Understanding the wicked problem and stakeholder relationships of homelessness in Pittsburgh Transition Design Seminar, Carnegie Mellon University Team Emergence: Xuehui Zhang, Sanika Sahasrabuddhe, a. Sánchez, Erica Dorn (Assignment 1a+1b) Homelessness — Framing the Problem Homelessness is on the rise in the United States, 500,000 people living on the streets is considered a low estimate. Pittsburgh’s…

Recently on WNYC, I heard that if we totaled the global debt, accumulated by all people and countries and divided it by all humans on earth, we’d each be in debt by about $85,000. It occurs to me that, this amount of debt may well be equivalent to the level…

Reflections on designing and developing a bioregional learning community — How can a reimagined business education contribute to the regeneration and equity of our places? What are the skills, wisdom, and connections needed for humans on earth today? The following are some of my process reflections after designing and facilitating an alternative business education program, as a bioregional learning community…

Ideas and Approaches for Developing an Intergenerational Community of Practice I gravitate towards elders. I crave the way time seems to slow down in their presence, I notice that there is less to prove and more to learn. …