Satellite Partners
   

Fairchild Challenge Satellite Partners

What began in 2002 as an environmentally-themed competition for Miami-area high schools, with some 1,400 participants in its first year has now blossomed into a global movement in environmental education, with more than 73,400 counts of student and teacher engagement in its local Miami program and Satellite Partner programs during the 2009-2010 program year.

Throughout the years, the Fairchild Challenge has clearly become a model beyond South Florida, influencing programs nationally and internationally. The success of the program in the Miami region prompted Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden to share it as a replicable model with other regions, both within the U.S. and abroad. The eagerness with which so many institutions have embraced the program exemplifies its relevance in a diverse array of settings.  

Fairchild Challenge staff at the garden train educators from institutions around the globe to develop their own Fairchild Challenge programs. Annually, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden hosts an intensive three-day Fairchild Challenge Satellite Partners training workshop. This workshop is open to representatives from institutions that are interested in learning more about the program and how to establish a Fairchild Challenge program in their local region. Sites trained include botanic gardens, arboreta, nature centers, parks and zoos, among others.

Indeed, the Fairchild Challenge is quickly becoming a worldwide movement to engage young students effectively in civic-minded thinking about environmental issues, and promoting awareness, scholarship and stewardship. To date, twelve institutions have launched Fairchild Challenge Satellite Partner programs in their locales, nationally and abroad.

The next Fairchild Challenge Satellite Partners Training Workshop will take place at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden from January 26-29, 2011. 

Please contact us right away for more information and to participate.

 

2009-2010 Fairchild Challenge Satellite Partner programs:

Botanic Gardens Conservation International (U.K.) - Partner for Fairchild Challenge Global Option

Cherry Lake Tree Farm (Florida, U.S.)

Chicago Botanic Garden (Illinois, U.S.)

Huntington Botanical Gardens (California, U.S.)

Jardin Botanico de Merida (Venezuela)

La Selva Biological Station (Costa Rica)

Thanksgiving Point (Utah, U.S.)

Please view the 2009-2010 Fairchild Challenge annual report  for information about each of the Satellite Partner programs listed above.

                                                                                                                                    

Additional Satellite Partner programs expected to launch during 2010:

Humboldt Institute (Colombia)

Longwood Gardens (Pennsylvania, U.S.)

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (Pennsylvania, U.S.)

Tachila Nature Reserve (Botswana)

For a complete list of sites that have been trained and that have launched the Fairchild Challenge, please click here.

For more information about Fairchild Challenge Satellite Partners, please email challenge@fairchildgarden.org

page last updated 9/1/2010