Taking you next level.

Build your local literacy toolbox for doing community better.

What is the TOPO Library?

What we share:

Welcome to our virtual library where we make our innovative TOPO Tools accessible to all. Today you can access our powerful visuals and place-based articles. In the future, we will add monthly skill builders.

We are honored to be expanding best practices in the field of real-world learning. We hope you find a tool here for your own local literacy toolbox. Here’s to doing community better!

How it works:

We ask that you kindly use and share these TOPO Tools non-commercially and give attribution to TOPOnexus as noted. Let us know how the tools worked for you.

TOPO Way of Learning

We do hands-on, heads-on, hearts-on.

Learners try many pathways to make their own discoveries.
Learners discover their own path.
Together, we go beyond awareness and take action.
At TOPOnexus, learning becomes a fun adventure!
We explore our backyard. The entire community is our classroom.
We slow down. We stop to say “Whoa!”
We are full of wonder.

The TOPO Tools

Two men pointing at a worksheet — Discover More

As trades instructors who are implementing the Beyond Hands-On learning model, we can continue to deepen our understanding and hone our skills.

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With wonder, we become lifelong learners – curious and open to new perspectives.

A sense of wonder is the most important tool in our TOPO toolbox.

Our inspiration comes from Rachel Carson, author and catalyst of the modern environmental movement. In Silent Spring, Carson speaks out against the use of pesticides and fertilizers. In The Sense of Wonder, she advocates for the “simple power of discovery so essential to life.” Carson believed in nurturing a sense of wonder in everyone.