BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3d8a9b14c7c573ab528289f0850b233c CATEGORIES:Polar Conferences, Meetings and Events CREATED:20180219T133633 SUMMARY:Inspiring Girls Workshop: your chance to develop a field-based science program for girls LOCATION:Switzerland DESCRIPTION:Girls on Ice Switzerland (http://www.inspiringgirls.org/switzerland) is a t uition free program for teenage girls 15-17 years old and is one of the exp editions offered by Inspiring Girls Expeditions (http://www.inspiringgirls. org). We run wilderness science expeditions different from typical technica l mountaineering courses or science "summer camps" in that we truly integra te the wilderness challenge with the intellectual challenge. Inspiring Girl s Expeditions are taught by teams of professional scientists, artists, and mountain guides.\nGirls on Ice Switzerland is hosting an instructor worksho p for future expedition leaders. We also want to inspire new partner progra ms to expand Inspiring Girls Expeditions to other languages, countries and regions, so we can offer this experience to more girls. Erin Pettit, the fo under and director of Inspiring Girls Expeditions, will be in Switzerland t o lead this workshop.\n \nWe are looking for female scientists who are inte rested in teaching existing Inspiring Girls Expeditions, or who are interes ted in taking leadership roles in developing new programs based on the succ essful Inspiring Girls philosophy. For example:\n- Girls on Ice: in your la nguage/country\n- Girls on Rivers / in Rain Forest / on Volcanoes / in Snow / ... : linking kayaking, mountaineering, hiking, skiing with geomorpholog y, ecology, chemistry, physics, geology or snow science.\n \nAlso - if you are an artist or guide who is interested in teaming up with a scientist to develop a program, we can provide help with connecting potential leadership teams.\n \nPlease visit http://www.inspiringgirls.org/instructor-workshop- switzerland (http://www.inspiringgirls.org/instructor-workshop-switzerland) for more information on the workshop. \n \nThe workshop takes place in Swi tzerland from 11th to 14th of June, 2018. Workshop and accommodation costs are covered by Girls on Ice Switzerland. Travel costs to and from the cours e location are the responsibility of the participants. If the number of par ticipants is larger than we expected, we might charge a small fee for accom modations.\n \nIf you are interested in participating please send your full application via this form (https://goo.gl/forms/w6xWS2svWUeXbxBz1) until 3 0th of March, 2018. Let us know why you want to participate and how you cou ld contribute to Inspiring Girls Expeditions. The application should contai n your interest in Inspiring Girls Expeditions or new project ideas (Wilder ness and Intellectual/Scientific context, Educational philosophy) and your experience in the field of teaching and wilderness.\n \nWe will review appl ications as they come in and we will stop accepting applications when all s pots are filled.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Inspiring Girls ExpeditionsGirls on Ice Switzerland is a tuition free program for teenage girls 15-17 years old and is one of the expeditions offered by Inspiring Girls Expediti ons. We run wilderness science expeditions different from typical technical mountaineering courses or science "summer camps" in that we truly integrate the wilderness challenge with the intellectual challenge. Inspir ing Girls Expeditions are taught by teams of professional scientists, artis ts, and mountain guides.

Girls on Ice Sw itzerland is hosting an instructor workshop for future exp edition leaders. We also want to inspire new partner programs to expand Ins piring Girls Expeditions to other languages, countries and regions, so we c an offer this experience to more girls. Erin Pettit, the founder and direct or of Inspiring Girls Expeditions, will be in Switzerland to lead this work shop.

We are looking for female scientists who are interested in teaching existing Inspiring Girls Expeditions, or who ar e interested in taking leadership roles in developing new programs based on the successful Inspiring Girls philosophy. For example:
- Girls on Ic e: in your language/country
- Girls on Rivers / in Rain Forest / on Vo lcanoes / in Snow / ... : linking kayaking, mountaineering, hiking, skiing with geomorphology, ecology, chemistry, physics, geology or snow science.
Also - if you are an artist or guide who is int erested in teaming up with a scientist to develop a program, we can provide help with connecting potential leadership teams.

Please visit htt p://www.inspiringgirls.org/instructor-workshop-switzerland for more inf ormation on the workshop.

The workshop takes place in Switzerl and from 11th to 14th of June, 2018. Workshop and accommod ation costs are covered by Girls on Ice Switzerland. Travel costs to and fr om the course location are the responsibility of the participants. If the n umber of participants is larger than we expected, we might charge a small f ee for accommodations.

If you are interested in participating p lease send your full application via this form until 30th of March, 2018. Let us know why you want to participate and how yo u could contribute to Inspiring Girls Expeditions. The application should c ontain your interest in Inspiring Girls Expeditions or new project ideas (W ilderness and Intellectual/Scientific context, Educational philosophy) and your experience in the field of teaching and wilderness.

We wil l review applications as they come in and we will stop accepting applicatio ns when all spots are filled.

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