Design Studio

These human-centered design activities guide students through a creative problem-solving process to help them devise place-based solutions to sustainability challenges, such as reducing campus energy consumption, creating useful new public spaces, and increasing community access to healthy food.

Design Studio provides an educational adventure that is grounded in the methodologies of design thinking, systems thinking, project-based learning, and participatory planning. It also encourages social-emotional learning and the development of essential 21st-century skills such as leadership, creativity, teamwork, and communication. The program includes a facilitators guide, dozens of hands-on, flexible activities that engage youth as leaders in creating a healthy, sustainable future.