th -  May 12th

Session 2: June 1st – June 7th

 

 

Impact: How will we help people in need?

 

Mentors

 

Our mentors culture is what make the AES program truly unique. They are a key ingredient in harnessing a students critical thinking skills and guiding them towards innovative problem solving capabilities

 

For a detailed profile on our mentors and their subject expertise, click HERE

 

 

Guest Speakers

 

 

 

Our guest speakers are a critical part of the AES Eco-Embark program. Interacting with our students, they provide unique insights into the rapidly expanding sustainability, global development, social and education sectors. They highlight emerging trends in both the corporate and non profit space, giving tangible examples of successful entrepreneurships and future career paths.

 

 

 

 

 

Dipti Kanal, Founder, Muskaan Foundation

Director at Muskaan Foundation for People with Multiple Disabilities

Developed groundbreaking educational and community curriculums for children with MD

Rajesh Adhikhary,  Partner at IL&FS Investment Services

+20 years experience working in investment services & P.E.

Currently, works with companies to set up large sustainability funds and resource management departments

Ashwin Assamoul, Partner at Parthenon Group

Partner in Parthenon Education Practice

Leads international work in public sector education, advising governments on innovative strategies in education

Manisha Pandita, Dalberg International

Project Manager at Dalberg Intl

Manages a number of international development projects in emerging markets

BA from Harvard in Economics & Development

Benefits

 

 

 

Be an agent of social change

Tangibly contribute to development of social environmental systems that support the lives of the impoverished

Build leadership and communication skills

Improve interpersonal development, particularly the ability to work well with others

Understand possible future career paths

In global development, sustainability, engineering, social entrepreneurship, architecture and design

Gain an intimate understanding of pressing local and global social and environmental issues

How sustainability & resource management  will affect present and future communities, businesses & emerging markets

Develop a spirit of self-reliance, moral judgment and open-mindedness.

Partners

 

 

 
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