Green Steps ARK
connecting your classroom with the outdoors.
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Communities
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Impact Points
The Green Steps ARK is a free and open-source web-app which helps you to connect with the outdoors in a playful and educational way. Learn and discuss what matters with people who care about tomorrow.
For schools, the ARK is a powerful tool to seamlessly extend the classroom into the outdoors and complement existing indoor school information systems (SIS) effectively. By developing stewardship and ecological empathy for our home towns, it sets a new focus on collaborative and regenerative learning.
For municipalities, the ARK operates as a next level tree inventory with powerful functionalities to develop slow tourism projects and increase social capital within the community through inclusive commons stewardship activities.
Ever heard of the OVERVIEW EFFECT?
It is a profound change experienced by astronauts when they have their first view of Earth from outer space.
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The overview effect is this instant understanding of Earth’s fragility and uniqueness that leads to the growing need to protect it as our common home.
No need to go into space!
Instead, understand the natural parts our planet is made of.
Connect to your bioregion and protect it.
Become a steward of this beautiful spaceship called Earth!
GUARDIANS
Find and protect ancient trees, the pillars of our ecosystem
Join our effort to effectively mitigate climate change
Protect ancient trees
Share important information about trees threatened by destruction
Drive a cognitive shift
Connect natural and cultural landmarks into routes and guide others towards a deeper connection with nature
Promote ecological intelligence
Help others to become stewards of their neighborhoods and hometowns.
LEARNERS
Join a community and start learning what matters. Now.
Show your contribution to the solution of the climate crisis.
Find your community
Identify your interests and match them with a community of like-minded people.
Browse best practices
Find and activate more than 100 best practices of learning for sustainable development across 15 learning paths.
Shape bioregional identities
Track and visualize your stewardship of Mother Earth
ORGANIZATIONS
Do you want to motivate others to learn about sustainability?
Harvest the power of a large corporation without the debilitating effects of bureaucracy.
Get the job done
Create a community and get access to powerful management tools. Browse the best practise library and set learning targets for your members.
Motivate your community
Simple event creation and efficient information sharing: keep your community updated and support members' learning progress.
Show your expertise
Education is a life-long process and informal training grows in importance. Collect facilitation impact points. Award badges for courses. Share your best practices with a global audience.