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Education for Sustainable Consumption through Mindfulness (Active Methodology Toolkit 9)

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Free toolkit of mindfulness exercises linking meditation practice to sustainable-consumption education, distilled from the German BiNKA research project's 8-week curriculum (mindful eating and consumption-specific practices).

oneplanetnetwork.org/knowledge-centre/resources/education-sustainable-consumption-through-mindfulness-active-methodologyPERL / Centre for Collaborative Learning for Sustainable Development, based on the BiNKA project (TU Berlin, Leuphana; 2018)

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Clothes Check

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A two-session investigation of one's own wardrobe: count what you own and how often it's worn; take your most- and least-worn pieces and research their materials, brands, and co…

Jeans Journey

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A ten-minute guided meditation that starts in the body and ends in the world: after settling into the breath, attention moves to the felt contact between skin and clothing — scr…

Meditation on Meeting Needs

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A ten-minute guided meditation on the machinery underneath consumption: resting with the breath, participants observe moods and feelings as they shift, and notice the subtle sen…