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Erasmus+ projects have the power to change lives. But, are we maximizing this potential? 🤔 The issue: Many projects focus on what to do instead of why we do it. When we focus on purpose, impact becomes natural. The solution: Start with a strong why and build your project around it. What's your project's why? Share below ⬇️ #ErasmusPlus #Impact #ProjectPurpose #WhyMatters

What is the goal of Goodlife Collective? The following goodness for your soul is the perfect example 👇 https://lnkd.in/gZa-DS4W Understanding the problem fully; is key to finding the solution. So jump on the open-mindedness train for this great talk - throw it on your headphones on your next walk / commute. And share your favourite insights and takeaways - and forward it on if you’re inspired ✨ While the state of the world can leave us feeling despair and overwhelm, history is a never-ending smorgasboard of solid evidence that we never stop learning, changing, evolving. (Phew.) Insights, moral beauty and leaps can come from the least expected places. Think of the most inspiring people you know, famous figures from history, and people in your own life (that Venn diagram may overlap!) What was their experience of adversity? Often it was core to their story. Viktor Frankl springs to mind. It is darkest before the dawn. So allow hope to infuse how you look to the future, whether it feels like an act of defiance, or a deep knowing of our potential. The talk below will hopefully inspire that hope: Nate Hagens gave this 1hr45min talk to 10,000 professors across Canada 🙌 🍁 Just a few of my favourite #insights: 🔸”Find the others” - form your fellowships. Meet with others and have conversations about what matters and enjoy life with people, and find others on the same moral intellectual pathway 🔸 sharpen the sword - we don’t have to follow the agenda of the gene - improve yourself toward a direction that you care about - bc the sword is you 🔸 we are an intensely comparing species - but keep in mind that on an average basis - the average American has more material wealth than kings and queens of old. So consider the absolute wealth that you have and have access to, instead of comparing yourself all the time to others - the advertisements are not real 🔸 Being, doing and we: we need to expand the definition of self to be commensurate with our times. 🔸 break the chain: One pro social thing we can do - There is an autocorrelation with negative sentiments and negative emotions, anger and distrust. One person smiling and changing the behaviour can break the chain. So don’t be afraid to be kind and smile at strangers and do unexpected behaviours of grace, because you never know what sort of chain you’re going to disrupt and start a new chain 💛 🔸shift from extrinsic to intrinsic motivation. Attach your self worth and value to your own true north moral compass - not money reputation other people etc. 🔸 Wend your way toward something your passionate about and care about. 🔸 do something for the benefit of someone else that nobody else including the person will never know. Examine the complex feelings that this causes to arise. This is a first step in sorting social motivation from personal altruism. https://lnkd.in/gZa-DS4W There’s so much more: thank you Nate 💛🪷🙌

Breaking News! Important for Canada and around the world.  Nate Hagens’ work, well known in ever-widening ripples, is now reaching more deeply and across Canadian academic circles. This presentation, for 10,000 Canadian college and university educators, is relevant for us all - across sectors, disciplines and regions. Nate comprehensively brings together many elements, with excellent visuals, toward understanding overarching interconnected global crises. And shares some “human navigational wisdom.”  Well done Nate! Thanks Kira Jade Cooper for widening pathways and helping to break through silos. Imagine what might become unimpossible with #collaborative intergenerational #learning and exploration - looking through a wider systemic transdisciplinary lens? A humbling (un)learning journey for us all... See Nate’s SubStack intro:  “I’m often asked to give presentations and usually do 30-40 per year, mostly online. But almost always the hosting organization asks for a time limit – typically 45 minutes. As those of you deeply versed in the human predicament know, it is VERY hard to describe what is happening in our world AND offer some direction for response and personal agency, all in 45 minutes or even an hour. As followers of The Great Simplification are aware, I increasingly want to discuss and work on ‘responses’ but there are still vast sections of society – academia being one – that don’t yet integrate the magnitude and urgency of our systemic predicament. So when Kira Cooper, of the Environmental Studies Association of Canada, invited me to do a talk ‘with no time constraint’, for 10,000 professors across Canada, I put something together that was reasonably comprehensive – and it ended up being about 1 hour and 45 minutes. The talk is in four parts: 1) an explanation of the core drivers of the human ecosystem 2) a synthesis of how the emergent property of these is a (mindless) energy/material hungry economic superorganism 3) scenarios and implications for the future 4) suggested interventions and responses at various scales (global, community, academia and personal). There are over 200 million college students in the world. What are we teaching them and what curriculum will be more appropriate for the world we're heading into? It is my hope that many professors, post-docs and university affiliates around the world experience this synthesis. And even if they may not fully agree (or if they fully agree!), that it may act as an Overton Window of expanding the conversations, research, curriculums and actions of the good people at universities around Canada, and the world.” https://lnkd.in/edmyJ3JJ https://lnkd.in/etBjnSqr Also, not to be missed...The Great Simplification series episode with Vanessa Andreotti, Dean of Faculty of Education, University of Victoria - a holistic reframing and rebalancing for ongoing learning as we navigate... https://lnkd.in/ei8Gf366 #wisdomwithteeth #messyhumanness

📓 In the world of sustainable innovation, understanding complex systems is important. During a Fellows' learning journey, they explore tools to aid in their progress. ⚒️ One tool is the Causal Loop Diagram, which offers a visual representation of the relationships and feedback loops within a system. 💡Listen to how Cohort 2 Fellow David Robles shares his experience in creating it and discusses how he plans to implement his findings as he continues to develop his planet positive project. #bevisioneersthemercedesbenzfellowship #learning #planetpositive #causalloopdiagram #bevisioneers #ecofriendlytiktok #earth #sustainability

How much agency do you feel you have to make an impact in the world? The wonderful talk below, reminds us that our agency depends on our underlying beliefs, and connection to our moral compass and intrinsic values. ✨ break the chain and build a new chain ✨ Read on to find out what that’s about….

