{"id":2942,"date":"2024-02-12T17:21:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T17:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/?p=2942"},"modified":"2024-02-12T17:23:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T17:23:00","slug":"the-earth-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/pt\/the-earth-university\/","title":{"rendered":"A Universidade da Terra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"ember1866\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\">Durante minha busca para desvendar os segredos que impulsionaram a Costa Rica a se tornar uma l\u00edder global em regenera\u00e7\u00e3o, tive o privil\u00e9gio de passar dois dias inteiros no campus da Earth University. Fundada em 1986 por um grupo de pioneiros da agricultura sustent\u00e1vel, a Earth foi criada com uma abordagem inovadora: oferecer uma forma\u00e7\u00e3o hol\u00edstica de n\u00edvel superior para os filhos e filhas de pequenos agricultores, transformando-os em agentes de mudan\u00e7a e l\u00edderes do nosso sistema alimentar.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C3QF0SFusXo\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Veja esta publica\u00e7\u00e3o no Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C3QF0SFusXo\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uma publica\u00e7\u00e3o compartilhada por Meraki Impact (@merakiimpact)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"ember1867\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\">Situada numa impressionante extens\u00e3o de quase 3.500 hectares de floresta tropical e campos agr\u00edcolas perto de Gu\u00e1piles, na bacia caribenha da Costa Rica, a Earth University oferece um ambiente ideal para estudantes provenientes principalmente da Am\u00e9rica Latina, Caribe e \u00c1frica. Eles embarcam numa intensa jornada de quatro anos, concluindo o curso com um diploma de bacharel em engenharia agr\u00edcola. No entanto, esse t\u00edtulo \u00e9 apenas um r\u00f3tulo necess\u00e1rio para o reconhecimento externo. Na realidade, os alunos da Earth v\u00e3o muito al\u00e9m da agricultura, iniciando seus pr\u00f3prios empreendimentos aliment\u00edcios j\u00e1 no primeiro ano com um empr\u00e9stimo concedido pela universidade, e participando de um programa hol\u00edstico que combina agricultura com ecologia, empreendedorismo, neg\u00f3cios e engenharia de alimentos.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2954\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2954\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2954\" src=\"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/190ade4b-cc96-44e9-9e71-5f4c5e8f8a7e-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/190ade4b-cc96-44e9-9e71-5f4c5e8f8a7e-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/190ade4b-cc96-44e9-9e71-5f4c5e8f8a7e-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/190ade4b-cc96-44e9-9e71-5f4c5e8f8a7e.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sistema Agroflorestal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"ember1868\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\">Sob a orienta\u00e7\u00e3o de professores com vasta experi\u00eancia, os alunos gerenciam seus empreendimentos ao lado de um grupo multicultural de colegas. Eles exploram diversas pr\u00e1ticas agr\u00edcolas, da org\u00e2nica \u00e0 convencional, priorizando a responsabilidade social e a sustentabilidade ambiental, sempre considerando o impacto de cada atividade.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ember1869\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\">Na Earth, a \u00eanfase \u00e9 na aprendizagem pr\u00e1tica e experimental. Os alunos passam um tempo significativo no campo e nos laborat\u00f3rios, dedicando dois dias inteiros por semana ao envolvimento direto nas opera\u00e7\u00f5es agr\u00edcolas, aprimorando suas habilidades agr\u00edcolas em prepara\u00e7\u00e3o para suas carreiras na \u00e1rea de alimentos. A abordagem centrada no aluno \u00e9 evidente em todo o processo de sele\u00e7\u00e3o e curr\u00edculo da universidade, que opera com uma propor\u00e7\u00e3o de dez alunos por professor. As comiss\u00f5es de sele\u00e7\u00e3o visitam comunidades agr\u00edcolas remotas no sul global, priorizando habilidades interpessoais e uma boa adequa\u00e7\u00e3o aos valores da universidade, em vez de candidaturas tradicionais por meio de exames. 801 alunos recebem bolsas de estudo de funda\u00e7\u00f5es filantr\u00f3picas, promovendo um ambiente de aprendizagem multicultural.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2946\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2946\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2946 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1707571180327-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1707571180327-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1707571180327-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1707571180327.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Biblioteca da Universidade da Terra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2955\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2955\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2955\" src=\"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/454a59a3-156f-4403-a193-b268dcdece08-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/454a59a3-156f-4403-a193-b268dcdece08-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/454a59a3-156f-4403-a193-b268dcdece08-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/454a59a3-156f-4403-a193-b268dcdece08-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/454a59a3-156f-4403-a193-b268dcdece08.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Valores da Terra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"ember1870\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\">Foi realmente inspirador conversar com estudantes de \u00e1reas remotas da Amaz\u00f4nia brasileira, Malawi, Uganda, \u00c1frica do Sul, Costa Rica, Guatemala e M\u00e9xico, aprendendo sobre suas experi\u00eancias e aspira\u00e7\u00f5es. Muitos est\u00e3o ansiosos para se aprofundar em sa\u00fade do solo, desenvolver seus empreendimentos sociais, promover mudan\u00e7as em suas comunidades ou prosseguir com estudos em sistemas regenerativos.