Big Ideas

Serve

Partnership Principles

Mutually Beneficial Partnerships Mutually Beneficial Partnerships
Asset-based Community Development Asset-based Community Development
Civic Design Civic Design
Collaborative Problem-Solving Collaborative Problem-Solving
Doing Good in Your Neighborhood Doing Good in Your Neighborhood
Long-term Relationships Long-term Relationships
Reciprocal Teaching & Learning Reciprocal Teaching & Learning
Shared Values Shared Values
Valuing Community Impact Valuing Community Impact

Learn

Methods

Experimentation

Scientific Method Scientific Method

Leadership

Values Based Leadership Values Based Leadership

Community Research

Participatory Research Participatory Research
Ethnography Ethnography
Problem Based Learning Problem Based Learning
Prototyping Prototyping
Understanding Local History and Context Understanding Local History and Context
Design Thinking Design Thinking
Community Asset Mapping Community Asset Mapping

Environmental Assessment

IPAT Equation IPAT Equation
Ecological Footprint Ecological Footprint

Storytelling

Visual Anthropology Visual Anthropology
Digital Storytelling & Documentary Media Digital Storytelling & Documentary Media
Information Visualization Information Visualization

Concepts

Science & Technology

Social, Cultural & Environmental Context Social, Cultural & Environmental Context
Technology for Social Good Technology for Social Good

Equity, Justice & Diversity

Interconnectedness Interconnectedness
Equity and Climate Equity and Climate
Cultural, Linguistic, and Biological Diversity Cultural, Linguistic, and Biological Diversity
Environmental Justice & Citizen Science Environmental Justice & Citizen Science
Inequality, Poverty and Sustainable Development Inequality, Poverty and Sustainable Development

Urban Development

Sustainable Urban Development Sustainable Urban Development
Smart Cities Smart Cities

Systems

Systems Thinking Systems Thinking
Spatiotemporal Relations Spatiotemporal Relations
Social and Environmental Determinants of Health
Rebound Effect Rebound Effect
Energy Efficiency Energy Efficiency
Climate Change Climate Change
Infrastructure: Physical, Technological, Social
Food-Energy-Water Nexus Food-Energy-Water Nexus
Lifecycle Analysis & Thinking Lifecycle Analysis & Thinking

Governance

Democratic Process Democratic Process
Managing the Commons Managing the Commons
Participatory Processes and Collaborative Governance Participatory Processes and Collaborative Governance
Voice & Agency Voice & Agency

Sustain

Adaptive Learning

Cognitive Flexibility Cognitive Flexibility

Action

Collaborative Community Innovations Collaborative Community Innovations
Social Entrepreneurship Social Entrepreneurship
Results-Based Accountability Results-Based Accountability
GT as Living Lab GT as Living Lab
GT as Anchor Institution GT as Anchor Institution