Sustainability: from systems to emergence Dr Helena Bender and Kate Judith
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Sustainability: from systems to emergenceDr Helena BenderandKate Judith http://neilperkin.typepad.com/only_dead_fish/2010/12/emergence.html
Defining sustainability http://homes.ninemsn.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=808470&showcomments=true • Sustainability is the emergent quality of a system that results from the responsive interplay between the caring actions of individuals (bottom-up) and feedback about the persistence and nourishment of the interrelationships between elements of the supporting environment and ultimately the global system (top-down)
1. kinds of relationships at the micro scale • caring and nourishing, result in preservation • sharing of knowledge • implies active responsibility in feedback process http://mycor.nancy.inra.fr/blogGenomes/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/dirt_soil_lg.jpg
http://bourgeononline.com/2009/08/salvador-casco-on-the-emergence-of-expression/http://bourgeononline.com/2009/08/salvador-casco-on-the-emergence-of-expression/ 2. guide for the function of disciplines • monitoring and evaluating for consequences of actions • looking for emergent patterns • responsibility to feedback to public • contribute to the development of policy http://www.monitoring-social-media.com/on-measuring-influence-a-snapshot-from-social-media-analytics-the-book
3. relationship needed between micro and macro • tight feedback • highly connected structure • inclusive and inter-dependent • knowledge that is distributed and shared • dependency on each other and system Fred Williams Euchuca Landscape 1961
Questions for critique • Are the micro and macro listening to each other? • Does policy engage with and protect the connected space between micro and macro? • Do the micro and macro nourish each other? • Do the micro and macro need to come closer together? http://habitsforsmartpeople.com/content/2011/04/critical-of-the-critique/