A camper-facing elective — built for the camp’s elective model, delivered live and remote. Campers find a real environmental problem, design a green-tech solution, build a prototype, and pitch it.
The camp supplies a room with laptops, a screen, and one counselor. Delivery is remote on purpose — it’s how one program reaches many camps over the internet.
One weekly elective block builds the same project across the session.
Spot real environmental problems — including ones around the Maine lakes.
Design a green-tech fix and build a simple prototype or app mockup.
A one-page business plan: costs, customers, and how it could work.
Pitch the venture at a camper showcase — every camper presents.
See the four courses, fully designed → Each age level’s course in full — objectives, tools, and the week-by-week plan for Olim, Tsofim, Bogrim, and Chalutzim/CIT.
Each age group is its own 4-week course — same proven arc, but its own objectives, tools, and depth. They meet separately.
| Course (unit) | Grades | What this course is |
|---|---|---|
| Olim | 2–5 | “Green Inventors” — playful and hands-on. Spot a problem, sketch an invention, present in pairs. Light on screens. |
| Tsofim | 6–7 | Full arc, introductory level. Simple no-code tools (Canva, MIT App Inventor, block coding). Team projects. |
| Bogrim | 8–9 | Full arc with real prototyping, basic financials, and a structured pitch. |
| Chalutzim / CIT | 10–11 | Deepest version — business model canvas, market validation, funding landscape, and portfolio basics. Great for leadership-track campers. |
All achievable with a laptop and free, browser-based tools.
Once-weekly blocks that rotate naturally inside the program campers already choose from.
Complements arts, sports, waterfront, and adventure — it doesn’t compete with them.
Community, courage, responsibility, and spirit — through teamwork and real-world projects.
No housing, meals, or staff lodging for an instructor. Runs on equipment in one room.
A distinctive, future-facing offering few overnight camps can match.
Already on-site, already trusted through the transportation role.
It’s a real program, not just an activity: campers submit their work to one portal, and every piece is evaluated with specific, encouraging feedback.
Families and directors see real progress they can point to — a finished, evaluated body of work, not just a fun hour.
One of the fastest-growing job markets in the world — driven by energy security, falling costs, and a real shift toward responsible stewardship.
invested in clean energy worldwide in 2025 — about double fossil fuels
U.S. clean-energy spending roughly doubled over the past decade
renewable-energy jobs globally in 2024 — up from 7.3M in 2012
U.S. clean-energy jobs, growing about 3× faster than the economy
clean-energy jobs pay roughly a quarter above the median wage
higher hiring rate for workers with green skills (80%+ in the U.S.)
Sources: IEA World Energy Investment 2025 · IRENA/ILO 2024 · E2 Clean Jobs America 2024 · LinkedIn Global Green Skills 2024.
Demand for green skills is outpacing supply — and most students never combine entrepreneurship with sustainability until college, if ever. Starting now is a real edge.
Sources: LinkedIn Global Green Skills 2024 · Bachelorsportal/Mastersportal program counts (2025).
Each age group is its own 4-week course, priced on its own. The camp provides the room, screen, and devices.
Each level meets separately, with its own campers and objectives. A camp can run one level or all four — the same proven four-week arc, tuned to each age group.
One flat fee covers a complete, professionally-designed and delivered course — there’s nothing for the camp to build, staff, or manage.
Behind every course run: about 26 hours of instructor time — live teaching, weekly prep, evaluating each camper’s work, and the showcase.
The same skills — entrepreneurship, problem-solving, sustainability — cost far more to learn anywhere else.
A single professionally-facilitated workshop runs ~$5,000–$20,000 — for one day. Companies spend roughly $874 per employee a year.
Per student: one 3-credit course costs ~$1,000 (public) to ~$4,500 (private). A full degree in this field can run $40K–$160K+.
One flat fee the camp pays — it covers every camper in the elective, not per child: $5,000 for a 4-week age-level course, or ~$15,000 for all four levels.
At a typical elective size, that’s roughly $200–$300 per camper for the entire four-week course.
Sources: College Board Trends in College Pricing 2025 · Training magazine 2025 · industry facilitator-fee surveys 2026.
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