SPSF 2023-28: Sustainability - 丸山の講義補助

Sustainability: What Everyone Needs to Know,, Oxford U Pr. https://amzn.to/3PXc31c

- Starting small: Check Social Ecology model below

- Greenwashing: Remember the woskhops with Swedish companies

- Why isn't everyone concerned about sustainability? (p.230)

If indiciduals who are struggling to make ends meet do not spend much time or money on helping to protect ecological or social systems.
The wealthiest members of society are least likely to be negatively affected by damages to ecological or social systems.

An Introduction to Sustainability: Environmental, Social and Personal Perspectives, Routledge https://amzn.to/3wLgMcu

- Nested model of sus. Fig. 6.1

- Adding a fourth dimension Fig. 6.2

- Social ecology model Fig. 6.3

- from efficiency to redesign

- Systems Thinking, key steps:

Start by mapping the inflows & outflows of the system as a whole.
Look for reinforcing & balancing feedback loops operating within the system.
In looking at how the system functions, step away from linear thinking about cause & effect to focus on unintended consequences which may seem out of proportion to the apparent causes or triggers.
Look for both resistances which reduce expected outcomes or escalations which amplify expected outcomes.

- Remember that there can be unexpected delays between causes/triggers & their consequences.

- Remember that no system is self-enclosed (bounded) and it interacts with a host of other unbounded systems.

- Remember that an apparently functioning system can be pursuing inappropriate goals or encouraging uncritical addictive behaviour.

- Consider if the espoused goals/aims of the system remain fresh and relevant or have been eroded by malfunction or loss of relevance.

- Ecological Thinking

- Working across scales from the local & the global