What is Sustainable Mindset?
The concept emerged when a PhD student at Prescott College considered the ideas put forth by Dr. Carol Dweck of Stanford University regarding growth and fixed mindsets. The student looked at this information and questioned how it could be used to inform how one can incorporate sustainability into their worldview in a way that transforms the way one may interact with the world. The educational exercise looked at ways to grow through living sustainably, connecting with nature. The work also looks at connecting with nature when one is chronically ill, changing the way one looks at illness as though it may be debilitating - with a fixed result, toward embracing and increasing their quality of life, growing through connections as a form of healing.
Our mindset prepares us for change. Having a growth mindset allows for one to be transformed through a commitment to learn, persistence, and passion. If our mindset leans toward a growth state, our dynamic capabilities provide us with many opportunities to transform our thinking and experience a deeper learning necessary to accommodate and assimilate change.
Some key principles that have emerged in the sustainable mindset process are highlighted in the bullets below:
Fixed Mindset and Transmissive Teaching/Learning
Growth Mindset and Transformative Teaching/Learning
Eco-mindset and Holistic Teaching/Learning
Our mindset prepares us for change. Having a growth mindset allows for one to be transformed through a commitment to learn, persistence, and passion. If our mindset leans toward a growth state, our dynamic capabilities provide us with many opportunities to transform our thinking and experience a deeper learning necessary to accommodate and assimilate change.
Some key principles that have emerged in the sustainable mindset process are highlighted in the bullets below:
Fixed Mindset and Transmissive Teaching/Learning
- What is a fixed mindset and how does it shape our thinking?
- What does a fixed mindset look like with regards to the way we manage a resource?
- How can a connection with nature foster the necessary change towards a sustainable mindset?
Growth Mindset and Transformative Teaching/Learning
- What is a growth mindset and how does it expand our thinking?
- What does a growth mindset look like with regards to the way we manage a resource?
Eco-mindset and Holistic Teaching/Learning
- What is an Eco-mindset and how does it change our thinking?
- What does an Eco-mindset look like with regards to the way we see the world?
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The PDF titled Creating a Sustainable Mindset is a printable, Sustainable Mindset Workshop that anyone can use to when teaching for change.
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The PDF titled "Toward a Sustainable Mindset" is a paper which explores the idea of bringing concepts from several disciplines as a means to consider positive solutions for our changing planet.
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