Sustainability and System Shift course
Ariane König, Luxembourg University

Part I 
Transforming our relations within the web-of-life: From observation and experience to contemplation 
Frank Adams, founder & director of SEED a.s.bl. (https://seed-net.lu/seed-asbl/  ) 
This guided tour of the magnificent castle garden and organic seed saving site is interwoven with experiential learning activities and spaces for reflection in relation to wild and cultivated seedlings and the plants and human foods that their development can bring forth. 
 
Part II. Correspondences: Making more-than-human encounters meaningful 
Karine Bonneval
 What can plants teach us?  We will find out. 
We will begin by exploring some of the “patches” that make up the garden through a very slow walking practice inspired by “Deep Listening,” a concept created by the American composer Pauline Oliveiros. At the end of this walk, we will experiment with graphic representations of this listening stroll, in an attempt to capture its paradoxes and intricacies. 
Then, moving from the broader context to the more specific, I invite you to encounter a single plant. Using a method derived from the Goethean approach, we will attempt to understand how this unique living being interacts with its environment. This exercise, which engages our bodies and senses, provides us with new tools to encounter a plant and grasp its vitality. 
Embody the web of life, the paths and intertwined trails.