Diigo Update 06/29/2020

• Doughnut | Kate Raworth

  Humanity’s 21st century challenge is to meet the needs of all within the means of the planet. In other words, to ensure that no one falls short on life’s essentials (from food and housing to healthcare and political voice), while ensuring that collectively we do not overshoot our pressure on Earth’s life-supporting systems, on which we fundamentally depend – such as a stable climate, fertile soils, and a protective ozone layer. The Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries is a playfully serious approach to framing that challenge, and it acts as a compass for human progress this century.

  Tags: economics, doughnut, sustainability

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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Diigo Update 06/27/2020

• World Climate Simulation - Climate Interactive

  "The World Climate Simulation, from Climate Interactive, the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative, and U-Mass Lowell’s Climate Change Initiative, is an in-person role-playing exercise of the UN climate change negotiations. Through the simulation, participants get to explore the necessary speed and level of action that nations must take to address global climate change. At the heart of the experience is the use of our interactive computer model C-ROADS, which is used to rapidly analyze the results of the game play. All the materials and tools for the game are available for free in multiple languages. "

  Tags: global, climate, MIT, interactive, simulation, climate change, computer, model, sustainability

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

• A Letter, Anguish, and a Rubber Band - The Donella Meadows Project

  "“Just thinking of the world my six-year-old son may inherit brings tears to my eyes,” writes Matt Kayhoe of Keene, New Hampshire. “Yet tears are progress.” "

  Tags: systems thinking, Donella Meadows, article

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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Diigo Update 06/20/2020

• The Climate Leader - Climate Interactive

  "The Climate Leader is an introductory training series in systems thinking to help fuel the global response to climate change. These materials will help you to be more effective at addressing climate change by enabling you to see the interconnections and big picture in your work. "

  Tags: systems thinking, climate change, sustainability, collaboration

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

• Our Common Purpose | American Academy of Arts and Sciences

  The two-year bipartisan Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship launched in 2018 to explore how best to respond to the weaknesses and vulnerabilities in our political and civic life and to enable more Americans to participate as effective citizens in a diverse 21st-century democracy. The Commission recognized that the political culture of the United States and the makeup of its population have both changed dramatically in recent decades. From “fake news” to partisan polarization to the rise of social media, the environment in which citizens gather information and engage with one another and with their government is entirely different from what it was at the turn of twenty-first century.

  Tags: democratic, citizenship, democracy, political, partisan, information, government, governance

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

• Multisolving at the Intersection of Health and Climate - Climate Interactive

  "Around the world, people are innovating in ways that improve health and protect the climate, often while saving money. What can we learn from these projects, and how can we create more of them? "

  Tags: environmental, climate, multi-solving, health, climate change, equitable, sustainability, community empowerment

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

• Multisolving for Climate Resilience - Climate Interactive

  "As the more immediate effects of global climate change are being felt around the world, people are developing ways to increase resilience and adaptation that also bring other benefits, including climate change mitigation. "

  Tags: climate, multi-solving, climate change, sustainability, mitigation, resilience, environmental

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

• En-ROADS MSLV one page guides

  Tags: equity, multi-solving, climate, climate change, co-benefits, guides

• How to talk about food in En-ROADS - Climate Interactive

  "En-ROADS is great for workshops and role-playing games to enable people to explore climate solutions from changes in our energy choices to adoption of new technologies in carbon removal. Our food system plays a significant part in strategies to address climate change, because it drives energy use through moving and producing food, and can be both a source of greenhouse gas emissions and removals. This post will help you talk about the food system with audiences when you are using En-ROADS. "

  Tags: climate change, food, Food Security, carbon removal, climate, sustainability

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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