Continuing our presentation of urban agendas that operationalize urban systems theory… Apart from the prevalent sustainable city agenda, at least five other popular urban agendas have been identified in the literature: ecocity, low-carbon city, resilient city, knowledge city, and smart…
As promised, I’d now like to share with you some ways systemic urban sustainability is operationalized, through urban agendas. The theories and concepts I previously posted here have been in the past few decades shaping and informing a broad range…
If you’re like me – torn about whether the whole circular economy fuzz is a good thing or not, especially for the long haul, please read my critical analysis below. The concept of circular economy (CE) is grounded in environmental…
The position of an initiative on the weak/strong sustainability continuum is a debate that is rooted in economics but is now central to sustainability discourse, pertaining to both research and practice. The weaker-to-stronger sustainability debate is a spectrum between those…
From the 1972 Conference on Human Environment and the 1987 Brundtland Commission report to the 2002 and 2012 Earth Summits, the message has been loud and clear: the world needs to be on a more sustainable pathway quickly, if we…
See updated version of this post here: https://spiliotopoulou.eu/building-capacity-for-regenerative-communities-what-does-it-mean/ I’d like to share with you my perspective on regenerative systems education in brief. Here, I’m documenting seven projects on sustainability teaching and learning that I conducted research for during my PhD…
By Daniel Christian Wahl, March 30, 2017. Reposted from Design For Sustainability. [This article is an excerpt from the Worldview Dimension of Gaia Education´s online programme in Design for Sustainability. The course is based on four dimensions plus a design…
