The CEHV Dirty Learning Youth Program is a year-long process of exploration through:

• • Outdoor/arts-based experiential education;
  • Jewish ethics (i.e. Tikkun Middot and Tikkun Olam);
  • Relationship building;
  • and, environmental justice

By centering Jewish education in outdoor experience, integrative arts-based practice, relationship building, and environmental justice, CEHV’s Dirty Learning Program encourages young Jews to:

• • get outside/get dirty (away from screens/other distractions);
  • experiment with new interests and modes of creative expression;
  • develop a sense of self and Jewish identity;
  • connect to Jewish community;
  • become responsible stewards of the earth;
  • have fun

Outdoor experiences:

• • Rock climbing
  • Hiking
  • Kayaking
  • Snowboarding
  • Ice skating
  • Archery
  • Horseback riding
  • Beekeeping

Arts-based activities:

• • Blind Portraiture
  • PhotoRoaming
  • Ceramics/Hand building
  • Kintsugi
  • Screen Printing
  • Papermaking
  • Japanese bookbinding
  • Block printing