FOUNDATION CONCEPTS
These six capacities or areas of investigation will give students a fresh perspective
as they set off on their learning adventures.
Systems Thinking
How to understand ecosystems and the universe as a series of nested systems.
Who Are We?
Diversity & inclusion: how can our world reflect and value the contribution of everyone?
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.
How Do We Think?
Mind, body and spirit. What are our belief systems, spirituality, psychology, and how do our brains work?
Carbon Literacy
The carbon cycle: measuring climate change.
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.