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May Release

ahoi crew πŸ™‚ β›΅ the May release expanded on the pedagogy of storytelling πŸ“―πŸͺ˜πŸͺ— and introduced place-based posts πŸ₯πŸͺ˜πŸ“, a functionality which helps to ignite interest among students for the school environment, observe problems and suggest solutions. Place-based posts establish ecoregions as territories which help us to communicate beyond nation states. πŸŒπŸ•πŸœ This new functionality is […]

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Next Generation Internet

One of the most interesting albeit small grants we have applied for since the beginning of this project had its deadline on February 15th. We have sadly received notification on May 18th that our application for EUR 50k was rejected. We believe that failures need to be communicated and think that the grant application summarizes […]

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March release

ahoi crew πŸ™‚ β›΅ the March release is all about the pedagogy of storytelling. πŸ“―πŸͺ˜ πŸͺ—Learn why stories turn our minds on and how we have integrated stories with nature experience: https://youtu.be/2qm7a-ILyh4?si=YI5MKJlHF6naegUy 00:00 Quiz02:05 Overview – what’s new?02:25 Storytelling08:05 Harry Potter in Sparkassen Park15:10 POI question database19:40 search field for questions33:00 chat in activities35:50 call recap37:50 […]

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February release

ahoi crew πŸ™‚ β›΅ the February release makes the assessment of biodiversity richness πŸ›πŸ¦šπŸ¦‰πŸ¦—πŸ„ a great tree watching experience. Learn why trees are also called motherships of (land) biodiversity and why sick or damaged trees 🌳🌲🌴are worth being protected: https://youtu.be/XqmbXZENj2E 00:40 Quiz 03:00 Overview – what’s new? 05:50 Biodiversity richness 23:35 Learning Paths 30:36 Group […]

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Experience the Overview Effect by joining an Ecoregion

The last three months were really about making our most basic value proposition work: Moving away from an anthropocentric worldview, by connecting people through and with the blue whales of land based life, i.e. ancient trees. We shared with you how to map trees within a commons and how kickstart an outdoor learning space by […]

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Bitcoin halving – does it really create more community engagement?

Our white paper considers the establishment of a meritocracy, a form of decentralized government, in which everybody is rewarded for the purposeful contribution to society in the form of learning and / or action – organized within the scientific entities of eco- and bioregions. The background for this idea is based on the research of […]

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March Release – Create quests with existing nature monuments

Our March crew call happened on Spring Equinox and covered a wide range of new functionalities accompanied – as always – with the pedagogical and ecological theory behind our development steps. We introduce ecologist’s James Gibson radical 1979 hypothesis that the “value and meaning of things” in the environment can be directly perceived. He claimed […]

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February Crew Call – how do we get kids outdoors?

Our February crew call gave us the opportunity to take a step back from the development grind and look at our project with the eyes of a newbie. Our long time supporter Hans Galliker invited a few people from Zurich based Environmental Humanities, a NGO that perceives the Environment through the Humanities: The enormous scope […]