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2956\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2956\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2956 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/830b4c51-e082-4711-ac4b-b9022de68a0c-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/830b4c51-e082-4711-ac4b-b9022de68a0c-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/830b4c51-e082-4711-ac4b-b9022de68a0c-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/830b4c51-e082-4711-ac4b-b9022de68a0c.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2956\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Estudantes da Terra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"ember1871\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\">Ao longo de quatro anos, os alunos da Earth adquirem uma compreens\u00e3o abrangente do sistema alimentar, desde o plantio de culturas em sistemas agroflorestais at\u00e9 a gest\u00e3o da pecu\u00e1ria e a avalia\u00e7\u00e3o de suas emiss\u00f5es, aprendendo tamb\u00e9m sobre solu\u00e7\u00f5es de energia renov\u00e1vel e processamento de alimentos nas instala\u00e7\u00f5es industriais da universidade. Ao final do curso, eles precisam liquidar o saldo de suas startups, utilizando os lucros para quitar seus empr\u00e9stimos ou aprendendo com os preju\u00edzos. Vivenciar uma valiosa experi\u00eancia empreendedora faz parte do programa universit\u00e1rio.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2960\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2960\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2960\" src=\"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/d77f15a0-0825-42c1-ae18-7edfe0a9c607-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/d77f15a0-0825-42c1-ae18-7edfe0a9c607-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/d77f15a0-0825-42c1-ae18-7edfe0a9c607-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/d77f15a0-0825-42c1-ae18-7edfe0a9c607-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/d77f15a0-0825-42c1-ae18-7edfe0a9c607.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2960\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Produ\u00e7\u00e3o de composto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2958\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2958\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2958 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/5634af10-87e6-47ae-9f5d-40a48c2cd3c5-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/5634af10-87e6-47ae-9f5d-40a48c2cd3c5-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/5634af10-87e6-47ae-9f5d-40a48c2cd3c5-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/5634af10-87e6-47ae-9f5d-40a48c2cd3c5.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agricultura de precis\u00e3o<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"ember1872\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\">Com a intensifica\u00e7\u00e3o das crises clim\u00e1ticas e de biodiversidade, a necessidade de uma nova gera\u00e7\u00e3o de l\u00edderes que olhem al\u00e9m da sustentabilidade e considerem os sistemas regenerativos torna-se cada vez mais urgente. Os graduados em Ci\u00eancias da Terra saem da Universidade com um conjunto de habilidades e valores que transcendem o pensamento convencional sobre agricultura.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ember1873\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\">A universidade est\u00e1 expandindo sua oferta educacional para al\u00e9m do programa de gradua\u00e7\u00e3o presencial e da rede de ex-alunos. Novas iniciativas, como o programa &quot;aprendizagem online na pr\u00e1tica&quot;, utilizam realidade virtual e ferramentas digitais para levar experi\u00eancias de aprendizado pr\u00e1tico aos alunos fora do campus.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2953\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2953\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2953\" src=\"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/97ba4e83-973f-423d-ade0-48f88e3c68ac-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/97ba4e83-973f-423d-ade0-48f88e3c68ac-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/97ba4e83-973f-423d-ade0-48f88e3c68ac-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/97ba4e83-973f-423d-ade0-48f88e3c68ac-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/97ba4e83-973f-423d-ade0-48f88e3c68ac.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2953\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plataforma de E-Learning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\">Durante minha visita, Arturo, o presidente, compartilhou sua vis\u00e3o de cultivar um movimento de l\u00edderes capazes de transformar nosso sistema alimentar. Em 2020, colaboramos com a Earth University, oferecendo uma bolsa integral a um de seus alunos. Agora, planejamos apoiar ainda mais seus esfor\u00e7os, coorganizando programas especializados para investidores e executivos, oferecendo-lhes uma compreens\u00e3o direta dos desafios dentro de nossos sistemas alimentares por meio da intera\u00e7\u00e3o com os alunos e professores da Earth, ao mesmo tempo em que aceleramos a transi\u00e7\u00e3o da Earth da agricultura sustent\u00e1vel para sistemas regenerativos.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"ember1875\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\">Junte-se a n\u00f3s no apoio \u00e0 Earth University acessando o link abaixo. Saiba como voc\u00ea pode contribuir para bolsas de estudo para alunos ou incentivar jovens talentos que buscam um programa de gradua\u00e7\u00e3o \u00fanico e totalmente imersivo no cora\u00e7\u00e3o da Costa Rica. A Earth recebe estudantes do mundo todo, inclusive aqueles com condi\u00e7\u00f5es de custear seus estudos.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ember1876\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\"><a class=\"app-aware-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earth.ac.cr\/en\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\">https:\/\/www.earth.ac.cr\/en\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Established in 1986, Earth pioneers holistic education for agriculture&#8217;s next generation. Situated in a vast tropical expanse near Gu\u00e1piles, the campus hosts a diverse cohort from Latin America, The Caribbean, and Africa. 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