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A Better World, A Meaningful Life course - May 3-28, 2010 (Family Rate)

NOTE: This registration is for the FAMILY RATE for the A Better World, A Meaningful Life course from May 3-28, 2010. You MUST have already registered one family member at the INDIVIDUAL RATE to receive the special family rate of $50 for each additional family member (one book/packet shipped per family).

Learn to tap into your deepest values and help create a peaceful, just, compassionate, sustainable world while cultivating your own inner peace and joy. Join us for a month of inquiry, introspection and transformation. Through our A Better World, A Meaningful Life course, you’ll have the opportunity to assess your life, examine your values, explore new information and make a difference in the lives of others while improving your own life at the same time. This course will educate and inspire you to do more good for yourself, other people, animals, and the environment. 

Please email us if you have any questions.

A Better World, A Meaningful Life course - May 3-28, 2010 (Individual Rate)

NOTE: This registration is for the INDIVIDUAL RATE for the A Better World, A Meaningful Life course from May 3-28, 2010. 

Learn to tap into your deepest values and help create a peaceful, just, compassionate, sustainable world while cultivating your own inner peace and joy. Join us for a month of inquiry, introspection and transformation. Through our A Better World, A Meaningful Life course, you’ll have the opportunity to assess your life, examine your values, explore new information and make a difference in the lives of others while improving your own life at the same time. This course will educate and inspire you to do more good for yourself, other people, animals, and the environment. 

If you want to take advantage of the family rate ($125 for the first person, $50 for each additional family member -- one book/packet shipped per family), please email us for details.

A Better World, A Meaningful Life course - May 3-28, 2010 (Special Discounted Rate)

NOTE: This registration is for the SPECIAL DISCOUNTED RATE ($25 off the regular rate! -- good through April 11) for the A Better World, A Meaningful Life course from May 3-28, 2010.

Learn to tap into your deepest values and help create a peaceful, just, compassionate, sustainable world while cultivating your own inner peace and joy. Join us for a month of inquiry, introspection and transformation. Through our A Better World, A Meaningful Life course, you’ll have the opportunity to assess your life, examine your values, explore new information and make a difference in the lives of others while improving your own life at the same time. This course will educate and inspire you to do more good for yourself, other people, animals, and the environment. 

If you want to take advantage of the family rate ($125 for the first person, $50 for each additional family member -- one book/packet shipped per family), please email us for details.

A Better World, A Meaningful Life course - May 3-28, 2010 (Special Rate for Repeat Participants)

NOTE: This registration is for the SPECIAL RATE FOR REPEAT PARTICIPANTS for the A Better World, A Meaningful Life course from May 3-28, 2010. 

Learn to tap into your deepest values and help create a peaceful, just, compassionate, sustainable world while cultivating your own inner peace and joy. Join us for a month of inquiry, introspection and transformation. Through our A Better World, A Meaningful Life course, you’ll have the opportunity to assess your life, examine your values, explore new information and make a difference in the lives of others while improving your own life at the same time. This course will educate and inspire you to do more good for yourself, other people, animals, and the environment. 

Please email us if you have any questions.

A Better World, A Meaningful Life course - Sept. 6-Oct. 1, 2010 (Family Rate)

NOTE: This registration is for the FAMILY RATE for the A Better World, A Meaningful Life course from September 6-October 1, 2010. You MUST have already registered one family member at the INDIVIDUAL RATE to receive the special family rate of $50 for each additional family member (one book/packet shipped per family).

Learn to tap into your deepest values and help create a peaceful, just, compassionate, sustainable world while cultivating your own inner peace and joy. Join us for a month of inquiry, introspection and transformation. Through our A Better World, A Meaningful Life course, you’ll have the opportunity to assess your life, examine your values, explore new information and make a difference in the lives of others while improving your own life at the same time. This course will educate and inspire you to do more good for yourself, other people, animals, and the environment. 

Please email us if you have any questions.

A Better World, A Meaningful Life course - Sept. 6-Oct. 1, 2010 (Individual Rate)

NOTE: This registration is for the INDIVIDUAL RATE for the A Better World, A Meaningful Life course from September 6-October 1, 2010. 

