6.04.2008

Earth University

You read it right. There's an Earth University in Costa Rica which was ranked 3rd in the list of Green Colleges and Universities. EARTH is a private, international, non-profit university dedicated to training professionals in agricultural sciences and natural resources in order to contribute to sustainable development in the tropics. When you graduate from EARTH you become or can be called an Agronomist (now ain't that clever).

One of the university's main goals is what most of us need -

Social and Environmental Awareness: Every part of EARTH's academic program includes a community outreach component. The Community Development Program coordinates weekly visits through which students are able to share their newly acquired knowledge and learn from the experiences of local farmers. The farmers become teachers, and work with the students to seek innovative solutions to the challenges that their communities are facing.

EARTH students also learn sustainable environmental management techniques and assume a commitment to promote the rational use of natural resources.

Each government should have an Agronomist or better yet, each head of state should try to include in their portfolio a course on EARTH. According to the EARTH University website they welcome students from around the globe so the medium of instruction might not be much of a problem. And it is always good to learn a new language if you don't know Spanish yet.




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