Samenvatting

This project leaves from the fundamental conviction that the transition towards more sustainable futures is not only a transition of businesses, technology or design – but fundamentally happens in our inner worlds, our values, mindsets and worldviews in relation to our connection with others and reported to nature. This inner dimension and its perception, which is so far unexplored in the transition is essential for the development of collective action for sustainability. However, within the complexity of the bigger context of sustainability, there are few methods and tools available that allow for the development of this type of inner worlds, and to analyse the relation of these. Therefore, we propose to explore a transition towards action in sustainability, starting by relating the inner worlds of a person to the outside inner dimension of sustainability through a relational thinking approach between both dimensions, to transform and expand one’s personality towards transitioning to the collective action of tomorrow.

Design report: The evolution of the Toolkit and design project is based on the research paper “Inside-out sustainability: The neglect of inner worlds”, with the following introduction and design brief presenting the outcomes of the research. The Centre of Expertise Mission Zero, is a driver of sustainable entrepreneurship and living, focused on developing applicable and useful knowledge and tools for the future, through practice oriented research. With their clear mission, focusing on ‘creating an economy entirely fuelled by sustainable energy and renewable sources and materials’. The Minor Mission Impact was born as a steppingstone towards preparing students to tackle and find opportunities for these types of challenges. The Toolkit has been designed to fit around this minor and possibly other program in the future if successful and beneficial for the collective, as a reflective and creative practice that caters for different students focused on sustainability and/or regenerative futures. Currently available toolkits focused on students learning journey in (an online) classroom, are mostly focused on individual growth. Open sources are available online in different formats from e-books, to pdf, presenting specific theories and methods, as well as visual such as video format, or audio (like podcasts). But very few allow to explore a personal transformation in relation to the collective and further connect the inner and outer dimensions of sustainability, to achieve a collective action. The research highlighted a relational approach to ontology, epistemology and ethics, as integral components of the “inner” and “outer”, “personal and collective” dimensions of sustainability in education, research and practice.

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