Shift 21 is a unique program of training and travel, designed to give you the perspective, skills and experience to change yourself and the world in the ways you most want to.
Be it global or local, you can make the shift that will make a change in your life and in the world!
This bold adventure is designed to open a path for you to an extraordinary life of meaning and contribution. It's travel, but it's not JUST travel.
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Training Camp
Your Shift 21 journey begins and ends with Windhorse Farm, a 150 year old farm and sustainable forestry centre in the LaHave River Watershed at Wentzell Lake in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.
At Windhorse farm, we tangibly explore the connections between different parts of our lives. Planting on the farm puts food on our table; building a solar panel or wind turbine and cutting wood from the wood-lot gives us energy to heat and light our buildings. During international placements, thought and action are connected practically by experiencing a range of work environments and fields. Students are prepared to navigate the challenges of a changing global society with a strong sense of themselves and their values. Whatever path you choose, you will be equipped to bring to your work a sense of creative personal development and achievement.
Windhorse Farm
Global Partners
In addition to a unique and beautiful "base campus" in Nova Scotia, students benefit from an international faculty with wide-ranging academic, artistic and professional experience. Our instructors in every partner country share a commitment to self-study and contemplative practices that help to create, model and sustain the unique educational environment that distinguishes our bridge year program.
Our strong vision, commitment and leadership in integrated approaches to education draws a diverse, international community of visiting teachers and artists to the campus in Nova Scotia. Students will also benefit from interactions with the people who form the organizations and communities they will be living in and working with in Canada and overseas.
ELOS INSTITUTE, San Paulo, Brazil
Elos Institute works to help people recover their ability to dream and find the will to realize these dreams with others. The Institute works with people from high-risk urban and traditional communities in the Sao Paulo area and work with youth and social entrepreneurs from four continents. Elos believes that everybody wants to transform the world, and can. They are dedicated to creating opportunities where people can contribute joyfully, voluntarily, and cooperatively to build a more beautiful, peaceful, and abundant world for all.
Elos Institute
ALDEAS DE PAZ/ PEACE VILLAGES FOUNDATION, Venezuela
Aldeas de Paz (ADP) is a sustainable grassroots non-profit organization based in Santa Elena de Uairen, Venezuela. ADP supports disadvantaged and at risk children and young people of Venezuelan, Brazilian and Guyanan origin. ADP promote sustainable development, social justice and the "Culture of Peace" through enriching cross-cultural exchange and voluntary community service. ADP promote sustainable development, social justice and the "Culture of Peace" through enriching cross-cultural exchange and voluntary community service. ADP provide additional and alternative opportunities in educational, recreational and environmental fields and assist our beneficiaries to develop their potential and improve their own lives.
ADP share the values of Peace, Justice and Tolerance, fundamentally focusing on the preservation of indigenous cultures and the empowerment of young people. We value local knowledge and work with cultural sensitivity. Because local people know and understand what is appropriate for their own communities, we assist them in carrying out the objectives they deem important.
Aldeas De Paz
DEER PARK INSTITUTE, Bir, India
Deer Park Institute is a centre for study of classical Indian wisdom traditions. Established in March 2006 on the campus of a former Buddhist institute, it is a project under Siddhartha's Intent Society. In September 2006, the society was highly honored to receive the patronage of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who deeply appreciates the vision and the small steps already taken.
The core vision of the Institute is to re-create the spirit of Nalanda, a great university of ancient India in which all traditions of Buddhism were studied and practiced, alongside other schools of classical Indian philosophy, arts and sciences. Primarily a space for non-monastic people to study and practice, Deer Park offers programs of varying lengths, with English as the main language of instruction. All teachings are open to all and free of charge. Students come from a vast range of backgrounds, cultures and interests.
Deer Park Institute
SHIKSHANTAR & SWARAJ UNIVERSITY, Udaipur, India
Swaraj University is a learning program that creates opportunities for young learners to develop the knowledge, skills and perspectives they need to create viable green-collar enterprises and to support healthy and resilient local communities. The program is as much about developing the capacities and confidence we need to create and pursue our unique learning paths as it is about strengthening the leadership capacity and right livelihood opportunities in communities.
Shikshantar & Swaraj University
