EDSN | The Education for Development and Support Network

The Education for Development and Support Network (EDSN)

Plexlearning Academies for Mindful Community Growth
Where Education Meets Community

Plexlearning Placed-based Development

The Education for Development and Support Network (EDSN) is an association of Plexlearning academies. -- Collaborative spaces dedicated to advancing mindfulness-centered, Research-to-Practice and community engagement in support of sustainability and desired quality of life for all.

EDSN leverages trusted neighborhood community relationships, sponsored research, collective resources, and open education to advance local ambitions -- innovation, capacity building, entrepreneurship, socioeconomic empowerment, accountable governance, and inalienable freedoms.

We facilitate organizational self-study, external peer-reviews, quality assurances, risk management, and accountability among participating groups and organizations.

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We explore mindful living, accountable governance, and the politics of being

We are ecologically, fiscally, creatively, and curiously engaged in knowledge creation and sharing ...

Striving to peacefully, respectfully, and sustainably cohabit Earth with all our human and non-human neighbors ...

Co-learning, co-creating, and co-evolving with Gaia -- Earth, currently the only known inhabitable planet.

Programs for Lifelong Learning

Programs that Presume Education is Life Itself

EDSN's AI-powered programs remove barriers and fill critical gaps in building sustainable socioeconomic bridges that lead to desirable quality-of-life, careers, and thriving neighborhood communities

These cost-sharing solutions include entrepreneurship incubators, neighborhood makerspaces, workforce retooling, technical certifications, career management, socioeconomic scaffoldings, resident neighborhood fellowships, holistic financial education, and lifestyle-vocations that empower participants to continuously learn, share, and adopt.