The Textbook
It provides an integrated, system-oriented introduction to the concepts, theories and issues surrounding the quest for a sustainable future for Planet Earth.Lectures & Tools
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Putting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into perspective: the worldview approach
The seven-plus billion human beings on the planet are increasingly connected through material and informational exchanges. Their everyday behaviour and their desires, emotions, aspirations […]
Even simple systems can show complex behaviour: mechanics
Change is an elementary phenomenon in life. It is most visible in movement of matter. It is useful to look at a simple, well observable and controllable system: a mass m at the end of […]
Colonists, Inuit, and the Church: a story of maladaptation
Danish colonisation of Greenland started in 1721, but a Norse colony in west Greenland had already been an outpost of Europeans throughout the period 985–1500 AD. There had been contacts between North American hunters and […]
The Relational Trend: Values, Knowledge and Worldviews Revisited
Values and knowledge are two important concepts in sustainability science. Recently, new framings for these concepts have been proposed, both of which place our social relationships at the centre of the discussions: one is the […]
The lure of flying – and the flyprint
Living on a plane. “Ana-Maria P. is the president of Powerstorm, a US company working on sustainable telecom solutions focused on reducing CO2 emissions in emerging markets. How often do you travel? I basically live […]