{"id":1224,"date":"2016-04-19T18:06:29","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T18:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/77.104.136.202\/~mount694\/?page_id=1224"},"modified":"2017-08-10T21:33:06","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T21:33:06","slug":"appalachian","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mountain.org\/where-we-work\/appalachian\/","title":{"rendered":"Appalachian Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Educating the Next Generation Since 1972<\/h2>\r\nThe Mountain Institute’s Appalachian Program dates back to our founding in 1972 at Spruce Knob, West Virginia. From the ’70s until early 2017,\u00a0our Program focused on creating an awareness and appreciation for the complex interaction between community, culture, and conservation. Our approach was\u00a0based on experiential learning courses and sustainable community initiatives. Spruce Knob Mountain Center (SKMC) served\u00a0as the home base for TMI’s wide variety of Mountain Learning courses.\r\n\r\nIn March of 2017, three of the original founders of our Institute formed Experience Learning<\/em> – a separate non-profit –\u00a0to take on educational activities in the Appalachian Mountains. Experience Learning has also acquired\u00a0the Spruce Knob Mountain Center property where many of these educational programs are taught.\r\n\r\nOver the years, more than 1,000 of these innovative courses have been taught, most in West Virginia, but\u00a0also\u00a0as far away as Maine and the Florida Keys. Experience Learning<\/em> will carry on the Institute’s tradition of\u00a0educating the next generation in a way that\u00a0brings adventure, group process skills, leadership development, conservation, and environmental education together in a rigorous and invigorating environment.\r\n

To learn more about current educational programs,<\/strong>\r\nvisit Experience Learning<\/em>‘s new website.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Here’s the press release <\/a>about TMI and Experience Learning<\/em> in the Appalachian Mountains.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Educating the Next Generation Since 1972 The Mountain Institute’s Appalachian Program dates back to our founding in 1972 at Spruce Knob, West Virginia. From the ’70s until early 2017,\u00a0our Program focused on creating an awareness and appreciation for the complex interaction between community, culture, and conservation. Our approach was\u00a0based on experiential learning courses and sustainable […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":1218,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n