Learn to tap into your deepest values and help create a peaceful, just, compassionate, sustainable world while cultivating your own inner peace and joy. Join us for a month of inquiry, introspection and transformation. Through our A Better World, A Meaningful Life course, you’ll have the opportunity to assess your life, examine your values, explore new information and make a difference in the lives of others while improving your own life at the same time. This course will educate and inspire you to do more good for yourself, other people, animals, and the environment. 

If you want to take advantage of the family rate ($125 for the first person, $50 for each additional family member -- one book/packet shipped per family), please email us for details.

A Better World, A Meaningful Life course - Sept. 6-Oct. 1, 2010 (Special Discounted Rate)

NOTE: This registration is for the SPECIAL DISCOUNTED RATE ($25 off the regular rate! -- good through August 15) for the A Better World, A Meaningful Life course from September 6-October 1, 2010.

Learn to tap into your deepest values and help create a peaceful, just, compassionate, sustainable world while cultivating your own inner peace and joy. Join us for a month of inquiry, introspection and transformation. Through our A Better World, A Meaningful Life course, you’ll have the opportunity to assess your life, examine your values, explore new information and make a difference in the lives of others while improving your own life at the same time. This course will educate and inspire you to do more good for yourself, other people, animals, and the environment. 

If you want to take advantage of the family rate ($125 for the first person, $50 for each additional family member -- one book/packet shipped per family), please email us for details.

A Better World, A Meaningful Life course - Sept. 6-Oct. 1, 2010 (Special Rate for Repeat Participants)

NOTE: This registration is for the SPECIAL RATE FOR REPEAT PARTICIPANTS for the A Better World, A Meaningful Life course from September 6-October 1, 2010. 

Learn to tap into your deepest values and help create a peaceful, just, compassionate, sustainable world while cultivating your own inner peace and joy. Join us for a month of inquiry, introspection and transformation. Through our A Better World, A Meaningful Life course, you’ll have the opportunity to assess your life, examine your values, explore new information and make a difference in the lives of others while improving your own life at the same time. This course will educate and inspire you to do more good for yourself, other people, animals, and the environment. 

Please email us if you have any questions.

Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times by Zoe Weil

Above All, Be Kind shows you how to teach children to be humane in the broadest sense: not only to become more compassionate towards family and friends, but also to make choices that demonstrate respect for the environment, other species and all people.

There is a way to change the world.

Imagine that the next generation has the commitment and skills to solve the most pressing challenges of our time. Above All Be Kind helps parents and other adults like you nurture that generation to become more aware, compassionate and empowered.

10% off list price (regular price $17.95).

Bulk Discount for 20-40 Copies: $14.35 each (20% off)
Bulk Discount for 41+ Copies: $12.57 each (30% off)

Email: info@HumaneEducation.org for more information.

Animal Protection -- HECP Students

This course covers a variety of animal issues, such as animal agriculture, experimentation, hunting and trapping, and companion animal concerns. It explores different philosophies regarding the inherent rights of other sentient animals to be free from exploitation and abuse, and encourages students to grapple with and determine for themselves their own ethics regarding nonhuman animals. As with all courses, Animal Protection examines the ways in which humans, animals, and ecosystems can be protected and respected for the good of all and helps students develop techniques for teaching about complex issues in a positive manner that invites dialogue and positive solutions.

Please Note: Only register for this course under the direction of your faculty advisor/mentor. If you have questions about which course to register for and when, please contact HECP Director Mary Pat Champeau.

Believing Cassandra: An Optimist Looks at a Pessimist's World by Alan Atkisson

Betrayal of Science and Reason: How Anti-Environmental Rhetoric Threatens Our Future by Paul & Anne Ehrlich

Beyond the Limits: Confronting Global Collapse, Envisioning a Sustainable Future by Donella H. Meadows, et al

Captive Kids: A Report on Commercial Pressures on Kids by Consumer Reports

Claude and Medea: The Hellburn Dogs by Zoe Weil

The first in a series of children's novels (ages 9 & up) promoting humane values through an exciting mystery. Claude and Medea are two very different Manhattan 7th graders who become clandestine activists seeking out opportunities to right wrongs and do good in the world. In The Hellburn Dogs, the duo and a group of friends team up to solve the mystery of a rash of dog thefts.

