Growing in Partnership: Green School Foundation & Green Camp Bali

If love is action, then partnership is where that action grows.

In 2026, Green School Foundation and Green Camp Bali came together through a year-long collaboration rooted in a shared belief: meaningful environmental change happens through experience, community, and a deep connection to place.

Both organizations work closely with young people and educators, creating spaces where sustainability is not only discussed, but lived. By working side by side, we are opening more opportunities for local students and communities across Bali to step into learning that happens outdoors, in real environments, and through real responsibility.

Because some of the most powerful lessons begin the moment learning leaves the classroom.

OPENING ACCESS TO EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

At the heart of this partnership is an intention to make experiential environmental education more accessible.

Throughout the year, students from Green School Foundation’s partner schools will join selected Green Camp programs through scholarship opportunities. Some will come for a day. Others will stay longer. Each experience is designed to bring them closer to nature, to practical skills, and to a deeper understanding of their role within the environment.

For many participants, this may be their first time learning in a forest, working with soil, or spending a full day outdoors with purpose. What they take home is not only knowledge, but confidence, curiosity, and a new relationship with the natural world.

The collaboration also creates space for cultural exchange, where local students and international participants learn alongside one another, connected by the same landscape and the same questions about the future.

LEARNING THROUGH COMMUNITY

The partnership does not stop at camp experiences. It continues in the places people live and belong.

Last month, the Green School Foundation team joined Green Camp for a tree planting and community trash walk. The activity was simple by design. It reflected a shared understanding that environmental responsibility begins close to home, with the communities and landscapes we are already part of.

At the same time, several Agricultural University Scholars are now contributing to community garden initiatives through this collaboration. By sharing their knowledge and supporting local food-growing efforts, they are learning what it means to give back, and to see education as something that grows through community.

These are small actions. But together, they begin to shape a culture of care.

GROWING WHAT MATTERS

This partnership is not defined by a single event or moment. It is a commitment to growing something steady like opportunities for young people, stronger connections between communities and the environment, and learning experiences that stay with participants long after the program ends.

Like most meaningful work, the impact will grow quietly, through participation, shared experiences, and the relationships built along the way.

And this is where real change begins.