🟢Future wheels help build scenarios by developing connections between emerging changes and their consequences for society. A current “seed” or innovation lies at the center of each wheel (purple). 🟣 Each layer of notes surrounding the central seed represent 1st (yellow), 2nd (green) and 3rd (orange) order impacts of the seed being adopted as a mainstream “way of doing” in the future. Connections between impacts are drawn between the different wheels. #MMCeuprojects #MMCinnovation #MMCtraining #MMClearning #passionforwhatwedo #qualityineducation #qualityinprojects #solutionsthroughprojects #makinganimpact #europeanprojects #erasmus #Europe #GreenComp #green #skills #SUSEDI #GreenCompSchool #CitiesGoingGreen #sustainability #mindset #MMCeuprojects #MMCinnovation #MMCtraining #MMClearning #passionforwhatwedo #qualityineducation #qualityinprojects #solutionsthroughprojects #makinganimpact #europeanprojects #erasmus #Europe #GreenComp #green #skills #SUSEDI #GreenCompSchool #CitiesGoingGreen #sustainability #mindset

Market Day: A Recycled Roman Adventure! In The Economy Of Nature The Currency Isn’t Money Yet Living #Erasmus+ project This Market Day activity provides a fun and engaging way for students to showcase their creativity and knowledge using recycled materials. They will gain experience in teamwork, communication, and historical re-enactment while exploring basic market concepts. #eon #erasmusplusproject #cmepius #ErasmusPlus #economy #sustainableliving #sustainability #SkillsDevelopment

Hello LinkedIn world, again! I would like to share with you a class sample that I have created for a very special student of mine, which aims and focuses on sustainability, which is a very hot topic, and is our priority and focal point for the year 2024 and the years to come. #EnglishClasses #SustainabilityEducation #LanguageLearning #LearnEnglish #ESL #GreenEducation #EnvironmentalFocus #SustainableLearning #StudentSuccess #LanguageSkills #EducationForFuture #EcoFriendlyClassroom #EnglishTutor #GlobalCitizenship #LanguageForChange #GreenFuture #EnglishForSustainability #StudentEngagement #EducationalInnovation #FutureLeaders #SustainableLiving #LanguageMatters #EcoConsciousLearning #EnglishSkills #LanguageAndEnvironment #InspiredLearning

🌱📖 Sustainability Starts Here: Learn with the WE Digital Knowledge Hub! 🌍✨ The WE: Real World Education E+ Project is empowering educators and learners to make a difference. Our Digital Knowledge Hub provides essential tools to integrate environmental respect and sustainability into education. 🔑 Why It Matters: 🌿 Sustainable Solutions: Equip yourself with knowledge to tackle environmental challenges. 🌍 Global Impact: Learn how everyday actions can lead to big changes for our planet. 📚 Collaborative Learning: Join a community that prioritizes environmental education. Education is the key to shaping a greener future. Let’s use it wisely! Together, we can turn learning into action. 🔗 Explore Now: we-world.eu Let’s inspire change, one lesson at a time! 🌟📘 #ErasmusPlus #CoFundedByTheEuropeanUnion #sustainabledevelopment #environmentaleducation #Sustainability #Adultueducation #greenbehaviours #RealWorldEducation #digitaltransformation #environmentalawareness #digitalinnovation #elearning Erasmus+ Enriching lives, opening mind

👩🏫 MVNGO hosted the Final Evaluation Meeting of the project “Teaching Circular ECOnomy to the FUTURE generations “ ECO FUTURE - a KA2 School Innovation among organisations and institutions project funded by the Erasmus Plus programme. During the meeting, partners discussed about the Intellectual outputs created during the project, the implementation of multiplier events, dissemination and final report. 🌎 The event took place on June 26th in Bolonia, Italy. Partners discussed the state of the art of the project and agreed on the next steps. The Final Evaluation Meeting gave the opportunity to share project results and goals achieved. Moreover, this event served to finalise the Toolkit, discuss about sustainability matters , evaluate the project and the dissemination. 🎓 Teaching Circular ECOnomy to the FUTURE generations aims to promote an innovative educational approach based on tinkering and non-formal education that aims to develop students, schools and communities with the values and the motivation to act for sustainability. 📢 To be updated on the next project’s results, visit the Facebook page of the project: https://lnkd.in/dKyDR_6k 💬 We welcome your feedback and invite you to stay tuned for further developments! #MineVagantiNGO #MVNGO #HardWorkPaysOff #FollowUs #StayTuned #WorkingAllSectors #MoreThan150ActiveProjects #DoingSomethingMeaningful #ecofuture #schools #sustainability