Some 2400 years ago, in Ancient Greece, the philosopher Plato started his academy, a school in a garden environment. The Roman civilisation brought to us the term 'campus', meaning a grass field or pasture. Those historical elements were part of the sources of inspiration for the THIERRY eco-campus project. It was in the summer of 2004, when our graduate school was still located in Brussels, that the concept of a small outdoor campus was introduced. Six years later it became the ecological campus. 

The eco-campus is an ongoing venture with gradual enhancements, and is part of the school's Year 2025 vision implementation. The garden and its mansion, also called the Outdoor Academy Ardennes and The Thierry House, have been put at the school's disposal by special courtesy of the owners. The entire site has become the eco-campus, as an extension of the multiyear environmental project initiated in 2010. In line with the school's operational structure, investment policies, and principle of affordability of leadership studies, the campus' operating costs and expenditures are financed by other means than those that would originate from the apportioning of tuition fees from students.   next page:  natural space                      

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