Institute for Humane Education

This is my second year of working with the incredible team at IHE, and these wonderful people full of hope, passion, and dedication to creating a better world continue to inspire me!

Several years ago when I began my doctoral journey with Antioch University, I fortuitously learned about the work of IHE. In doing so, I felt ardently aligned with the Humane Education approach and decided to pursue a specialization in it. Through the coursework, I had the great gift of learning and growing with the instructors and students and witnessed not only my evolution as an educator but also experienced profound shifts in my personal life and value systems. Having shared this, I highly recommend the IHE graduate programs and feel as if my decision to enroll was one of the best professional and personal decisions I have made.

During the 202/2023 academic school year, I participated in a yearlong experience with the Institute from Humane Education. I discovered the intricacies of Solutionary Thinking by carefully designed modules that helped me to learn about the framework and ultimately, myself. Additionally, once a month, a meet-up was held to break down the material together and connect with like-minded individuals. The facilitator of this experience, Julie Meltzer, was a phenomenal thought partner who made time outside of these meetings to collaborate, brainstorm, and problem solve. She exemplified everything that the organization promotes! Ater the experience ended, I felt empowered to lead my young students through this work and to consider the practices of the institute within my instructional design.

I recently graduated with a master of arts from IHE, and I couldn't have asked for a more rewarding grad school experience. The faculty is smart, supportive, and engaged. Each teacher opened my mind, in their own way encouraged me to pursue my interests related to humane education, and coached me through the program. If I could do it all over again, I would. I graduated with a more informed perspective of the world. The world would be a better place if everyone would study and practice humane education.

The Institute for Humane Education has helped advance me personally and professionally in so many ways. The material covered in the IHE program has given me the tools to prepare my young students to become leaders in their school communities and to develop reverence and respect for animals, the planet and one other. I am currently learning about the Solutionaries process, working at my own pace around my busy schedule! This is one of the most effective tools for educators in developing young minds. The instructors at IHE are invaluable, always there to support and encourage you. The IHE isn’t just a place to learn, it’s a community; a compassionate collection of like minded, caring, intelligent, engaging people. I highly recommend IHE for anyone seeking to enhance their professional
or personal development.

I had the fantastic opportunity to attend the Human Education Residency week. I was honored to meet incredible individuals and to learn from exceptional educators. It makes you think, reflect and understand what is valuable in life and how to educate yourself not for success but for being a person that can contribute to society with values, respect and care about others, animals and nature.

The Institute for Humane Education is an amazing nonprofit doing incredible work in the world. Zoe is a visionary and her vision for the world is one that I hope we can see someday. I been a fan of IHE's work for over 15 years since I first discovered the movement and it changed my life and the course of my career. I have attended the IHE summer institute, read several of Zoe's books, and incorporated the IHE philosophy into my work running my own nonprofit. I am grateful that I discovered IHE's work and I hope that it will continue to expand and ripple out around the globe, planting seeds of change in all directions.

The Institute for Humane Education offers unique and inspiring programs for lifelong students (that's all of us!). IHE's graduate program studies have provided me with a framework for considering the environment, human rights, and animals in my personal and professional life. While this type of curriculum seems novel now, I am eager to see more of it in our classrooms and communities!

I am a graduate of the Institue for Humane Education. I sought an advanced degree that aligned with my values, would further expand my world views, and allow me to discover my path in creating a just world. IHE not only changed my perception, but the instructors also taught me how to analyze micro and macro problems and then figure out solutions that would benefit all. I am very grateful to everyone at IHE and thankful for the experiences I had and continue to have today because of them.

I am a recent graduate from IHE and this program offered me the the most meaningful educational experience of my life. After several decades of combined experience both as a student and an educator, I discovered the true meaning of education in my graduate program here. Through engaging content and meaningful discourse with faculty and peers, I have learned to see my own life choices and my advocacy work through a framework that includes humans rights, animal protection, and environmental preservation. I appreciate that system change and individual change are two sides of the same coin - both are needed in the world for real transformation to occur.

Many of the faculty and peers that I have met at IHE have now become dear friends because of our very special shared experiences, most of which were life-changing. There's no educational or professional institution where I have felt more at home that I did/do at IHE - there really is no place like it. That is why I know that I will remain involved in some capacity with IHE for a very long time.

I chose the Institute for Humane Education for my graduate studies due to its philosophy and work towards a better world for everyone. Not only does IHE inspire and produce the brightest educators, it also produces educators that see the world through a solutionary lens.

Personally, the Institute for Humane Education has changed my life and continues to change the lives around me to this day. I can't speak highly enough of IHE; if I could give 100 stars for this rating, I would.

