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Sustainability through Soccer: Systems-Thinking in Action

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University of Virginia

Sustainability through Soccer: Systems-Thinking in Action

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This course takes learners on a journey through a progression of systems-thinking and sustainability concepts. Using the beautiful game of soccer (also known as football in many parts of the world) as an analogy, we'll work together to illuminate real-world interdependencies (such as between climate change and human rights), building the chain of concepts in a fun, accessible way. Soccer/Football nerds and newbies alike will be entertained and, ultimately, rewarded with the epiphanies that come from seeing in systems more clearly. Those who complete the course will: create examples of systems parts, boundaries, and behaviors related to sustainability (and soccer/football); practice evaluating the sustainability of systems they care about using several complementary methods; generate ideas to improve the sustainability of a system they care about; and explain a mindset shift that would enhance the sustainability of a system they care about.

从本节课中

Evaluating Systems and Creating Sustainable Systems

To evaluate sustainability in our systems, and check our progress, there are properties to consider and methods to apply. Once we define and evaluate our systems, then we’re ready to create systems that are more sustainable.

Path Dependence2:37

Carrying Capacities1:37

The Five Whys3:25

Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA)2:00

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Leidy Klotz
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and University of Virginia School of Architecture
Engineering and Architecture

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So, chapter five is all about evaluating and so

evaluates sustainability in our systems and check our progress.

There are properties to consider and methods to apply.

We first talk about path dependence.

And path dependence is when small initial differences in a system

are a disproportionate cause of differences in outcomes or

in other words, history shapes the present.

So you talk about Lampard and me?

And highways and railroads.

>> Yeah. >> Can you explain those to me?

>> Yeah. So, Frank Lampard and me,

I parallel my life to an English professional soccer player who was born

the same summer as me in 1978, and basically making the point that

I became a professor, he became a professional football player like

one that actually made enough money to be, to do that for his only job.

But my dad was a professor, his dad was a professional football player.

They grew up, he grew up in that environment,

I grew up in this environment.

So that's path dependence, the human level and then highways and railroads kind of

this idea of path dependence with physical infrastructure, right?

So once you've built this network of highways, you put into place,

it's not going to be as feasible to use different forms of transportation, right?

Or if you put in a really good network of railroads at the beginning,

then it'll be harder to different forms of public transportations and railroads.

So the basic idea is like, as we're evaluating our systems, which is

what we want to do for sustainability and as we're creating new systems,

thinking about like, okay, how long is this going to be in place for and what

kind of decisions are we making for the long term future that are related to that.

>> Okay. So gotta look at that complete path and

how it's all dependent on the- >> Yeah,

well I mean one thing is the decisions we're making today are based on decisions

that have been made a long time ago, right, they're dependent on that path.

But then also the decisions that we're making today are going to

put in place another path going forward, right,

so trying to be, pay as much attention to that as possible.

>> Makes sense, the history shapes the present.

>> Yes.

>> [LAUGH]

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