10% off list price (regular price $12). 

Bulk Discount for 20-40 Copies: $9.60 each (20% off)
Bulk Discount for 41+ Copies: $8.40 each (30% off)

Email info@HumaneEducation.org for more information.

Consuming Kids: The Hostile Takeover of Childhood by Susan Linn

Creating a World That Works for All by Sharif Abdullah

Crossing the Blvd: Strangers, Neighbors, Aliens in a New America by Warren Lehrer & Judith Sloan

Culture and Change -- HECP Students

This course explores the many ways in which cultural norms influence ideas, beliefs, and actions. Covering consumerism, media, advertising, globalization, public relations, economics, and politics, this course provides a foundation for understanding the ways in which people, and the choices they make, are shaped by their culture. Culture and Change enables students to become aware of the cultural influences in their own lives and to become effective at giving others the tools to think critically and creatively. By recognizing the ways in which our thoughts and behaviors are often molded by culture, we gain the ability to determine more consciously our behaviors and actions.

Please Note: Only register for this course under the direction of your faculty advisor/mentor. If you have questions about which course to register for and when, please contact HECP Director Mary Pat Champeau.

Diet for a New America (Video) by John Robbins

Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy by Kevin Bales

Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy by Matthew Scully

Environmental Ethics -- HECP Students

This course covers a range of environmental issues, such as global climate change, population, endangered species, pollution, and resource and energy use. It offers a solution-oriented approach to environmental challenges, balancing the study of environmental problems with the cultivation of positive ideas for creating sustainable and restorative systems that benefit people, animals, and the earth itself.  Environmental Ethics examines how we might teach about environmental challenges in a comprehensive manner that grounds them within issues of culture, human rights, and animal protection.

Please Note: Only register for this course under the direction of your faculty advisor/mentor. If you have questions about which course to register for and when, please contact HECP Director Mary Pat Champeau.

Faces of Racism by Josef Szwarc

Field Notes on the Compassionate Life: A Search for the Soul of Kindness by Marc Ian Barasch

For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child Rearing & the Roots of Violence by Alice Miller

Free the Children: A Young Man Fights Against Child Labor & Proves That Children Can Change the World by Craig Kielburger

Good News for a Change: How Everyday People Are Helping the Planet by David Suzuki & Holly Dressel

Human Rights -- HECP Students

This course examines a range of human rights issues, including escalating worldwide slavery, child and sweatshop labor, genocide, and civil, gay/lesbian, disability and women's rights. It also examines acts of human courage, compassion, and kindness and invites students to find in themselves and others sources of deep and abiding humaneness, both as a model of human goodness, and as examples for exploring the ways in which humans can solve our conflicts and stop oppressing and exploiting others. As in the other courses, Human Rights examines the links between various forms of cruelty and uncovers solutions that will benefit all people, while also benefiting the environment and other animals.

Please Note: Only register for this course under the direction of your faculty advisor/mentor. If you have questions about which course to register for and when, please contact HECP Director Mary Pat Champeau.

Humane Education Certificate Program (HECP) Application Fee

You can pay your application fee online for applying to our Humane Education Certificate Program (HECP).

Be sure that, along with your application fee, you send all application materials to:    

IHE
Attn: HECP Admissions
P.O. Box 260
Surry, ME 04684

More information about our HECP.

Individualized Program Plan & Residency Fee -- HECP

Every HECP student starts their program with a planning session with the HECP Director or faculty to create an individualized program plan which will lay out that student’s schedule, milestones, and goals for her or his training. This fee also covers residency training (but not travel, accommodation or food expenses incurred for residency).  

Please Note: Only register for this course under the direction of your faculty advisor/mentor. If you have questions about which course to register for and when, please contact HECP Director Mary Pat Champeau.

