Education for Planetary Futures

We are a collective of educators, activists, disruptors, and visionaries who are reimagining education as the catalyst for just and sustainable planetary futures. Join us!

From village paths to planetary futures.

Victoria Desimoni is a PhD student in Education Policy and Evaluation at Arizona State University. She researches how education can foster planetary futures by embracing diverse, more-than-human ways of knowing and being.

Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Learning, Literacies, and Technologies at Arizona State University, Nicole aims to foster learning experiences to prepare students for changes such as the climate crisis, technologies, and social-emotional well-being.

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Carla Sabbatini holds the UNESCO Chair on Education for Sustainability and Global Citizenship at Universidad de San Andrés in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Iveta Silova is Professor at Arizona State University, exploring education, memory, and power — from Cold War pasts to planetary futures — curiouser and curiouser about what slips, mutates, or escapes when systems try to hold.

Sepide Pazhouhi is a PhD student at Arizona State University. Her research focuses on bilingual education, environmental sustainability education, and holistic, dignity-based approaches to teaching and learning.

Julie Lillie is an educational consultant, author, and founder of The Peace Pad. A doctoral student at ASU with 19+ years in education, she leads peace and justice learning and directs the World Citizen Peace Ambassador Center.

Michelle Jordan is an associate professor of the learning sciences in the Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation at Arizona State University.

Bregje van Geffen is a doctoral candidate whose work focuses on designing and studying learning experiences that mobilize imagination to help people make sense of the present and take initiative toward more desirable futures.

Steve Zuiker is an associate professor of learning sciences at Arizona State University.

Hi! I'm Megan, a youth fellow in the Xplorlabs program, where I'm advancing local knowledge of science and sustainability in my community, and learning how to empower gifted students to become changemakers.

Sandra Nabulega is a PhD student in the Learning, Literacies, and Technologies program at Arizona State University. Her work focuses on creating effective digital learning experiences for teachers and students.