EARTH has a network of almost 3,000 alumni from 55 countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and Europe, who contribute to the sustainable development of their countries and who construct a prosperous and just society.
Malachi Troy Symonds, from the island of Bermuda, is not one to step away from a challenge. The 2019 EARTH graduate, well-known locally for his agronomy skills and gardening expertise, is working diligently to develop the agricultural capacity of his home country in a sustainable and environmentally conscious way…
From Scotland, Karina Garcés-Mirza (Class of 2002, Ecuador) is leading green infrastructure projects that aim to tackle one of the greatest challenges of our time: climate change. Her background in sustainable development and rural communities now translates into an urban vision committed to building more resilient and sustainable cities…
Abigael Simaloi Pertet (Class of 2016, Kenya), a Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Alumni, first learned about EARTH University through the Maasai Girls Education Fund, an organization whose mission is to support girls’ education and empowerment and who had sponsored her schooling. In 2012, an EARTH graduate gave a presentation about EARTH, and in that moment Abigael fell in love with the idea of what the institution represented…
Once graduated, an EARTH professional has the following skills:
Ability to make decisions, promote change and ensure that others do so at local and global levels, influencing decision makers in a constructive and participatory manner.
Respect towards the principles that govern the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, driven by EARTH University’s values to contribute to sustainable development and build a prosperous and just society.
Ability to identify needs and commit to opportunities that promote human and the planet’s welfare.
Capacity to communicate in an effective, assertive and multimodal manner.
Ability to interact collaboratively and with emotional intelligence, in diverse, intercultural and interdisciplinary contexts, motivating and leading teams towards common goals.
Attitude to learn and keep themselves permanently updated.
Ability to identify, raise and solve issues in a critical, creative and structured way.
Ability to solve agricultural, community development and environmental management problems.
Ability to develop and manage projects based on the identification of rural community development and environmental management opportunities, with a global and entrepreneurial perspective.
Ability to create and manage businesses and agricultural processes as well as manage natural resources with a commitment to sustainable development.
Ability to create, promote and manage technological change, produce new scientific knowledge and apply technologies for sustainable rural development.
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