Regenerative
We value things with the capacity for sustainability, regrowth, renewal.

Emergent
We value the process of coming into being through adaptive, non-linear, non-siloed, iterative practice.

Immersive
We value learning that happens in real-world environments in which education and action become one.

Decentralized
We value systems, whether ecological, educational, or governmental, that are strong precisely because of their decentralization.

Globally relevant
We value local projects with worldwide significance and international applications.

Interdisciplinary
We value making connections between seemingly unrelated phenomena, ideas, and disciplines.

Civically engaged
We value learning that dovetails with solutions that help the city and the region thrive.

Iterative
We value development through rapid trial and error, achieving evolution through experimentation.

Biodesign
We value designs that are attentive to the riches of existing biological structures and promote biodiversity.

Honest
We value clarity, even radical candor, in all we do educationally in order to facilitate enduring relationships with students and communities.

Antifragile
We value that which increases its capacity to thrive as a result of stressors, shocks, volatility, noise, mistakes, faults, attacks, or failures.

Effective altruism
We value doing the right thing well.

Harmonious
We value ideas and designs that promote harmony within nature and human societies.

Futuristic
We value orientation to future needs, means, and possibilities.

Responsibility
We value accountability for our actions and the welfare of the community.

Self-actualization
We value being oneself - but being all one can be.

Permaculture
We value whole systems which integrate land, resources, and people through mutually beneficial synergies.

Fractal
We value systems whose features at the micro level are similar to, and constituent of, the whole.

Perennial
We value things that bear the promise of longevity, sustainability, and self-renewal.

Holacratic
We value non-centralized, democratic governance structure aiming at self-regulating wholeness through self-organizing teams.

Courageous
We value the courage to risk one's resources, welfare, and honor for the greater good.

Unnecessary knowledge
We value learning more than just enough to do a job that has already been done, and the willingness to learn how to solve problems that others haven't yet seen as problems.

Poetic
We value that which looks for beauty, holism and harmony.

Whole System Thinking
We value thinking about the interrelation of things, that is, how elements and systems influence one another within a whole.