A global community of pioneers in the field of learning and sustainability
Launched in 2020 by Learning Planet Institute and UNESCO, #LearningPlanet is a global community of pioneers co-creating new ways of learning, teaching, researching and mobilising collective intelligence.
Why build a #LearningPlanet?
In a time of great uncertainty, increased by the pandemic and profound transitions, we urgently need new ways of learning, teaching, doing research and mobilizing collective intelligence.
This is why #LearningPlanet was born. Building on a rapidly growing diverse community, #LearningPlanet is a global open alliance of educational stakeholders and learning communities. Its mission is to inspire and empower learners of all ages to take care of oneself, others and the planet, and thus contribute to shaping better futures.
Since its creation in 2019, #LearningPlanet notably gave birth to the following programmes:
- The #LearningPlanet Circles to collaborate around topical issues such as Learning for Sustainability, Youth Empowerment and Transitions across Education,
- The prototyping and development by the Learning Planet Institute IT team of digital solutions, such as WeLearn and the #LP Projects platform to highlight good practices and foster open collaboration between the members of the community and, more globally, for all educational stakeholders,
- The curation of noteworthy educational resources, and
- The co-construction of the annual #LearningPlanet Festival, celebrating successes of the community through hundreds of hybrid events on the occasion of the International Day of Education.
A middleground for learning
It is a middleground for learning. #LearningPlanet connects institutions (governments, multilateral organisations, local authorities…) - the ‘upperground’ - with grassroots players and innovators (universities, NGOs youth movements, social entrepreneurs…) - who are ‘on the ground’ - to discuss, challenge, implement and scale up the most impactful ideas. Together, we co-design collaborative programmes to serve our shared goals, and progressively increase our local and global collective impact, in a way that no organisation alone could achieve.
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