About the Solutionary School
Our mission is to engage with communities of all ages to create social change.
How do we achieve this?
Through conversation, education, imagination, and play, we work with educators, activists, community organizations, parents, and youth to create a more just world for people, animals, and the environment.
How do we achieve this?
Through conversation, education, imagination, and play, we work with educators, activists, community organizations, parents, and youth to create a more just world for people, animals, and the environment.
- We meet individuals where they are in their journey and focus on both inner and outer change.
- We cultivate brave spaces and use critical thinking to have real conversations about social justice issues.
- We work together and discuss creative strategies of how we can make the most change in the world.
- We use play and curiosity to inspire our youngest friends to make compassionate choices and cultivate a lifelong love for all that call our living world home.
Meet the Team
Julie from Massachusetts asks...
"Why are you called the Solutionary School?"
Great question, Julie!
Our school is founded on the pursuit of justice for people, animals, and the environment. We wondered, was there a word big enough that described this mission? The answer was yes. Yes, there was!
Our school is founded on the pursuit of justice for people, animals, and the environment. We wondered, was there a word big enough that described this mission? The answer was yes. Yes, there was!
Solutionary
so·lu·tion·ary
plural: Solutionaries
noun: a person who is able to identify inhumane and unsustainable systems and then develop solutions that are healthy and just for people, animals, and the environment.
adjective: pertaining to or characterized by solving problems in a strategic, comprehensive manner that strives not to harm one group while helping another.
"Solutionaries are motivated by compassion and justice and driven to cultivate their creative-, critical-, strategic- and systems-thinking skills in order to address the underlying causes of entrenched and interconnected problems. Solutionaries strive not to harm one group while helping another, including other people, animals, or the environment."
Defined by Zoe Weil, Co-founder of The Institute for Humane Education
plural: Solutionaries
noun: a person who is able to identify inhumane and unsustainable systems and then develop solutions that are healthy and just for people, animals, and the environment.
adjective: pertaining to or characterized by solving problems in a strategic, comprehensive manner that strives not to harm one group while helping another.
"Solutionaries are motivated by compassion and justice and driven to cultivate their creative-, critical-, strategic- and systems-thinking skills in order to address the underlying causes of entrenched and interconnected problems. Solutionaries strive not to harm one group while helping another, including other people, animals, or the environment."
Defined by Zoe Weil, Co-founder of The Institute for Humane Education