Introduction to Humane Education -- HECP Students

This course introduces students to humane education and explores innovative educational philosophies and methods, exciting and effective ways to approach teaching and learning, and positive communication skills and conflict resolution. Forming the foundation for the issues courses that follow, Introduction to Humane Education invites students to examine the ways in which they can more fully model their message as an educator and bring the underlying concepts of good communication and teaching to their students as they incorporate the important issues of human rights, environmental ethics, animal protection, and culture.

Please Note: Only register for this course under the direction of your faculty advisor/mentor. If you have questions about which course to register for and when, please contact HECP Director Mary Pat Champeau. 

Marketing Madness: A Survival Guide for a Consumer Society by Michael F. Jacobson & Laurie Ann Mazur

Mass Hate: The Global Rise of Genocide and Terror by Neil J. Kressel

Material World: A Global Family Portrait by Peter Menzel

Media Alert: 200 Activities to Create Media Savvy Kids by Sue Lockwood Summers

MOGO Workshop (Half Day) - Portland, Oregon (Special Donation Rate)

NOTE: This registration is for the SPECIAL DONATION RATE for the Half-day MOGO Workshop in Portland, Oregon.

Make your life more deeply reflect your values and purpose! If you want to delve into important issues of social justice, animal protection, and environmental preservation, and gain the information and motivation to make your life a deeper reflection of your values, join us for our Mini-MOGO workshop in Portland, Oregon

MOGO, short for "most good," is a workshop designed to educate, inspire, and motivate you to do the most good and the least harm through your everyday choices, your career, your activism, and your volunteer work. You’ll gain tools and motivation to live a more meaningful life and to contribute more effectively and joyfully to the creation of a better world for all.

The Half-day MOGO Workshop in Portland, Oregon, is October 10, 2009. For more information, see our Calendar of Events.

BEFORE you register online for this workshop, please be sure to log into your IHE account. If you don't already have an IHE account you can set one up here.
 

MOGO Workshop - Farm Sanctuary (Special Limited Offer Rate)

NOTE: This registration is for the SPECIAL LIMITED OFFER rate for the MOGO Workshop at Farm Sanctuary, Orland, California

Make your life more deeply reflect your values and purpose! If you want to delve into important issues of social justice, animal protection, and environmental preservation, and gain the information and motivation to make your life a deeper reflection of your values, join us for our MOGO workshop at Farm Sanctuary in Orland, California.

MOGO, short for "most good," is a two-day workshop designed to educate, inspire, and motivate you to do the most good and the least harm through your everyday choices, your career, your activism, and your volunteer work. You’ll gain tools and motivation to live a more meaningful life and to contribute more effectively and joyfully to the creation of a better world for all.

The MOGO Workshop at Farm Sanctuary is October 2-3, 2010. 

Please email us for if you have any questions.

Most Good, Least Harm: A Simple Principle for a Better World and Meaningful LIfe by Zoe Weil

With a world steeped in materialism, environmental destruction, and injustice, what can one individual possibly do to change it? While the present obstacles we face may seem overwhelming, Most Good, Least Harm shows us that change doesn't have to start with an army. It starts with you. Through straightforward approaches to living a MOGO, or "most good," life, author Zoe Weil reveals that the true path to inner peace doesn't require a retreat from the world. Rather, she gives us powerful and practicable tools to face these global issues, and improve both our planet and our personal lives.

Weil explores direct ways to become involved with the community, make better choices as citizens, and develop positive messages to live by, showing us that our simple decisions really can change the world. Most Good, Least Harm is the next step beyond "green" -- a radical new way to empower the individual and motivate positive change.

10% off list price. Bulk orders eligible for deeper discounts. Email: info@HumaneEducation.org for more information.

Practicum - HECP Students

In order to become an effective humane educator, students need practice implementing what they have learned. This teaching practicum enables students to apply what they’ve studied by designing and presenting a humane education program. The practicum may be a series of classes, a course, a week-long camp, a teaching website -- even a business plan for a humane education company. The practicum must be approved by IHE faculty and can be done at any point during the program.

Please Note: Only register for this course under the direction of your faculty advisor/mentor. If you have questions about which course to register for and when, please contact HECP Director Mary Pat Champeau. 

