dimensions+for+collapse+2.doc

Dimensions for Collapse Draft 2.0 Survival+ In Survival+ the remaining inhabitants of Hawaii converge on Manoa valley and specifically what remains of the old UH campus. In pursuit of sound knowledge in order to survive the recent catastrophic events the survivors forage through the old libraries and among debris for hardcopy knowledge. Conflicts arise however those willing to work together become organized and volunteer their personal skill sets to benefit the group as a whole.
 * Assumptions**

The mission of higher education or teaching/research (T&R) in survival plus is to preserve selectively useful knowledge of past societies and to cultivate new information that will benefit the community as a whole.
 * Mission **

The participants in T&R must participate in and complete at least the first phase of the duo experience (DE). The DE familiarizes the participants with the processes of the community in which they live, basic background knowledge of past societies and finally the opportunities available for each person in the T&R program.
 * Participants**

The participants are of varying ages, making their life experiences diverse thus allowing for many different influences during the extent of each ones T&R involvement. The youngest age allowed to enter the T&R is 16 (with completion of DE), but there is no limit for when a person must leave the program as long as they are still making an active contribution.

The content focused on in the T&R program is not limited by subject, but is driven by the gain of the entire community. The development of natural resources and advanced technologies in a more environmentally aware manner is a major concern for the community and receives much attention in the T&R program.
 * Pedagogy**

Social research and development of music, dance, and spirituality are also highly emphasized as connectivity and shared experience holds the survival plus community together.

The content is taught through a more intense version of the DE. For the first half of the group lessons the more experienced two of each group of four instructs the novice of the two participants in the knowledge passed down to them in a specific area. The second half of the lessons will be a joint learning and researching effort among the four. This type of mentoring method allows for each group to teach and learn from each other with interchanging roles.

Certain resources in Survival+ are available to all participants, such as community transportation. The community shares bikes, trolleys, and other redesigned machines to commute around campus and the rest of the island. Natural, renewable resources such as solar, wind, and hydro, power these renewed technologies. This required reliability upon each other for the care and use of different transportation congers a sense of dependability and trust among the community.
 * Resources**

The development of these renewable resources is one of the main focuses of the higher education programs in Survival+. Without continual research and development the community would not be able to function.

The entire campus is seen as an environmental and cultural experiment. The buildings structurally sound enough remain and are used as laboratories and group learning areas. The buildings not able to be used as enclosed rooms (meaning at least four walls and a ceiling) are seen as ‘green buildings’. These are used for researching and evaluating the natural habits of plant life. This knowledge is used to better understand how the natural flow of the campus can be best utilized. in the content of your page here.
 * Campus**