Welcome to the GRASSROOTS Educator's Section

Complete with a Dedicated Educators Guide to the Toolkit

The GRASSROOTS Toolkit is your gateway to empowering young minds to create sustainable and impactful eco-health tourism projects. Designed for educators, this guide equips you with the resources, tools, and strategies to inspire the next generation of eco-health entrepreneurs. Whether you’re working with aspiring business leaders, facilitating workshops, or teaching sustainability principles, this toolkit provides everything you need to guide students toward transforming their ideas into meaningful initiatives.

Who Is This For?

This guide is perfect for:

  • Youth focused educators teaching who would like to include topics such as eco-tourism, eco-health, or sustainability.
  • Youth leaders and mentors supporting young community-driven initiatives.
  • Students and aspiring entrepreneurs passionate about creating positive change through eco-health initiatives in themes such as eco-tourism, sports and adventure, food and events, street art, health and wellbeing, and culture and heritage.

What’s Inside the GRASSROOTS Toolkit?

The GRASSROOTS Toolkit is structured into six comprehensive sections, each focused on key aspects of eco-health entrepreneurship. Each section is also aligned with six eco-health themes: eco-tourism, sports and adventure, food and events, street art, health and wellbeing, and culture and heritage.

1 Assess Environmental Impact 

Evaluate how projects benefit the planet and identify opportunities for improvement.

2 Assess Culture, Heritage and Building Impact 

Understand the importance of preserving local culture, heritage, and architectural sustainability.

3 Assess Community & Local Economy Impact 

Measure contributions to community empowerment, job creation, and economic growth.

4 Optimise Business Operations 

Simplify processes like project management and resource allocation for efficient operations.

5 Share & Promote Your Vision with Customers 

Master marketing strategies to highlight sustainable practices and engage with audiences.

6 Build Connections and Grow with Peers 

Engage with a support system for collaboration and knowledge exchange to ensure long-term impact and shared success.

Learning Outcomes

By using the GRASSROOTS Toolkit, you will:

  • Develop actionable educational content and strategies for launching and managing eco-health tourism projects.
  • Equip students with the knowledge and tools they need to create sustainable business models, measure their impact and improve their performance and connections.
  • Develop a good understanding of environmental, cultural, and community impacts. How to optimise business operations, share and promote an eco-health business and how to build connections so the business can grow through support and collaboration.
  • Learn to use innovative tools and platforms perfect for eco-health projects and businesses like Canva, Clio Muse, and AirTable, which will help them develop creative design, manage environmental impact, develop impactful storytelling, and manage their businesses effectively.
  • Inspire and empower young people to become innovative entrepreneurs who aim to’ do good for all’  and address environmental and global challenges.

How the Toolkit Works

Each section follows a 4-step learning approach:

  1. THINK: Reflect on key questions and concepts to connect ideas with practical applications.
  2. WATCH: Learn through curated videos and real-world examples for inspiration and guidance.
  3. TRY: Engage in hands-on activities to apply concepts and develop innovative solutions.
  4. USE: Implement tools, templates, and strategies to bring projects to life.

Duration

  • Exploration of Toolkit Sections: Approximately 1–2 hours per section.
  • Hands-on Activities and Practical Application: Varies by project (2–4 hours).
  • Comprehensive Course Duration: Flexible (1–4 weeks based on curriculum or workshop format).

Toolkit Educators Guide

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