The GREEN Program

What if the most important thing happening at the World Cup isn't what's happening on the field?

As billions tune in and millions travel across borders, we're witnessing something increasingly rare: large-scale opportunities for human connection. Social media feeds are filled with visitors sharing stories of hospitality, friendship, and unexpected encounters that challenge assumptions and stereotypes.

These moments matter.

The defining challenges of our time, from climate change to economic inequality, require collaboration across cultures, sectors, and nations. That collaboration becomes possible when we see one another not as strangers, but as partners in a shared future.

In our latest article, TGP Founder & CEO Melissa Lee reflects on what the World Cup can teach us about travel, trust, global citizenship, and the power of people-to-people connection.

Read the article here: https://thegreenprogram.com/blog/world-cup-global-unity-travel-human-connection/

What becomes possible when we start treating global connection not as an exception, but as the starting point?

Meet Dr. Juliet Newson, Director of the Iceland School of Energy at Reykjavik University, and one of the brilliant minds you'll hear from on TGP's Iceland program! 🇮🇸

With a career spanning geothermal reservoir engineering, geological modeling, and renewable energy education, Dr Newson is one of the most accomplished voices in the global geothermal field.

From co-organizing postgraduate geothermal programs to serving as President of the International Geothermal Association, she has built a career that bridges rigorous science, international policy, and the urgent push toward a renewable energy future.

What makes TGP's Iceland program truly cutting edge is the caliber of minds our students get direct access to - experts like Dr Newson who aren't just teaching about the energy transition, but actively guiding and shaping it.

Our December Iceland program is now open for enrollment! Sign up now to unlock our Trailblazer super early bird pricing and save up to $700. We have limited spots available at this price and they will fill before the deadline.

🔗 Secure your Trailblazer spot now: https://thegreenprogram.com/program/study-abroad-programs-in-iceland/

Oceans do so much for us, and we don't talk about it enough 🌊

Home to over 80% of all life on earth, producing more than half the oxygen we breathe, and regulating the climate systems that keep our planet livable, oceans do it all.

And they are under more pressure than ever.

Rising temperatures, an alarming decline in marine species, acidification, oceans are ground zero for climate change - and the signs are everywhere.

That's why at TGP, we don't just teach climate solutions in a classroom.
We take students to the frontlines - where the water is, where the impacted communities are, and where cutting-edge marine preservation and blue economy policies are playing out in real time.

This World Ocean Day, let’s remember exactly why this work matters.

tldr: more trees, less a$$holes