Privilege, Power, and Difference by Allan G. Johnson

Raising a Humane Child course - October 4-29, 2010 (Family Rate)

NOTE: This registration is for the FAMILY RATE for the Raising a Humane Child course from October 4-29, 2010.  You MUST have already registered one family member at the INDIVIDUAL RATE to receive the special family rate of $50 for each additional family member (one book/packet shipped per family).

Developed for parents with children of any age, this course will expand your parenting strategies to help you bring humane education concepts and values to your kids and manifest your vision for a better world, starting with your family.

Please email us if you have any questions.

Raising a Humane Child course - October 4-29, 2010 (Individual Rate)

NOTE: This registration is for the INDIVIDUAL RATE for the Raising a Humane Child course from October 4-29, 2010. 

Developed for parents with children of any age, this course will expand your parenting strategies to help you bring humane education concepts and values to your kids and manifest your vision for a better world, starting with your family.

If you want to take advantage of the family rate ($125 for the first person, $50 for each additional family member -- one book/packet shipped per family), please email us for details.

Raising a Humane Child course - October 4-29, 2010 (Special Discounted Rate)

NOTE: This registration is for the SPECIAL DISCOUNTED RATE ($25 off the regular rate! -- good through September 12) for the Raising a Humane Child course from October 4-29, 2010. 

Developed for parents with children of any age, this course will expand your parenting strategies to help you bring humane education concepts and values to your kids and manifest your vision for a better world, starting with your family.

As part of the course you'll receive a copy of Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times.

Raising a Humane Child course - October 4-29, 2010 (Special Rate for Repeat Participants)

NOTE: This registration is for the SPECIAL RATE FOR REPEAT PARTICIPANTS for Raising a Humane Child course from October 4-29, 2010. 

Developed for parents with children of any age, this course will expand your parenting strategies to help you bring humane education concepts and values to your kids and manifest your vision for a better world, starting with your family.

If you want to take advantage of the special limited offer family rate ($125 for the first person, $50 for each additional family member -- one book/packet shipped per family), please email us for details.

Readings for Diversity and Social Justice by Maurianne Adams, ed.

Rethinking Globalization: Teaching for Justice in an Unjust World by Bill Bigelow & Bob Peterson, eds.

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry by Gail Eisnitz

So You Love Animals: An Action-Packed, Fun-Filled Book to Help Kids Help Animals by Zoe Weil

Teaches children about what is happening to animals in our world and offers hundreds of activities to help young people enjoy animals and nature and become involved in their protection.

Discounted from $14.95! 

Bulk discount: Get 5 copies for $20.00 (only $4 each!).

Email: info@HumaneEducation.org for more information.

So, You Love Animals (Bulk Discount: 5 for $20)

Teaches children about what is happening to animals in our world and offers hundreds of activities to help young people enjoy animals and nature and become involved in their protection.

Discounted from $14.95! 

Email: info@HumaneEducation.org for more information.

Sustainable Planet: Solutions for the 21st Century by Juliet Schor & Betsy Taylor, eds.

Teaching for a Better World Summer Institute (FULL TUITION)

NOTE: This registration is for the FULL TUITION for our Teaching for a better World Summer Institute from June 28-July 2, 2010. 

The Teaching for a Better World Summer Institute invites you to explore your passion for education as a means of confronting pressing global challenges. Spend a week on the beautiful Maine coast learning to bring issues of social justice, environmental preservation, human rights and animal protection into your classrooms and communities in ways that vitalize your teaching and add even greater depth and relevancy to your curricula. You will develop new ideas and practice new skills with other committed educators who share your enthusiasm for inspiring young people to hope and action.

Find out more.

Teaching for a Positive Future course - July 5-30, 2010 (Individual Rate)

NOTE: This registration is for the INDIVIDUAL RATE for the Teaching for a Positive Future course from July 5-30, 2010. 

