Cultivating action & empathy for people & planet
Program Dates: June 18 – 30, 2023
Cost: $450
Application Opens: October 15, 2022
Application Deadline: April 15, 2023
Experience a lifestyle that is likely very different from your own and learn useful life skills, without the high cost and COVID-related complications of a traditional study away program. With the guidance and expertise of our live-in staff, participants manage a garden, cook for each other, and work on sustainable building and maintenance projects. Students also spend class time exploring how sustainability is relevant to their own academic majors, professions, and communities.
(All times are in Eastern.)
Sunday, June 18
9 am – 12 pm: Move-In
12:30 pm: Welcome Lunch
2 pm – 5 pm: Orientation & Tour
5 pm – 7 pm: Dinner & Juneteenth Celebration
Monday – Friday, June 19 – 23
8 am: Breakfast
9 am – 12 pm: Crew Rotations*
12 pm – 2pm: Lunch & Break
2 pm – 5 pm: Sustainable Living Class (experiential & classroom activities)
5 pm – 7 pm: Dinner & Break
7 pm – : Reflection, Recreation, & Relaxation
Saturday, June 24
8 am: Breakfast
9 am – 5 pm: Local Field Trip
5 pm – 7 pm: Dinner & Break
7 pm – : Reflection, Recreation, & Relaxation
Sunday, June 25
Free Day!
Monday – Thursday, June 26 – 29
8 am: Breakfast
9 am – 12 pm: Crew Rotations*
12 pm – 2pm: Lunch & Break
2 pm – 5 pm: Sustainable Living Class (experiential & classroom activities)
5 pm – 7 pm: Dinner & Break
7 pm – : Reflection, Recreation, & Relaxation
Friday, June 30
10 am: Brunch
11:30 am: Wrap-up Reflection & Awards Session
12:30 – 4 pm: Optional Recreation & Relaxation – Check out by 4 pm.
*There are 3 service crews: Garden, Kitchen, & Infrastructure. Everyone will rotate through all three over the course of the week. The Garden Team will tend the veggie beds, the Kitchen Team will prepare lunch and dinner, and the Infrastructure Team will work on building and/or maintenance projects.
What to Bring
What to Leave at Home
The $400 program fee covers all on-site expenses:
Participants are responsible for arranging and paying for their own transportation to and from Tenderfoot. Participants arriving via the GoBus can arrange a pick-up at the bus stop located at Ohio University.
Questions? Email us at tenderfootlearninglab@gmail.com. Excited and ready to sign up? Apply here!