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Summer 2026 offers an invitation to join a global "Living Classroom." As part of the Thriving Futures 2100 project, these experiential programs explore how human societies learn to thrive within living systems. Participants engage in a journey of discovery—exploring the world, strengthening communities, and uncovering their own unique potential.

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The Framework: Maps for the Journey Our expeditions follow two guiding frameworks that turn every mile traveled into a lesson learned:

• The River System of Human Time: We map the long story of human development and explore how these cultural streams inform a regenerative future.

• The Seven Direction Compass: We organize our daily adventures through our relationships with place, community, knowledge, and personal experience.

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The Experience: Adventure, Fun, and Connection Through biking ancient trails, paddling historic waterways, and building international learning communities, participants dive into the Ecology of River Systems. This is a summer of making lifelong friends, building physical resilience, and recognizing the "Individual Genius" we each bring to our collective future.

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Areas of Exploration:

• Human Journeys: Discovering how our capacities and cultural systems interact across landscapes and generations.

• Practical Skills: Developing the hands-on knowledge needed to steward land and care for shared resources.

• Cooperative Capacity: Practicing the prosocial leadership and collaborative inquiry needed to strengthen communities into the 22nd century.

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