Preparing Youth for Thriving Futures
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Festival 2100 is a full-day experiential learning event where school groups explore the human story, develop skills through direct experience, and investigate possibilities for regeneration. Students take part in three 90-minute experiences.
Students gain:
A deeper sense of history
See today's world within the much longer human story through travelling along the River System of Human Time learning trail.
An expanded sense of possibility
Discover how differently humans have lived, learned and organised communities along various economic streams.
An expanded sense of agency
Experience your capacity to investigate, cooperate, create and contribute through exploring regeneration transition strategies.
An expanded sense of responsibility
Consider relationships with other people, the living world and generations ahead through practicing nature, prosocial and universal connection skills.
Three Festival Experiences
The River Journey
Travel through human time and investigate
how human capacities, cultures, technologies
and economies developed.
Skills and Connection
Learn through observation, movement, nature, communication, cooperation, challenges
and different ways of knowing.
Regeneration Transitions
Explore food, soil, energy, materials, technology, communities and emerging approaches
to creating thriving futures.
Ages 6-8 - Pathfinders
Connection and Discovery
Younger learners develop awareness, curiosity and connection through guided exploration, sensory activities, stories and shared experiences.
Learning includes: sensory awareness and observation • outdoor exploration • journaling and reflection
• story and group sharing
At home in the natural world
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Ages 9-11 - Bridge Builders
Cooperation and Community
Learners take on greater responsibility through shared activities that develop cooperation, communication and participation in group and community life.
Learning includes: practical skills • teamwork and group decision-making
• community awareness and mapping • reflection and discussion
Ages 12-14 - Wayfinders
Systems and Stewardship
Learners move from skill-building into collaboration, leadership and broader systems understanding, exploring how their choices and actions connect with communities and environments.
Learning includes: group projects and shared responsibility • ecological and social systems
• real-world problem-solving and decision-making • cross-cultural learning, dialogue and reflection
Ages 15-17 - Graduates
Leadership and Application
Learners bring together their knowledge and skills through sustained projects, community participation and real-world practice, taking increasing responsibility for their work and contribution.
Learning includes: ecological fieldwork and land-based projects • community leadership
and group coordination • working across different knowledge systems
• reflection, planning and practical problem-solving
