Foundation concepts

Capacities for learning which empower imagination around the future.

Systems Thinking

How to understand ecosystems and the universe as a series of nested systems.

How Do We Think?

Mind, body and spirit. What are our belief systems, spirituality, psychology, and how do our brains work?

Who Are We?

Diversity & inclusion: how can our world reflect and value the contribution of everyone?

Carbon Literacy

The carbon cycle: measuring climate change.

Design Thinking

This capacity encourages a collegiate iterative collaborative practice with builders as well as end users to give participants confidence in systems thinking. This allows new regenerative ideas to emerge.

Futures Literacy

This is a capacity developed by teams in UNESCO that gives participants confidence in living with uncertainty and allowing for emergence. To use imagination to think about the future to empower action in the present.