Vision

Grand Aspirations empowers, connects, and supports youth leaders as they create innovative, self-sustaining, and inter-dependent initiatives that systemically integrate climate and energy solutions, economic security, and social justice.

Our Philosophy

People are solutions. In every community, people hold the ideas and inspiration for change, and we believe in them as we believe in ourselves. We are a force for change, a force that can transcend the old energy paradigm to build the present and future that we know is possible–one that is both equitable and sustainable. Our social, economic and environmental problems will be solved creatively by drawing together resources, forces, ideas and energy from many different people and places.

Grand Aspirations will:

• Provide the institutional structure through which aspiring individuals and groups can house their initiatives and support themselves while devoting their time to building healthy communities that are socially, economically, and ecologically sustainable.
• Incubate new independent entities that focus on building capacity for change through creative open-space organizing and inter-organizational collaboration.
• Foster networking and collaboration between different initiatives to share ideas and support each other’s needs.