THE MISSION

Seek Education, Explore, DiScover - SEEDS has a mission to develop future leaders as people conducting themselves with civic responsibility and accountability in a sustainable society.

SEEDS is a 501(c)(3) charitable educational organization that creates inquiry-based, discovery oriented activities for everyone. SEEDS cherishes the tenet of education by complementing and supplementing existing educational programs. We facilitate a learning awareness from an ecological perspective by emphasizing life's cycles, sustainable living, civic, and cultural awareness. Through travel, study, and play, SEEDS stresses the importance of independent thought, creativity, and strengthening community by the participation of everyone involved in the process of learning.

THE PROCESS
The Founding Directors of SEEDS, Dave Deshler and Mike Rosenzweig, have 20 years of team experience and years more of personal experience as teachers. Their careers came together as SEEDS to continue sharing and creating creative programs for children and adults alike. They care to contribute to the community by the principles of the SEEDS program. An important aspect of SEEDS is that taking people to explore the world around them "first - hand". SEEDS believes learning is fun, therefore, teaching is fun. If learning is facilitated in a fun way, people become energized and enjoy the learning process. If they are enjoying themselves, then they are learning the way that they learn the best. The more someone enjoys the process, the more they will learn. SEEDS provides education that uses a multi-faceted approach. In this way, people are given the opportunity to search out their individual styles of learning in a challenging environment. Everybody is involved in the learning process. It is a process that includes different opinions, approaches and experiences. We live in a rapidly changing world and SEEDS acts to develop our future leaders as people conducting themselves with civic responsibility and accountability. This and an active, multi-dimensional, and fun approach to learning is what SEEDS personifies.

SEEDS AND SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY
A society that manages its economy and population without doing irreversible environmental harm by exhausting the planet's ability to replenish its resources and sustain human and other life forms is called a sustainable society. In a sustainable society, the needs of its people are supported without depleting the ecosystem services that provide resources to humans and other life forms. The issues faced by society involve all levels of citizens and includes many aspects of society including geography, ecology, history, sociology, government, law, and other arts and sciences. The work that SEEDS does in the community creates a "circle of learning" that works toward the goal of a sustainable society.