This module provides an overview of sustainable development as well as local approaches to sustainability and introduces systems mapping as a practical tool to work with sustainability issues.

RELEVANT VIDEO MATERIAL

Cities and sustainability challenges
(Prof. Håvard Haarstad, CET, University of Bergen)

Systems Mapping As a Method Toward Sustainable Innovation Studies
(Brooke E Wilkerson & Lars-Kristian Trellevik, University of Bergen)

RELEVANT READING MATERIAL

1. SDSN, Getting to know the Sustainable Development Goals
   
2. Stirling, Emancipating Transformations: From controlling ‘the transition’ to culturing plural radical progress
   
3. Raworth (2012), A Safe and Just Space for Humanity
   
4. O’Brien (2018), Is the 1.5°C target possible? Exploring the three spheres of transformation

SUPPORTING MATERIALS

1. Systems thinking resources, Donella Meadows institute