The Sustainability Summer Camp is a 5 day camp full of learning and fun!  Each day of the camp focuses on the different letters of EARTH.  Ready to begin your adventure as an EARTH knight through the learning lens of sustainability?  Let's get started!

Students will log in to our tree-shaped multiplayer Minecraft Java Lobby at TheRenewal.Earth where they will then be guided to join a private class server on our bungee network. When they join their private class server, they will have a guided tour of "Caveia" - a sustainable village built by survivors of a disaster - and then meet their classmates.

(Day 1) "E." is for "Empathize" 
Students are immersed in the StoryWorld of "Sam the Enderman" - a cautionary tale of a dimension gone wrong with climate change. Then students are quickly put into creative mode where they build a shelter for their E.A.R.T.H. Knight protagonist and special animal - both who have fled a disaster. This teaches "empathy for the protagonist" - a key starting point for many movies.
(Day 2) "A." is for "Adventure"
Students have a short time in creative mode to build a bunker where they will have to survive a new disaster in adventure mode (and possibly a Zombie invasion)! Life Skills such as hydration, nutrition and self-defense will be explored in bunker creation.

(Day 3) "R." is for "Renewables"
In the aftermath of the Day 2 disaster, students return to creative mode and engineer a renewable energy system, either as decorative builds or fully functioning redstone circuits. This emphasizes numeracy skills, logic and the physics of energy systems.

(Day 4) "T." is for "Trade Fair"
Students engage in trade with others, and build banners to represent their sustainable villages in exchanges of their own designs of Fairtrade products or prosocial services. Youth Justice is an optional exploration. 
Economics and ecosystems are explored through the metaphor of "Doughnut Economics" where a sprinkle doughnut discovers balance between the ecological ceiling and social equity.

(Day 5) "H." is for "Highlight!"
The cinematic journey of the Learner as Protagonist is highlighted by MOVIE KNIGHT! Each student revisits their 5 days of friendly learning through storyboarded "movie moments" that automatically populate into their personal certificate of learning. It's also a great time to take to the dance floor (both virtually and in reality) and celebrate our amazing week together!