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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.

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