Join us for the exploration-based Sustainability Mindset with Design Thinking (SMDT) camps. A one-week holiday camp where kids ages 5-12 learn about the real world through field trips, games and projects around Zurich.
SMDT is the fruit of a beautiful partnership with STEAMED Playground.
Key details
- Timings: 8:45 to 17:00
- Venue: City of Zurich with a number of locations!
- Pick up/drop off location*: Cafe Rumi, Weinbergstrasse 1, Kilchberg 8802
- Pricing: Regular Price CHF 650/week or CHF 150/day. Siblings discount available. Early Bird Price CHF 550/week
- Food: Twice a day snacks included!
- Language: English, however our facilitators can help children with German, Portuguese, Hindi and Korean. Sometimes also French and Hungarian!
*subject to change but will remain close by.
Supported by Cafe Rumi, Kilchberg!
October 14 to 19th, 2024
(ZH holidays week 2)
This five-day design thinking camp, explores the question: “How can we eat healthily for humans and for the planet?” There will be lots of tasty treats in store for the kids between farm outings, learning from a restaurant chef, and to doing some healthy cooking!
Early Bird: Sep 7th 2024
February 17th to February 21st (ZH holidays week 2)
Filled with fun science experiments, this camp explores practical ways kids can use science to design for sustainability. Our learning experiences will range from learning to recycle your own paper; designing bioplastics and exploring some fun real-world examples of how science is being used to encourage sustainability!
Early Bird: Jan 7th 2024
April 28th to May 2nd 2025
Welcome spring and new life by learning about the concept of biomimicry and apply strategies found in nature to solve human design challenges.
Early Bird: Mar 21st 2025
Summer Holidays 2025
We focus on the question, “How can we use art to protect the Earth?” We practice how to sustainably create art and explore “How can we use art to connect with diverse people?” This second question builds on our 2024 “Living in Harmony” camp. Being summer, we make full use of being outdoors, go to the lake and on field trips to Kunsthaus, a Graffiti Park and The Enea Tree Museum in Rapperswil.
What is SMDT?
Hear Diya and Austina, the Co-Founders of SMDT explain it.
Outcomes:
Want our Children...
To develop:
Respect, Resilience, Empathy, Humbleness, Integrity, Curiosity, Open-Mindedness, Equality, and Responsibility
By being:
Honest, Peaceful, Part of a Community, Trusting, Positive, Tolerant, Caring and Kind
“Heard all about earth care, self-care, and fair share today! They have learned so much in a couple of days. Thank you so much. So valuable what you have created.”
“He is very inspired, it was an amazing experience. Thank you all for the wonderful atmosphere and for new friends and family whom we want to see again and again!!!”
“The program was so varied and inspiring, the boys loved it. How wonderful they came away with some many new learnings and friends.”
About Design Thinking
Design thinking refers to the set of cognitive, strategic and practical procedures used by designers in the process of designing, and to the body of knowledge that has been developed about how people reason when engaging with design problems.Design thinking is also associated with prescriptions for the innovation of products and services within business and social contexts.
An iterative, non-linear process, design thinking includes activities such as context analysis, user testing, problem finding and framing, ideation and solution generating, creative thinking, sketching and drawing, prototyping, and evaluating.
Source: Wikipedia
Source: John Spencer
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