NEXT.cc Supports UNESCO Sustainability Design Goals

NEXT.cc JOURNEYS: PIONEERING THE APPLICATION OF UNESCO’S 17 SUSTAINABLE DESIGN PRINCIPLES IN EDUCATION

Today’s environmental, social, economic, technological, and cultural challenges ask education to recognize the clear need for societal transformation toward viable and life-affirming futures. NEXT.cc offers learning ecosystems for K16 that open the imagination to diverse approaches through the collective interaction between students, teachers, and creative career mentors. These ecosystems start with awareness, grow into appreciation, and activate advocacy for beneficial change. They shift learning towards compassion and stewardship, considering Earth’s and humans’ health together.

At NEXT.cc, student-led inquiry is not just a learning process, but a lifelong journey that nurtures skills, knowledge, and imagination. This journey introduces NEXUS interconnected regenerative thinking, connecting students and teachers to scaffolded activities in the built and natural environments every year in K16. This shift in learning fosters long-term flourishing, building resilience and regenerative thinking. The connection of biodiversity, biology, ecology, society, culture, and technology leads to transdisciplinary design innovation, a testament to the power of collaboration.

Learning ecosystems transcend the confines of the classroom, fostering interdisciplinary experiences on the school campus and community. They seek the potential for change precisely when people become conscious of the necessity of lifestyles across the world’s biomes. These ecosystems open learning to diverse populations, fostering a sense of global interconnectedness and interdependence. They encourage students to look back to learn about what has happened, what might happen, and what needs to happen to activate change. They connect the life-affirming consciousness of the Earth’s health and human health, reminding us that our lives are all interconnected with more extensive global ecosystems.