The Fast Track Inclusion (FTI) Trust is committed to
extending young people’s options for education beyond mainstream options as
follows:
FTI is inspired by the 2016 United Nations universal
call to action to increase human flourishing, end poverty, protect the planet
and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. The UN described 17 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) to grow resilient communities in a sustainable
environment. Nestled within this inspirational future for humanity is
children’s right to flourish and be happy.
The School Mindfulness Project will enable young
people to gain an understanding as to how to
increase self-care as they raise their awareness about the connection between
our environment and our wellbeing, through work on these Sustainable
Development Goals. Specifically, the project seeks to extend options for education beyond mainstreams
options in the following ways:
The School Mindfulness Project provides an
interdisciplinary approach to learning about mindfulness and sustainability by
inspiring concrete actions that address the goals. The "Mindfulness
Journals" provide an educational framework that does not currently
exist in schools. Teachers who have piloted this project with students are
excited at the impact it has had throughout this little rural school. The
program has expanded the students' understanding of sustainability and inspired
them to make actionable plans. This awareness and training in holistic and
'big-picture' thinking is valuable in forming well-rounded and thoughtful
students who know about self-care and about being stewards of the Earth.
Further, the contents addressed in this program include poverty and sustainable
cities and communities-- as well as an environmental focus that supports the former.
