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THE MISSION
Founded in 1995, Seek Education,
Explore, DiScover
- SEEDS has a mission is to inspire
kids’ love for learning and to grow future leaders
through outdoor nature education, discovery learning,
and civic awareness.
The SEEDS - Blacksburg Nature Center fosters
natural curiosity and love for the environment in
children and the young at heart through discovery
learning, nature education, and teacher support.
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, civic, and cultural awareness.
Through travel, study, and play, SEEDS stresses the
importance of first-hand experiential learning,
creativity, and strengthening community by the
participation of everyone involved in the process of
learning.
THE PROCESS
SEEDS strives to contribute to the community by
being aware and engaged in its needs and changes.. An
important aspect of SEEDS is to take people to explore the
world around them . 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 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 such as potable water and arible soil to humans
and other life forms.
The issues faced by society involve all
levels of citizens and includes all aspects of society
including geography, ecology, history, sociology,
government, law, 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 and
involves anyone and everyone and what interests they bring
to the table. SEEDS does not preach, lobby, or solicit
based on an agenda. We are here to facilitate learning and
build community.
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