1. Systems thinking for sustainability

2. One proposed path to sustainability
Dr. Matthieu Ricard – French molecular biologist turned Buddhist monk
“How to let altruism be your guide” TED Talk
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16 min

3. 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)

4. Concept mapping
Two-dimensional, hierarchical node-linked diagram that depicts the relationships among concepts

5. As a class we will create a concept map about bottled water.