Building Regenerative Community Learning Networks

This chapter proposes a revision of traditional higher education delivery methods to create a more resilient and adaptive curriculumAdaptive curriculum through a regenerative networked learningNetworked learning approach. This model emphasises the relational and processual natureNature of learning and challenges an institutionInstitutions-centred neoliberal approach to education. The chapter argues that a distributed global approach to learning is necessary for building a more regenerative and resilient model for higher education. Specific illustrations are drawn from Schumacher College, the UNDP Conscious Food SystemsFood system Alliance, Corridor EcologyEcology and other models that integrate transdisciplinarity, interspecies listening, co-creation, collaboration, scaling, and considering the complex dynamics of socio-ecologicalSocio-ecological systems. A regenerative learning model grounded in place-based knowledge and experiential practice is proposed as key for the future of higher education.