Our Mission
The mission of KEC is to optimize health and the environment through collaborative education, research and services. KEC will increase the eco-consciousness and social responsibility of K-12 students by providing them access to the natural world, state of the art social media, innovative educational programs and resources.
A great life is the sum total of all the worthwhile things you've been doing one by one.
- Richard Bach
Our Vision
Healthy people, healthy communities and a healthy planet.
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History of Organization
In 2010, Susan Guinn was home with her son Max (then nine years old) when he made the comment, “One person can’t make a difference.” Susan realized Max along with many other kids often feel they don’t have the power to make a real difference in the world. The ecological destruction and environmental concerns are often discouraging and overwhelming. Making a difference seems too big, too expansive for them to feel they can have a real and lasting impact. As a result, Susan and Max formed KEC to empower young people. KEC believes that no matter what age, individuals can make a difference in the world. Intentional and targeted in its focus, KEC is committed to training kids to be leaders. KEC is driven to inspire, educate and connect youth to make decisions to support healthy people, healthy communities and a healthy sustainable planet.
About KidsEcoClub
KEC is a 501c(3) organization with broad vision. Imagine an educational system that enables students to engage in school environmental clubs, receive free holistic preventive medical care, participate in nutrition, cooking and wellness classes and learn about sustainability practices and technology, which are all designed to support healthy people, healthy communities and a healthy planet. Envision schools that foster sustainability awareness, are connected by secure social media, knowledge, and the desire to develop and maintain initiatives that will help to ensure our collective future. Environmental, health and sustainability concerns are rising and the education system is in dire need of support and additional resources to help create a future generation that is equipped with the content knowledge and the skills to lead efforts to sustain the planet and its people.
Granted, these things are hard to imagine. However, the pieces are in place and we stand together at the precipice of significant change – of transformative action. KEC currently provides free services to thousands of K-12 students. Join the movement! Start a school club, volunteer, take action, grow your ideas, form a collaboration, contribute!
Collaborations
KEC has established collaborations with the San Diego County Office of Education, the San Diego Unified School District, the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the Birch Aquarium, the National Aquarium in Baltimore, the Smithsonian Ocean Portal, the Lotus Leadership Institute, Public Conversations West, the University of San Diego (School of Leadership), the University of California at San Diego (YPP program), Bastyr University, Natural Doctors International, Dr. Mimi Guarneri Founder of Scripps Integrative Medicine, The Hydrologic Research Center and the Lamanai Field Research Center as well as others.
KEC recognizes the need to leverage community resources and the value of collaborating with top organizations. For example, the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (CMBC) is a center of interdisciplinary cooperation in research, collaborating with partners and scientists from other academic institutions, government agencies, industry leaders, and conservation organizations around the world, to seek technically sophisticated, regionally appropriate strategies to prevent and reverse biodiversity collapse. Bastyr University is an accredited, globally respected institution of natural health arts and sciences, improving the planet through innovative education, research and clinical service. Natural Doctors International (NDI) promotes responsible volunteerism and holistic health services. The National Aquarium is a nonprofit aquatic education and conservation organization with the mission to inspire conservation of the world’s aquatic treasures. The Smithsonian Ocean Portal supports the Smithsonian’s mission to increase the public’s understanding and stewardship of the Ocean. The Hydrologic Research Center was established to bridge the large gap existing between scientific research in hydrology and applications for the solution of important societal problems that involve water.
In 2010, Susan Guinn was home with her son Max (then nine years old) when he made the comment, “One person can’t make a difference.” Susan realized Max along with many other kids often feel they don’t have the power to make a real difference in the world. The ecological destruction and environmental concerns are often discouraging and overwhelming. Making a difference seems too big, too expansive for them to feel they can have a real and lasting impact. As a result, Susan and Max formed KEC to empower young people. KEC believes that no matter what age, individuals can make a difference in the world. Intentional and targeted in its focus, KEC is committed to training kids to be leaders. KEC is driven to inspire, educate and connect youth to make decisions to support healthy people, healthy communities and a healthy sustainable planet.
About KidsEcoClub
KEC is a 501c(3) organization with broad vision. Imagine an educational system that enables students to engage in school environmental clubs, receive free holistic preventive medical care, participate in nutrition, cooking and wellness classes and learn about sustainability practices and technology, which are all designed to support healthy people, healthy communities and a healthy planet. Envision schools that foster sustainability awareness, are connected by secure social media, knowledge, and the desire to develop and maintain initiatives that will help to ensure our collective future. Environmental, health and sustainability concerns are rising and the education system is in dire need of support and additional resources to help create a future generation that is equipped with the content knowledge and the skills to lead efforts to sustain the planet and its people.
Granted, these things are hard to imagine. However, the pieces are in place and we stand together at the precipice of significant change – of transformative action. KEC currently provides free services to thousands of K-12 students. Join the movement! Start a school club, volunteer, take action, grow your ideas, form a collaboration, contribute!
Collaborations
KEC has established collaborations with the San Diego County Office of Education, the San Diego Unified School District, the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the Birch Aquarium, the National Aquarium in Baltimore, the Smithsonian Ocean Portal, the Lotus Leadership Institute, Public Conversations West, the University of San Diego (School of Leadership), the University of California at San Diego (YPP program), Bastyr University, Natural Doctors International, Dr. Mimi Guarneri Founder of Scripps Integrative Medicine, The Hydrologic Research Center and the Lamanai Field Research Center as well as others.
KEC recognizes the need to leverage community resources and the value of collaborating with top organizations. For example, the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (CMBC) is a center of interdisciplinary cooperation in research, collaborating with partners and scientists from other academic institutions, government agencies, industry leaders, and conservation organizations around the world, to seek technically sophisticated, regionally appropriate strategies to prevent and reverse biodiversity collapse. Bastyr University is an accredited, globally respected institution of natural health arts and sciences, improving the planet through innovative education, research and clinical service. Natural Doctors International (NDI) promotes responsible volunteerism and holistic health services. The National Aquarium is a nonprofit aquatic education and conservation organization with the mission to inspire conservation of the world’s aquatic treasures. The Smithsonian Ocean Portal supports the Smithsonian’s mission to increase the public’s understanding and stewardship of the Ocean. The Hydrologic Research Center was established to bridge the large gap existing between scientific research in hydrology and applications for the solution of important societal problems that involve water.
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Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed.
– Wallace Stegner
In the end, we will conserve only what we love,
we will love only what we understand,
we will understand only what we are taught.
– Baba Dioum
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All purchases will directly help KidsEcoClub
– Wallace Stegner
In the end, we will conserve only what we love,
we will love only what we understand,
we will understand only what we are taught.
– Baba Dioum
Founding Board
Executive Board
Advisory Board
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Click here to visit our KidsEcoClub Store
All purchases will directly help KidsEcoClub
