Holistic approaches for agronomy
Participatory plant breeding Needs review Permaculture design Needs review Cover crops Needs review Recirculation: compost, food waste Needs review
Qualitative methods
Workshops and meetings Living Labs From Wikipedia: A living lab, or living laboratory, is a research concept, which may be defined as a user-centered, open-innovation ecosystem, often operating in a territorial context (e.g. city, agglomeration, region), integrating concurrent research and innovation processes within a public-private-people partnership. (Review needed!) World Cafe Read more…
University of Oslo courses
University in Oslo NMBU-enrolled students are automatically eligible to take courses at UiO, without having to apply for admission. (Assumedly, so are NMBU-ISARA dual degree students?) Needed: information on how to register for classes. Course Semester Prerequisites, comments, recommendations
PRINTABLE BOOKLET
Update! August 2019 we published a printable version of the first two chapters of the Agroecology Handbook. Feel free to distribute this, and feel free to make booklets of other sections and updates in the future. >Download the PDF >Help on how to print as a booklet
NMBU Courses
>If you are considering whether to take an exchange semester or stay at NMBU, see some pros and cons here. This section needs your input to improve! Please participate by leaving comments below, or requesting the editing login from one of the current authors. Course Semester Prerequisites / Recommendations PAE302 Read more…
A Transect Walk through the first semester
The first few weeks: complex problem solving training An ice-breaker to get to know one another and personality types that you will frequently refer to in the upcoming weeks. Classroom sessions on skills you will need for the semester projects: communication, diversity, observation, interviewing. There is also a light introduction Read more…
Feedback and guidance – validating our knowledge in the moment
The course relies on the student’s judgement about his or her advancement, and some peer-assessment in group work. Every student experiences a different journey throughout the semester, because of how varied their interests, experiences and educational backgrounds are. There is no right or wrong way to make use of this Read more…
How does everything connect: Learning an approach
Most of our classmates have spread all over the world and are interested in working with different aspects of the agrifood systems and beyond. These systems require learners to be self-reflective, adaptive and think holistically in order to address the complex and messy problems that our planet and our society Read more…
International interpersonal competency
Learning cannot be an individualistic endeavour in today’s world. When we leave university we will be working with and across teams and experiences. Here at NMBU, your agroecology peer group will be very international, with a diverse demographic makeup, in educational background, experience and interests, as well as culture. In Read more…
How do we learn what we learn? – Understanding how our minds work
Before we can understand the world around us we must understand ourselves. One key aspect of self-understanding for an agroecologist is our personal approach to learning. It is crucial as autonomous learners that we know best how we internalize information so we can be confident when we must find something Read more…