EARTH has a network of almost 3,000 alumni from 55 countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and Europe, who contribute to the sustainable development of their countries and who construct a prosperous and just society.
Sam Hansen (Class of 2014, United States) is part of a sustainability education center based in Costa Rica. There, he manages agroforestry systems, fermentation processes, and teaches courses on permaculture and natural building—all while keeping community development at the heart of his work…
The first time Gastón Miyashiro (Class of 2007, Argentina) stepped foot on EARTH’s campus wasn’t his first day as a student—it was for a week-long training on microorganisms. At the time, Gastón was studying Business Administration at the University of Buenos Aires and had been working with Effective Microorganisms, a Japanese technology that creates synergistic effects by combining beneficial microbiomes that exist in nature…
Within her first week at EARTH, Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Alumni, Betania Taquiva Ramírez (Class of 2016, Venezuela) had already introduced herself to all 400 students, the faculty, and every staff member on the Guácimo Campus…
Once graduated, an EARTH professional has the following skills:
Ability to make decisions, promote change and ensure that others do so at local and global levels, influencing decision makers in a constructive and participatory manner.
Respect towards the principles that govern the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, driven by EARTH University’s values to contribute to sustainable development and build a prosperous and just society.
Ability to identify needs and commit to opportunities that promote human and the planet’s welfare.
Capacity to communicate in an effective, assertive and multimodal manner.
Ability to interact collaboratively and with emotional intelligence, in diverse, intercultural and interdisciplinary contexts, motivating and leading teams towards common goals.
Attitude to learn and keep themselves permanently updated.
Ability to identify, raise and solve issues in a critical, creative and structured way.
Ability to solve agricultural, community development and environmental management problems.
Ability to develop and manage projects based on the identification of rural community development and environmental management opportunities, with a global and entrepreneurial perspective.
Ability to create and manage businesses and agricultural processes as well as manage natural resources with a commitment to sustainable development.
Ability to create, promote and manage technological change, produce new scientific knowledge and apply technologies for sustainable rural development.
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