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Curious Camp 2026
Mobile Campus
Since 2019, Green Steps has used Curious Camps to explore place-based learning. The 2026 camp in St. Pölten used Joana Macy’s “Council of Beings” to guide a week of exploration, ending with masks representing different life forms. This review explores how Curious Camps can engage more teachers in place-based learning and shape indigenous identities.
白露 – White Dew
Environment
The 24 solar terms divide the traditional Chinese agricultural year into 24 roughly 15-day periods. Today we look into White Dew and what is means in our current bioregion.
A REVIEW OF THE HOMEGROWN COURSE
Activity Review
We review the past two editions of the Homegrown course, a manual to practice Place-Based Education.
Ecoregion Mentor Training Completed
Pedagogy
We have completed a three-step mentor pathway, creating a unique training program that bridges place-based learning with bioregional education. The new Ecoregion Mentor Training complements the existing Community Mentor and Commons Mentor courses, enabling participants to scale learning from local neighborhoods to entire ecoregions.
Interactive MakerSpaces in the Pannonian Deciduous Forests
News
In the westernmost corner of the Mura-Drava-Duna 5-Country Biosphere Reserve, a rural innovation project is taking shape that aims to create participatory spaces and offer young people a future in their home region. Green Steps ARK was selected as the digital backbone for knowledge coordination.
Zaključek čezmejnega projekta “Mura Calling” I Abschluss des grenzüberschreitenden Projekts „Mura Calling“
News
Nika Skof from Austrian-Slovenian Radio Agora created a bilingual broadcast about the InterReg Project Mura Calling including interviews with Franz Nahrada and Nina Voglmeir.
From Standardized Testing to Measuring Genuine Growth
Pedagogy
Standardized testing renders the best pedagogical intentions into a “null” curriculum. If we want to change the reality of schools, we need to change testing. This article explores what pedagogical experts say and how the Green Steps ARK responds.
Mura Calling 2
News
Over 200 young people from four countries are shaping the future along the Mur. The “Mura Calling” action day in Bad Radkersburg showcases a new form of cross-border cooperation.
A Visit to Bafep Linz
Pedagogy
A visit to the Institute for Elementary Education in Linz, where three generations are working to foster a deeper connection with nature. Once again, it has been proven that regenerative initiatives must find a firm foothold in cities and schools.
