Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College is hosting a weeklong summer camp for upcoming high school juniors and seniors to learn about the broad world of conservation during Conservation Leadership School (CLS)! Students will camp overnight and explore Merry Lea’s 1,189-acre nature preserve from June 2 –…
Mary Jane Rieth, co-founder of GC’s Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center, always envisioned the 1,189-acre property as a place where undergraduate students from the college and elsewhere could learn how to conduct ecological research.
Don’t miss this opportunity to join Merry Lea at this free, family-friendly event designed to get people outside on Thursday, June 6, as part of a state-wide effort by Indiana Children and Nature Network (ICAN) Nature Play Days!
The 6th annual Michiana Regional Seed Swap is a resource for residents in Michiana and beyond to exchange and learn about seeds.
In celebration of Honoring the Headwaters: 10 Years of SLS, we had a conversation with three alumni from the Sustainability Leadership Semester (SLS).
Carol Good-Elliott, longtime environmental educator at Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College, was awarded the Howard Michaud Award from the Environmental Education Association of Indiana (EEAI) for her lasting commitment in the field of environmental education.
Read students’ perspectives on how they are experiencing leadership development and new understandings of sustainability in the Sustainability Leadership Semester.
Since the SLS began in 2012, this immersive, residential semester uses water as a tool and gateway to broader discussions about how students can influence the holistic health of communities. This fall, we celebrate ten years of transformational learning and leadership by Honoring the Headwaters: 10 Years of SLS.
This summer, 15 students participated in the Maple Scholars and Hickory Scholars, Goshen College’s eight-week, hands-on interdisciplinary summer research programs.
Hear a tale and hike a trail at Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College in Tales & Trails: a new program series for preschoolers and their caregiver(s). On the last Tuesday of each month, a Merry Lea educator will lead children and their caregiver(s) in a short story that incites curiosity before exploring different places around Merry Lea.