Are you a teacher? Get inspired! Get connected! Be empowered! Learn new strategies, tools and ideas for teaching about the most important issues of our time, including  human rights, animal protection, environmental preservation and media and consumerism. This month-long course offers reflection and opportunities for creativity designed to help you dive into the issues of humane education, enliven your teaching, enrich your courses, and help your students become ever more engaged citizens. You'll develop new techniques and ideas to make your classes even more rewarding, interesting, and meaningful. 

Groups of 2 or more educators (from the same school) wanting to register for this Teaching for a Positive Future course, please register here.

Please email us if you have any questions.

Teaching for a Positive Future course - July 5-30, 2010 (Special Discounted Rate)

NOTE: This registration is for the SPECIAL DISCOUNTED RATE ($25 off the regular rate! - good through June 13) for the Teaching for a Positive Future course from July 5-30, 2010. 

Are you a teacher? Get inspired! Get connected! Be empowered! Learn new strategies, tools and ideas for teaching about the most important issues of our time, including  human rights, animal protection, environmental preservation and media and consumerism. This month-long course offers reflection and opportunities for creativity designed to help you dive into the issues of humane education, enliven your teaching, enrich your courses, and help your students become ever more engaged citizens. You'll develop new techniques and ideas to make your classes even more rewarding, interesting, and meaningful. 

As part of this course you'll receive a copy of The Power and Promise of Humane Education by Zoe Weil.

Teaching for a Positive Future course - July 5-30, 2010 (Special Group Teachers Rate)

NOTE: This registration is for the SPECIAL GROUP RATE FOR 2 OR MORE EDUCATORS FROM THE SAME SCHOOL for the Teaching for a Positive Future course from July 5-30, 2010. 

Once you register, please be sure to email us with your name and school for each group registration.

Are you a teacher? Get inspired! Get connected! Be empowered! Learn new strategies, tools and ideas for teaching about the most important issues of our time, including  human rights, animal protection, environmental preservation and media and consumerism. This month-long course offers reflection and opportunities for creativity designed to help you dive into the issues of humane education, enliven your teaching, enrich your courses, and help your students become ever more engaged citizens. You'll develop new techniques and ideas to make your classes even more rewarding, interesting, and meaningful.

Please email us if you have any questions.
 

Teaching for a Positive Future course - July 5-30, 2010 (Special Rate for Repeat Participants)

NOTE: This registration is for the SPECIAL RATE FOR REPEAT PARTICIPANTS for the Teaching for a Positive Future course from July 5-30, 2010. 

Are you a teacher? Get inspired! Get connected! Be empowered! Learn new strategies, tools and ideas for teaching about the most important issues of our time, including  human rights, animal protection, environmental preservation and media and consumerism. This month-long course offers reflection and opportunities for creativity designed to help you dive into the issues of humane education, enliven your teaching, enrich your courses, and help your students become ever more engaged citizens. You'll develop new techniques and ideas to make your classes even more rewarding, interesting, and meaningful.

Please email us if you have any questions.

Teaching for Social Justice: A Democracy and Education Reader by William Ayers, ed.

The Courage to Teach by Parker Palmer

The Culture of Make Believe by Derrick Jensen

The Power and Promise of Humane Education by Zoe Weil

In The Power and Promise of Humane Education, learn how to engage young people to explore social justice, environmental ethics, animal protection and more. Get the keys to unlock each person's potential - and your own - to be a force for good and to help lead us to a better future.

Get activities, stories, examples, case studies, resources and more to help implement your own program. This inviting and easy-to-use book is written for teachers, activists, educational reformers and home-schooling parents. Learn how to bring humane education to classrooms, youth groups, camps, religious settings or other gatherings.

10% off list price (regular price $15.95).

Bulk Discount for 20-40 Copies: $12.76 each (20% off)
Bulk Discount for 41+ Copies: $11.16 each (30% off)

Email: info@HumaneEducation.org for more information. 

The Witness (video) by Tribe of Heart

Toxic Sludge is Good for You: Lies, Damn Lies & the Public Relations Industry by John Stauber & Sheldon Rampton

Voluntary Simplicity: Toward a Way of Living That is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich by Duane Elgin

When Corporations Rule the World by David C. Korten