Our Responsibility to Sustainability

Inspired by the International Baccalaureate’s Creativity, Activity, and Service program, EdTrips aims to make a genuine, sustainable impact through transformative cross-cultural experiences.

We recognize our responsibility as educators and seek to harness the power of experiential learning to inspire students while bringing long-term benefits to the communities and environments in which we operate.

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Destination Development

EdTrips comprehensively research each destination, identifying key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that communities are striving to achieve.

Partnerships

We contact and nurture links with grassroots charities and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) who are working to tackle specific goals.

Activity Development

 EdTrips work closely with charities to create impactful Service Challenges that will give students an exciting hands-on experience, but crucially also fulfills a genuine need.

Sustainability means many things to us at EdTrips – which is why we use the 17 UN SDGs to  inspire and guide the actions we focus on in our programs. The SDGs are also used as a lense to challenge students to translate their on-trip experiences by developing long-term project ideas during our Ed Project Challenge.

Everywhere EdTrips goes, we aim to ensure that we are creating a greater global impact through local actions. From our work preserving cultures and supporting local economies to striving to become carbon neutral, we are taking our sustainability seriously. 

Here are some experiences students can expect when embarking on a EdTrip:

Don Carlos’ Organic Farm

Through long-term partnerships with local non-profits located in the Carmen de Viboral, Colombia, EdTrips enables students to partake in service-learning impact projects alongside the local communities. Students learn about the challenges of organic farming by taking part in daily tasks while preparing for a cooking challenge, leaving them with both special memories and new perspectives.

Homeless Service Challenges

In collaboration with Pragulic, students take a walking tour led by a local homeless guide before being challenged to plan, cook, and deliver a fresh meal to a local shelter. They then have a challenging fundraising opportunity, which has resulted in over €3.000 donated towards health insurance, rehabilitation treatment, and English classes for the local homeless population in Prague.

Compassion Projects

Student groups who visit Bhutan opt to fundraise before their trips and have the opportunity to meet the communities and contribute towards the projects they are supporting. Most recently a group of students stayed with locals in Mendegang village and raised funds for the building of a much-needed toilet block for the local school. Read more details in this project report.

Want to learn more about our sustainability policy? Get in touch with Neil, our Sustainability Manager.

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