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But what about the ecological capabilities? Relationality and school-based food gardening in the australian early years learning framework

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Highlights
•We emphasise integrating ecological capabilities in early education to prepare children for environmental challenges.
•We advocate for interconnectedness among humans, non-humans, and the environment in education.
•We highlight benefits of garden programs in fostering ecological awareness and relational skills.
•We suggest enhancing Australia's Early Years Learning Framework with garden-based ecological

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Becoming Human

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David Harvey once evoked an observation attributed to Antonio Gramsci nearly a century ago: “The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born, now is the time of monsters.” Whereas Gramsci orients toward political possibility, Harvey appears resigned to the existential reality of a hegemonic condition. This essay proposes a third formulation that embraces both Harvey’s acceptance of a dominant reality and a Gramscian stance

PhD By Design: Rethinking Practices to Bring Together Practice-Based Design Researchers Conducting PhD’s

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Practice-based design PhDs have gained momentum, but the integration of design practice into the PhD thesis lacks consensus. The PhD By Design initiative offers insights and reflections on approaches to enable productive collaboration among design practitioners conducting practice-based PhDs. The initiative includes events, publications, and an interactive database showcasing practice-based research in design.

Station for Transformation: Co-Design Strategy

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This document lays out the co-design strategy used in the design and implementation of the EU-funded project Station for Transformation unfolding in Rovereto (Italian Alps) between 2024 and 2027. The methodology is closely aligned with the New European Bauhaus approach and focuses on enhancing the local community’s capacities to transformatively engage with the challenges posed by climate change and biodiversity loss.

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Reclaiming Abandoned Railway Infrastructure for Post-Progress Times

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We work at a train station. Not at the ticket counter, the bar, or the toilets, but at a grassroots community academy called La Foresta, located right next to the office of the railway police. We have worked here since 2017, first around and now in our local train station, as a group of actively engaged citizens, freelance educators, researchers in the wild, and change-oriented feral entrepreneurs.