Let Nature Be the Classroom
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The mission of the Sierra Institute is to offer educational programs that enable our paticipants to grow in understanding about the natural world and their relationship to it. Specializing in the unique capacities of field education, we offer college-accredited Environmental Studies courses taught entirely in outdoor or outpost locations. The majority of these programs include backpacking in wild lands. Through the intermingling effects of academic study, experiential learning, and group process, our programs foster ecological literacy, personal growth, and an ethic of environmental responsibility.
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I regret to say that the Sierra Institute had to close its doors after the summer 2015 season. It seems we could no longer garner enough enrollments to make the program financially viable at UC Davis Extension. Why enrollments fell over the last decade is a matter of speculation, but I suspect it was reflective of a broader cultural change and not merely a matter of ineffective outreach or promotion.
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