community-design
Community design refers to the deliberate assembly of multiple plant species or genotypes into functional groupings to achieve specific ecological or agricultural outcomes, such as enhanced yield, pest resistance, or resilience to environmental stress. This approach matters in plant science because it allows researchers to study species interactions, resource partitioning, and complementarity effects, informing strategies for sustainable agriculture, ecological restoration, and biodiversity conservation.
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Researchers developed a card-based workshop tool called the Resilience Compass that helps everyday community members plan local sustainability transitions, tested in urban garden projects in Shanghai and Auckland.
The Resilience Compass translates academic Social-Ecological Systems theory into tactile, accessible card prompts usable by non-expert community members.
The method was iteratively developed and tested across two urban garden workshop contexts: Shanghai and Auckland, in 2025-26.
The tool combines backcasting (working backward from a desired future) with resilience principles to scaffold both visioning and action-planning in a single facilitation session.