Future Scenario Design — Build a Sustainable Community
The teen designs an ideal sustainable city or community from scratch, considering energy, food, transport, housing, waste, governance, and quality of life. This is not a utopia exercise — every design choice involves trade-offs, and the teen must grapple with real constraints. Through the design process, they reveal systems thinking capacity, ecological integration skills, and creative problem-solving under realistic conditions.
Free to do together whenever you like.
What you'll need
Optional paper or whiteboard for sketching ideas, but not required. This is primarily a thought exercise through conversation. The teen should be encouraged to think big but stay grounded. The parent's role as constructive skeptic is important — not dismissing ideas but stress-testing them.
How it works
The 3-step guide, with what to look for at each step, is for signed-in parents.