SCRAP education programs teach the concepts and benefits of creative reuse with goals of sustainable behavior change; combining waste reduction, art and environmental education, and creative wellness.
Some projects and programs may incorporate multiple lenses and possibilities from the guides. These Field Guides can direct you towards different focal points of understanding in our Education Programs that can be adapted depending on the preferred lens:
These programs inspire art and creativity incorporated into Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math studies. Develop cross-curricular connections with a focus on Art & Creativity.
These programs look at meditative art, therapeutic art practice, and creative wellness, and teach lessons to help relieve stress and anxiety through creative artmaking. There is an inherent healing power of the creative process of art making and self-expression.
Creative behaviors contribute to good mental health, helping people of all ages become more adaptive, resilient, and productive when confronted with life’s stresses.
These programs teach sustainable living tips, techniques, and projects, and inspire young/new maker entrepreneurship skills.
These programs inspire creative reuse in artmaking, teach a new craft or skill, and think of new ways to add reuse materials into art practices.
These programs inspire creativity and play in the natural world, investigating nature and playing creatively and sustainably in our surrounding environments.