Systems thinking for sustainability
One proposed path to sustainability Dr. Matthieu Ricard – French molecular biologist turned Buddhist monk “How to let altruism be your guide” TED Talk https://www.ted.com/talks/matthieu_ricard_how_to_let_altruism_be_your_guide ?language=en# 16 min
Systems and systems thinking Systems: sets of elements or parts that are coherently organized and interconnected in patterns or structures that produce characteristic sets of behaviors (Meadows 2008) Systems thinking: the study of complexity and the relationships and interactions among components of a system (InTeGrate 2012)
Concept mapping Two-dimensional, hierarchical node-linked diagram that depicts the relationships among concepts
As a class we will create a concept map about bottled water.