Operating Principles

The following operating principles have been developed as a guide for all programs and associated activities conducted at the North Keppel Island Centre.

• The Centre encourages respect for the environment and concern for the health and quality of the environment.
• Health and safety must be a major consideration in all operations at the Centre.
• The Centre places an emphasis on direct experience in, with and for the environment through active and responsible participation processes.
• Activities at the Centre should involve people in the processes of discovery, exploration and adventure as a means of creating motivation and joy of learning.
• The Centre encourages an appreciation of, and participation in indigenous people's cultural knowledge and experience of the environment and their contribution to a unique understanding of the environment.
• Activities at the Centre should engage participants in practical learning situations which promote the development of active and informed citizenship, including skills and problem solving, decision making and effective social interaction.
• The Centre encourages the development of skills through activity-based learning appropriate to levels of competence and experience.
• The Centre encourages a preparedness to actively care for the environment.
• The Centre encourages community involvement and participation in program development and implementation.