Tag: Art
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Sustainable Futures Workshop
Over the past few weeks, I have facilitated workshops with different groups of students that study across subjects at Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics, and we have had a really inspiring experience. The students envisioned possible projects that can provide learning experiences for regenerative futures. As part of the Impact Network for Regenerative…
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Planting seeds
This week I have had the pleasure of meeting with new interests in the sustainability competence mindset map project, as well as updates on inspiring ideas in the Impact Network for Regenerative Futures (IN4RF) that are evolving well. We have been talking with Dr. Linda Pommer and her colleague Dr. Anders Rebling at the Department…
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Student Seed Initiatives
Last week, I had the pleasure of being introduced to two very engaged students who have begun to plan seed projects about regenerative futures. As part of the Impact Network for Regenerative Futures (IN4RF), students are supported by the impact network to implement ideas for local and global challenges. By sharing their narratives here, we…
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Fantabulous Interdisciplinary Symposium on Sustainability Competence in Higher education
We had some very encouraging and ardent discussions at the symposium we held last week. Thank you to everyone who came to contribute to the work and provide insight into how sustainability education is experienced in so many different countries and cultures. We would like to thank Professor Walter Leal and Bianca Rebelatto for supporting…
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Time For The Term To End
A Heartfelt Thank You to All Contributors We extend our sincere thanks to all the contributors who have dedicated their time and expertise to enriching our collective efforts. Your valuable contributions have played a pivotal role in shaping our shared success and fostering a community of collaboration and growth. It is through your commitment and…
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The Art of Putting Knowledge into Action
Last week we caught up with Kate McBain, consultant and course director in transdisciplinary practices at BIMM Univeristy. The plans for us to collaborate on a performance with the Pirates of the Carabina have been coming along nicely. Together we will provide interactive activities for all participants at the AoMo conference held in Nancy, France…
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Anticipatory and Futures Thinking for Sustainability: Imaginations, Constructions and Preparations
Steven Curtis, Pedagogical Developer at Lund University, joined us this week to discuss how we can support each other in our work with education for sustainability. His background experience in technology, including video, audio and web development as well as a large passion in education for sustainability will be a great contribution to our project.…
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Welcoming Communities Near and Far: Art for Transforming
Last week we begun a dialogue with Kristina Sehlin-Macneil and Charlotta Svonni at Várdduo, the centre for Sami research at Umeå University. We are investigating how, what and why different communities facilitate education for sustainability to learn about education systems from different perspectives. We are also specifically interested in how art helps to facilitate education…
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Empowering Mindset Transformation
At the moment, I am working with a new team of teachers to be a part of developing a new course about global challenges on a new program we have at our business school. In my talks with different lecturers who have experience teaching in different universities in different countries, most disclose difficulties when trying…
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Art as an Actor for Transformation
Philippe M Jenny Helinairesse Pierre Guillet de Monthoux Karen van den Berg