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New workshop cards help urban gardeners turn sustainability ideas into concrete steps

OpenAlex · 2026-07-08

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.

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The Resilience Compass translates academic Social-Ecological Systems theory into tactile, accessible card prompts usable by non-expert community members.

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The method was iteratively developed and tested across two urban garden workshop contexts: Shanghai and Auckland, in 2025-26.

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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.

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