About NEXT
Purpose
People are born to learn. To learn is to be alive and the purpose of life is to live a life with purpose.
NEXT.cc is an eco web that develops ethical imagination and environmental stewardship. NEXT.cc introduces what design is, what design does, and why design is important. It offers activities across nine scales – nano, pattern, object, space, architecture, neighborhood, urban, region, and world. NEXT.cc's journeys introduce activities online, in the classroom, in the community and globally. NEXT.cc journeys and activities are supported with links to museums, institutions and contemporary practices. The eco web network of journeys provides a solid foundation for newly established NAAEE North American Association of Environmental Education standards with place based design activities that address the five goals of environmental education: Awareness, Knowledge, Attitudes and Environmental Ethic, Citizen Action Skills, and Citizen Action Experiences. NEXT.cc is based on Wisconsin Art and Design Standards and Common Core State Standards. NEXT.cc plans to reach young people, their teachers and their families with meaningful learning experiences that create positive influence on lives and outcomes.
- NURTURE creativity
- PROMOTE stewardship of the environment
- INSPIRE wonder of the built and natural world * CONNECT an eco-web community
- ENABLE teachers as collaborators empowering youth-led active project learning
- CRITIQUE and impact consumption
- PROPOSE humanitarian solutions to social problems
- ADVOCATE conscientious alternative living strategies
Awards
National Environmental Education Foundation Green STEM Innovators
National Environmental Education Foundation Green STEM Innovator (pdf) 2012
Union of International Architects Architecture + Children Golden Cubes 2011
Wisconsin Arts Board Creative Communities Grant 2011
USGBC Excellence in Green Building Education Award 2009
SAIC Presidential Urban Engagement Award 2009
American Architectural Foundation Merit Award 2009
National Endowment for the Arts Design Education Award 2008
American Architectural Foundation Merit Award 2006
Partners
NEXT.cc's informal learning is being accessed in 106 countries, over 1100 cities and 48 states.
- Ace Mentor Program
- A+DEN Architects and Design Educators Network
- AAO Association of Architecture Organizations
- Chicago Burnham 100
- Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum
- Earth Day Educators’ Network
- FutureLab’s InfoCow
- Global Campaign For Climate Action
- National Environmental Education Foundation
- RISD's STEM to STEAM Initiative
- Salvadori Center
- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of Architecture and Urban Planning
- US Green Charter Schools Network
Videos
NEXT.cc Green Imagination
Designing Design Education
NEXT.cc Eco Web You Tube + Vimeo Video 2009
Meet Designers
Green Your School
STEM to STEAM
Design Process
news
2013 Happy New Year!(pdf)
2012 Spring
2011 Late Spring (pdf)
2011 Early Spring (pdf)
2010 Spring (pdf)
2010 Fall (pdf)
2009 Spring (pdf)
books
NEXT.cc What Design Is What Design Does and Why Design is Important 2009(pdf)
- NEXT.cc Book First Design Journeys 2002 (out of print)
- NEXT.cc Book 2 One Hundred and One Journeys 2009 [PDF]
- NEXT.cc Book 3 (coming in 2014!)
papers
Aesthetics of Sustainability and the Ethical Imagination 2007
Eco Literacy: Greening Public Imagination 2009
To download the work in print or electronic formats, see Common Ground: Design Principles and Practices, An International Journal
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Connect
To access the best interactive sites and resources, please download the following free programs:
NEXT.cc encourages use of online resources to connect the classroom with outside resources, digital interactives, virtual field trip and contemporary practices. Take a look at A Teacher's Guide to Social Media in the Classroom.
contact
www.NEXT.cc@gmail.com or lkeane@NEXT.cc.
4200 North Lake Drive Milwaukee, WI 53211 414 332 4381
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