SOLE Out of the Box Introduction

The ‘Facilitated SOLE,’ to get out of the ‘Box of Dead Design,’ is a strategy to create a self sufficient learning environment, a type of ‘makerspace.’ The innovation would be that it sustains the creation of self directed learners as a living center that has the correct complexity to evolve sustainably and abundantly. The vision is to address two interrelated problems and solve them simultaneously: education and employment.[e][f][g] This could be a learner owned, wealth generating social business -- one node in a wider system, with a model that is ecological, scalable and can interconnect to thrive world-wide.

The Cyber Grange is of one instance of an infinitely diverse complex iteration that is grounded locally, because it is a living design -- This is a living organization, where the affordances of the internet, connected and nurtured, are deeply rooted in place. The virtual amplification and interconnectedness that the internet brings is the respiratory system of the SOLE -- but the roots into the specific place on earth is the heart. The Learning Outcomes are self directed learners who are able to be self sufficient in terms of the basic needs of life, while earning a living wage as they begin their learning journey.


 * This seems related to the current discussion of Christopher Alexander-style design patterns that Helene Finidori is taking forward in the CAN: LINK: http://commonsabundance.net/docs/a-pattern-language-for-protecting-and-growing-the-commons-as-paradigm/


 * Also similar to Bernie Glassman’s work as described in Instructions to the Cook: A Zen Master's Lessons in Living a Life That Matters

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