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education PROGRAMS for

THRIVING communities

Connecting our stories

together and taking 

regenerative action 

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Prosocial 

action        

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The Evolution of Connection

Superheroes and Tricksters

The Regeneration Revolution

Converging Knowledge Systems

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Knowledge

Skills

Experience

Global Project

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Age 9-10

  • 4 Great stories of Thriving 

  • Thriving futures Story telling project

  • Regenerative Garden design project 

  • Share experience & stories with global community

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Age 10-11

  • Thriving Future 2100 Film Presentation 

  • Thriving Futures Performance project

  • Regenerative Garden soil project

  • Share experience & performance with community

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Age 11-12

  • Global Thriving Goals - Mapping project

  • Global Thriving Goals - Connect & Plan project

  • Global thriving Goals in action experience

  • Share experience and project  with global community

LESSON EXAMPLES.         

The human condition - Lesson 1                          Thriving  future goals                 

Knowledge

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Skills

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Experience

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Global Project

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Age 6-7

  • 4 great stories for Human, Community & Earth Regeneration 

  • Connection & Regneration Art Project

  • Initiate restoration garden project

  • Share experience and artwork with global community

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Age 7-8

  • Story of a Thriving Future 2100 

  • Thriving Futures Art Project

  • Garden Project

  • Share experience and artwork with global community

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Age 8-9

  • Thriving Forests and Community Elders Story

  • Thriving Forests and Communty Elders Art Project

  • Garden Project, Trees and Elders

  • Share experience and artwork with global community

Knowledge

Skills

Experience

Global Project

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Age 15-16

  • 4 Great stories of Thriving (2)

  • Thriving futures Story telling & design project

  • Regenerative Living Community design project 

  • Share experience & stories with global community

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Age 16-17

  • Global Thriving Goals - global connections project 

  • Global Thriving Goals - Connect & regenerate project

  • Global Thriving communities in action experience

  • Share experience and projects  with global community

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Age 17-18

  • Global Thriving Goals - Personal development plan 

  • Global Thriving Goals - Team community design

  • Thriving communities working with communities 

  • Share experience and projects  with global community

LESSON EXAMPLES.         

The human condition - Lesson 1                          Thriving  future goals                 

Knowledge

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Skills

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Experience

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Global Project

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Age 12-13

  • 4 Great stories of Thriving (2)

  • Thriving futures Story telling project

  • Regenerative Garden design project 

  • Share experience & stories with global community

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Age 13-14

  • Thriving Future 2100 Film Presentation (2)

  • Thriving Futures Performance project

  • Regenerative Garden soil project

  • Share experience & performance with community

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Age 14-15

  • Global Thriving Goals - Mapping project (2)

  • Global Thriving Goals - Connect & Plan project

  • Global thriving Goals in action experience

  • Share experience and project  with global community

3. THRIVE 2100

The core routines of nature connection, tracking, awareness, and life skills, are learning habits that benefit all of us and our communities.

  1. Trees

  2. Birds

  3. Hazardess Species

  4. Motivating Species

  5. Tracking

  6. Plant Nutrition

  7. Ecology

  8. Bush Skills

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2. THE HUMAN CONDITION

In this content area, we are interested in how all humans can develop the conceptual understanding and adaptive flexibility needed to live a valued and prosocial life.

  1. Global Thriving Goals

  2. Child Development

  3. Cross-Species Comparisons

  4. Governing The Commons

  5. Ancient Ancestors

  6. Cultural Diversity

  7. Our Minds

  8. Cooperation Games

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1. COMMUNITY STORIES

Partnerism: A socio-economic system that values and rewards caring for one another, nature, and our collective future.

  1. Narratives & Language

  2. Moral Courage

  3. Gender Relations

  4. Storytelling for Change

  5. Economic Relations

  6. Regenerative Households

  7. Family & Childhood Relations

  8. Knowledge Coexistence

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experiences

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Nature

Land Based

A 7 Day Camino Learning Quest


1. the 8 Directions of Awareness
2. Deep Nature Connection Practices
3. Ecosystem Tracking
4. Thriving in place

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Culture

Place Based

A 7 Day Camino Learning Quest

1. Diversity without Division Process
2. Prosocial Process and Arts
3. Universal Citizenship in Practice

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Connect

Skills Based

A 7 Day Camino Learning Quest

1.  Mitigation and Reclamation skills
2. Adaptation skills
3. Regenerative skills   
4. Community based Technolgies

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1. Common goals

  • Tracking Smiles: 7 rivers toward a thriving future

    • community roles: protector, provider, student, teacher

    • the SMILES of thriving communities

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​2. Joining together

  • Prosociality without aggression: Entering the gap

    • treaties, alliances, and partnerships

    • traversing the ROADS of agression 

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3. Building capacity for effective action  

  • Nature Awareness: Journeys to connection

    • a nature awareness challenge 

    • PASARA - a prosocial action plan

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4. Prosocial action

  • Diversity without division: Navigating the rivers of change

    • Regenerative economies in planetary boundaries​
    • ROAM for thriving communities

Prosocial Initiatives that successfully manage common resources share 8 characteristics called the 8 Core Design Principles (CDPs). The Global Connections Foundation courses' goal is to maximize these CDPs to ensure your successful participation in the project. The Foundation courses will build your connection and regeneration knowledge and skills through accessibe and online self-paced manageable units designed for flexible participation. Optional weekly participatory webinars are offered throughout your course mebership.
 

CDP #1 - Shared identity and purpose 
A group functions best when its purpose is clearly understood and perceived as worthwhile by its members. A group also functions best when it offers a strong group identity, such that members are proud to belong and enjoy their time together. Prosocial is about creating cultures that constantly reflect on the “towards” move dynamically.

learning GOALs

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Education programs develop students' adaptive intelligence for effective action toward a thriving 22nd century

Teacher Education Programs

Learning goals are explored in course 1 of the Global Connections 4 course foundation program for teachers, trainee teachers, college/university level students, Interns and Community leaders:

Common goals​ - Tracking SMILES - 8 unit course

  • Seven Rivers Toward Thriving Futures

  • Tracking Tracking

  • Survival Smiles

  • Motivation & Maladaptation

  • Intelligences & Instruction

  • Living Laws

  • Ecology & Environments

  • Structures & Systems

Thriving Futures Programs

For students 6-18, the learning outcomes goals are presented in lesson 1, the first great stories in lesson one of the Thriving Futures program: The Seven Rivers of Smiles

THRIVE 2100
experiences

Land and place based experiences to further develop students' adaptive intelligence for effective action toward a thriving 22nd century

Summer THRIVE 2100 Experieces

The summer experiences are offered as a practicum for trainee teachers, college/university students, Interns, and students from participating schools and community organizations registering for the leadership student program.

Academic Year THRIVE 2100 Experiences

School year experiences are presented as one day events at participating schools, community organizations and college/univesities for students, teachers and community leaders.

The THRIVE 2100 learning goals follow the 'Tracking SMILES' common goals of the Global Connections course 1 as a living community experience

 

community path

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  • Practicing prosocial community governance

  • Creating community experiences

  • Sharing regenerative skills   

  • Developing deep nature connection  

Thriving Futures Student Programs 6-18

& Teacher Education Programs

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