We believe that people learn best when they are actively engaged in solving problems they find interesting, relevant and somewhat challenging, are sharing ideas with others, and are having fun.

So we design active, fun and engaging learning experiences that put people in situations where they can practice solving the kinds of problems they might face in a community crisis.

Our next step will be to work with community partners to make it easy for them to adapt our learning experience to the needs of their communities and deliver it effectively.

We don’t believe in guessing.

Our research program is aimed at ensuring that our learning experiences are grounded in solid theoretical foundations, and use
reliable methods of evaluation.

In the longer term, we seek to promote intersectional research in grassroots crisis response, improvised leadership, and experiential learning, fostering intellectual connections and making our own contributions in these growing areas of research.

While we are primarily focused on the Wildfire project, we also keep other activities moving forward. These are concentrated around three strategic goals:

• Having an immediate impact by sharing the knowledge and insights we find
• Growing our team through networking and volunteer recruiting
• Growing our future through fundraising and exacting planning