{"id":22082,"date":"2024-06-11T07:55:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T07:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/?p=22082"},"modified":"2024-06-26T00:52:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T00:52:42","slug":"employing-the-sustainability-compass-to-encourage-team-building-and-deepen-dialogue-by-eric-oldmixon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/es\/employing-the-sustainability-compass-to-encourage-team-building-and-deepen-dialogue-by-eric-oldmixon\/","title":{"rendered":"Employing the Sustainability Compass to Encourage Team Building and Deepen Dialogue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22082\" class=\"elementor elementor-22082\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-50313ce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"50313ce\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8400609 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"8400609\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-5b50795 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ericoldmixon.com\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEric Oldmixon\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-347cb77 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/es\/2024\/06\/11\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>junio 11, 2024<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-58356d7\" data-id=\"58356d7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29661fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-social-share\" data-id=\"29661fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-social-share.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" >\t\t<ul class=\"ekit_socialshare\">\n                            <li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-50d3e2e\" data-social=\"facebook\">\n                    <div class=\"facebook\">\n                        \n                        <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\"><\/i>                        \n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-aded8c5\" data-social=\"twitter\">\n                    <div class=\"twitter\">\n                        \n                        <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i>                        \n                                                                                            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class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2e2eaa elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f2e2eaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year we expanded our school <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EcoCommittee<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to a Board recognized subcommittee including representatives from our Parents Association, Administration, Faculty and Student Body. While our previous student\/faculty committee had been able to make significant progress over the years, this new organizational recognition afforded us the opportunity to invest in sustainably-minded systems at the more structural levels of our school.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One area where we wanted to expand our influence and impact was with our food service program.\u00a0 Branson\u2019s lunch program has been a long-time school centerpiece. The wonderful program charges a flat rate to all families (augmented by financial aid for those who qualify) and provides a light breakfast and a full lunch including hot entrees, salad-bar, soup and pasta bars as well as healthy beverages and a weekly dessert. The meals are prepared from scratch, in-house by an independently contracted company. By most standards our lunches well exceed expectations.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, Peter, the Committee Co-Chair, and I wanted to leverage this incredibly successful program toward even greater impacts. In our minds, this existing centerpiece and the routines of a community-shared meal offered further potential to educate and inspire our community on the complex and interconnected web of food-related sustainability issues and futures.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For our introduction of this subject to the committee we employed The Sustainability Compass as a tool to quickly get the group on the same page of understanding.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After introducing the Compass, we divided our group into two smaller groups, each with one of us as trained facilitators. With the central ideal of \u201ca fully sustainable food program at Branson\u201d we prompted each group to list as many factors as possible in each sector.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An incredibly rich conversation grew up within each group. As the variety of individual ideas began to flow, so too did the \u201cwhat ifs?\u201d \u201cwhat about\u201d and \u201ci had never thought of\u201d queries and discussions. As visible in the image, complex diagrams attempted to capture the envisioned connections.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While only the beginning of the process, this exercise surpassed our hopes in providing a dynamic and exciting foray into the subject of food. The process provided each individual an opportunity to participate, have their insights heard and valued, and to learn from each other.\u00a0 And, the group came together with a stronger sense of purpose and newfound energy to engage in the process of imaging and growing the Future of Food at Branson.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d4edc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7d4edc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c63f1c9 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c63f1c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adb0642 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"adb0642\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Author<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-aaf6418 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aaf6418\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-21ced24\" data-id=\"21ced24\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0d0e25 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"a0d0e25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ericoldmixon.com\/\" class=\"elementor-author-box__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Eric-Oldmixon-300x283.png\" alt=\"Imagen de Eric Oldmixon\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ericoldmixon.com\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEric Oldmixon\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Eric Oldmixon has been an Art Teacher at The Branson School for over 20 years. Along the way he has served a variety of roles and spear-headed many sustainability-related projects including the founding of the student-led \u201cEnvironmental Action Committee\u201d, the school garden, and the first organizational EcoCommittee.<br \/>   https:\/\/www.ericoldmixon.com\/<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70cb83e elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-social-media\" data-id=\"70cb83e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-social-media.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" >\t\t\t <ul class=\"ekit_social_media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-6807902\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    <a\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/eric-oldmixon-21882010\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"LinkedIn\" class=\"in\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-linkedin-in\"><\/i>\n                                                                                                            <\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-752b98d\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    <a\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.ericoldmixon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Sitio web\" class=\"globe\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-globe\"><\/i>\n                                                                                                            <\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year we expanded our school EcoCommittee to a Board recognized subcommittee including representatives from our Parents Association, Administration, Faculty and Student Body. 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