A users guide

In tales of old, The Forest of Brocéliande in Brittany, France was a place of magic, important deeds and where critical knowledge could be passed on. This website, constructed and managed by REEDS Research in Ecological Economics, Eco-Innovation & Tool Development for Sustainability offers twenty-first century cyber-travellers the opportunity to acquire knowledge and thoughts which may be used for great deeds in sustainability and global dissemination. Once you enter this forest you will discover a structured environment that is flexible enough to allow you to choose how you want to explore it. However you choose to do that, you’ll come away with helpful and thought-provoking ideas.

The purpose of this website is to take the visitor’s initial knowledge to a deeper level. There are different ways to do it – Learning, Interaction and different layers of more advanced knowledge.

Key areas are knowledge, understanding, modes of learning, abilities, motivation and teaching resources. The site illustrates complex situations and relationships between variables and thus needs to be flexible and multi-faceted. It is not possible to reduce the complexity to simple ideas.

As you read through this manual you will discover the basic building blocks and how the learning is organised.