YOUTH EMPOWERMENT

    A key aspect of Project Aquascope is its dedication to empowering individuals to create change in their own communities. We hope to empower not only by our educational efforts but through a variety of ways including offering the opportunity for youth to bring Project Aquascope to their own communities in whatever way they see fit. We understand the value of being a youth with a vision to better the world and we advocate for all who have that vision to act on it.

   One of our greatest fears in starting Project Aquascope is acting savioristically even though our intentions are pure. Our goal in this project is to collaborate with communities rather than to “help” them. The critical thinking aspect of our labs is meant to motivate students to act in their own communities all over the world. We think that the best, most sustainable way to make an impact is to inspire the creation of grassroots initiatives rather than impose our own ideas onto communities that differ largely from our own— no one knows what a community needs better than its inhabitants. 

    In achieving this goal we have our Aquascope Ambassador program which is the embodiment of our emphasis on grassroots initiatives.