Sustainability Mindset with Design Thinking
(SMDT)
Bringing problem-solving into the everyday
Class Schedule
For Serendipity Montessori 2025 spring semester
Every Tuesday afternoon starting from 4th of March 2025
15:30 - 17:00 (1.5 hours)
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2024 SMDT Spring Camp
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2024 SMDT Spring Camp
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2024 SMDT Serendipity Program
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2024 SMDT Serendipity Program
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2023 SMDT Rietberg Program
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2023 SMDT Rietberg Program
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2023 SMDT Rietberg Program
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2024 SMDT Summer Camp
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2024 SMDT Summer Camp
Class dates.
The detailed weekly schedule will be posted Feb 1st.
March 4
March 11
March 18
March 25
April 8
April 15
May 6
May 6
June 3
May 13
May 13
June 10
May 20
May 20
Are you looking for holiday camps?
Our February theme is "Science and Sustainability!" and the April one is “Biomimicry! Problem-solving inspired by nature.” Check our camp page and sign up!
Mother of 6 and 4 year-old boys
“The program was so varied and inspiring, the boys loved it. How wonderful they came away with
so many new learnings and friends.”
Parents of 9-year-old child
“Y** is very inspired, it was an amazing experience. Thank you all for the wonderful atmosphere and for new friends and family whom we want to see again and again!!!”
Learn more about SMDT
Learn about SMDT programs such as
Our vision
Our mission
Why Sustainable Mindset
Why Design thinking
Benefits of the programs
Meet the Team
Introducing our team who designed and will be leading the course this year at Rietberg
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Diya has been teaching science and working on curriculum development for over a decade in Switzerland, the USA and the UK. As a Curriculum Area Leader at her last school, and a Biology and Environmental Science teacher she noticed growing eco-anxiety amongst students, with few skills on how to step into the real world feeling empowered to effect change.
Prior to education Diya also worked as a research scientist, equity research analyst and in corporate and venture development - giving her a unique understanding of the importance of systems thinking, and a blend of eclectic skills to work on a variety of projects.
She now focuses on developing values-based, holistic and real-world “Education for Sustainability” opportunities for students of all ages.
A lifelong learner, Diya also has an MPhil in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Cambridge and a Masters in Arts of Teaching from Duke University.
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Austina started STEAMED Playground when she realized that what she watched, read, and experienced at an early age shaped the ways she currently learns, plans, works, and makes decisions.
Before STEAMED Playground, she worked at different technology companies (Children’s Creativity Museum, Autodesk, Adobe, FrontRow … etc.) in Silicon Valley. As a designer and marketer, her focus was education, believing the proper education is the most important asset we can pass on to our children to ensure a better future. She has been heavily practicing Design Thinking throughout her career and participated in multiple projects implementing Design Thinking in the education market in various ways.
She is also a co-author of the book 교육을 가로막는 벽 (The wall that prevents real education), that had been published in South Korea.
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Diana’s journey as a teacher started nearly 20 years ago in Brazil in early childhood education. Since then she has navigated through a diverse range of experiences, including teacher’s training, parental education and the development of learning communities in diversified cultural settings.
Since 2015 she has dedicated her work to researching, designing, and facilitating learning experiences and projects inspired by Nature.
Diana integrates Permaculture, Systems Thinking, and Participatory Leadership into her pedagogical approach in order to cultivate Care and Collaboration in Education and help learning communities develop the necessary skills, knowledge, and mindset that will bring us all to a sustainable and regenerative way of living, in harmony with all existence.
Contact Us
Hours
Monday–Friday
10am–6pm
Phone (Diya)
+41 78 639 57 72
*Please contact through this email and phone number only for Sustainability Mindset with “Design Thinking” matters.
For other STEAMED Playground matters, contact info@steamedplayground.com