IHE and Zoe Weil have completely shifted the landscape of our school district. We firmly believe that students' passions and interests can and will change the world. Working with the IHE and Zoe, who provided us with a user friendly framework, tools, and resources, our students investigate their worlds, identify problems in their local school, town, city, state, and/or beyond, and begin to research and propose solutions to solve the issues in their world. This work has lead learning to become more authentic and meaningful as our students take informed action, and become change agents in their community. Most importantly we have fostered a skill set in students, thanks to our partnership with the IHE, that instill essential skills in students that transcend our respective curricula. These skills will help students navigate their world outside of the confines of school, and be successful participants in our Democracy, as they have become part of the Solutionary Generation.

I've joined IHE over 15 years ago. All this time, they have consistently provided amazing work towards educating people and education systems to understand the impact that we all have on this world. They continuously augmented their own programs tadapting them to current events and states of the world. They have brought new ways to address current and future issues by focusing on people and systems changes that can be applied in various educational institutions.

For the past two decades, IHE has worked to make changes by educating people around the world with unfaltering dedication and determination.

I received my M.Ed. with a concentration in humane education. IHE opened my mind to an entirely new way of thinking and pushed me to look at life through a new lens. I am forever grateful to IHE for deepening my passion for education and our world at large. They are a group of passionate, thoughtful, and authentic people who are working to make the world a better place.

IHE completely changed my life for the better. I felt a calling to work towards creating a more just, compassionate, sustainable world for all but I had no idea how. That's when I found IHE and I knew I found my place in the world. I entered the graduate program in 2003 and gained an incredible education, learning about the interconnections between various forms of oppression and explotation, as well as age appropriate ways to teach about these issues in engaging ways to foster empathy and reverence, encourage critical thought, and inspire youth empowerd action. Thanks to my education at IHE I have been fortuate enough to work as a professional humane educator for the past 13 years teaching youth of all ages about pressing issues facing our world today and encouraging people of all ages to engage in compassionate activism. Thank you IHE; you transformed the course of my life both personally and professionally and I am forever grateful.

I have learned so much through IHE and the programs offered. What an amazing mission to help others learn about making humane choices through understanding and compassion. Creating a world filled with solutionaries is a great cause to support.

IHE has opened my eyes to so many new points of view and the interconnectedness of the world

The Institute for Humane Education is an amazing organization focused on compassion, vision, and education. I have been blessed to take incredible coursework at IHE with highly knowledgable and experienced professors. Through IHE, I have made many lifestyle changes that reflect a decision to do the Most Good and Least Harm (MOGO). I strongly recommend IHE to anyone who wishes to pursue the connection between the environment, animal protection, and human rights.

This organization can change the world. I’m so grateful I found it; it has changed my teaching into more meaningful and hopeful work. They are teaching me how to create solutionaries for the world’s problems.

This organization totally changed the trajectory of my life and continues to serve as a lighthouse. It has a profound effect on all of its students and partners and is helping pave the way for a more humane future.

I attended an online course named Teaching for a Positive Future as I was in a search of something meaningful that could bring me light to incorporate a compassionate approach and practical tools to bring children the opportunity to connect with and care about their environment, other people and animals. The Institute of Humane Education has an outstanding curriculum with incredible educators that bring a life changing experience for those who are in this kind of search.

The Institute for Humane Education is a wonderful organization. I am currently enrolled in the Masters of Education in Humane Education program offered through IHE. The course work is relevant to lives on an individual and global scale. It is presented in a clear, concise way without bias. The instructors and mentors are accessible and extremely knowledgable and helpful. In fact, not only is the course about humane education, it IS humane education.
Having been an Art teacher for the past 25 years and taken numerous courses and already holding a Masters in Administration, I have found this program to be by far the most applicable and meaningful course I've experienced.
The Institute for Humane Education is a fabulous organization.

I am a graduate of IHE with a Masters in Humane Education. As a high school teacher for 7 years, I had incredibly high standards for what I expected in going back to school myself. What IHE provided not only surpassed my expectations but opened new doors of insight and learning which benefited both me and my students. The personalized education, truly humane work ethic, fascinating subjects and go-at-your-own pace timing really makes this program and winner. I continue to stay in touch with my teachers to this day- and they are people I plan to know for the rest of my life. IHE is a great place to learn about yourself, the world, and make your corner of it a better place.

IHE is a wonderful organization that examines many of the major issues of our day. It does so in a way that is creative, supportive, and with a superb faculty. If more people went through the IHE programs, I believe the planet would be better served.

More than two years after enrolling in the Institute for Humane Education's certificate program, I found myself reaching the end of one path and getting ready to start down another. The knowledge, friendships and support I gained through the program are now a part of who I am. When I look back on who I was before I discovered my passion for humane education and who I am now, I am thankful for having had this chance to realize the importance of helping others learn how we can live with compassion and respect for all life. IHE is truly changing the world!