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Residential environmental learning centers (RELC) can provide an incredibly effective opportunity for modeling and teaching sustainability. By living and learning in community at a RELC for a period of time, participants experience the balancing act necessary to live sustainably. Through the study of local natural systems and the role of people over time as they have related to those systems, students gain a perspective of how precarious and yet critical that balance can be. Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont is described as a model of such a program and the ways in which it seeks to accomplish such objectives.
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Published with the kind permission of Ken Voorhis (1997). All rights reserved.
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For a more complete report of the evaluation process, see Stern, Powell, and Ardoin (2008).
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Published with the kind permission of Ken Voorhis (1997). All rights reserved.
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Voorhis, K. (2013). Teaching Sustainability Through a 24/7 Residential Experiential Learning Experience. In: McKeown, R., Nolet, V. (eds) Schooling for Sustainable Development in Canada and the United States. Schooling for Sustainable Development, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4273-4_15
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