The Immersion at Wilderness Awareness School

The Immersion is a unique experience for adults seeking to find their place in the natural world. During this 9-month program, students experience their surroundings from the complementary approaches of scientific study and the practice of survival skills, nature connection, and self-discovery. The program is facilitated through eight core...

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Rooted Life Adventures

Rooted Life Adventures offers an incredible gap year in New Zealand that combines adventure excursions, cultural immersion, volunteering, life skills learning, an internship, and mental health support. Our full-time wellness coaches live with the group, providing in-the-moment guidance and keeping the experience supportive, growth-focused, and fun. We live in...

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The Leap

Thrive. Flourish. Connect. Through The Leap’s Transformative Gap Year Volunteering Adventures.

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Tidelines Institute Glacier Bay Year

Our Mission is to educate a diverse generation of citizens, stewards, and leaders through immersive courses in the communities and wildlands of S’íx’ Tlein (Icy Strait) and Sít’ Eeti Gheeyí (Glacier Bay). We explore our home through the liberal arts and scientific inquiry, hands-on work and sustainable harvest, community...

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National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)

NOLS is a nonprofit global wilderness school that seeks to help you step forward boldly as a leader. Expedition Behavior (EB) is the guiding principle and foundation behind what we do, how we teach, and who we are at NOLS.

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Irish Gap Year

Our mission is to develop more self-aware, independent, confident and resilient young people. We imagine a future where education addresses the holistic person, where young people are equipped with the emotional, social and practical tools to succeed in a rapidly changing world full of challenges.

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GAP at Glen Brook

Our nature- and farm-based gap year semester program explores sustainability through hands-on skills. Gap at Glen Brook empowers young adults to create sustainable lives and resilient communities.

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