Six key questions in whole systems thinking, set out by Daniel Christian Wahl
Daniel Christian Wahltheecologist.org
Six key questions in whole systems thinking, set out by Daniel Christian Wahl
Taking on a holistic approach to design and systems’ thinking can help us understand how different elements relate to each other — and helps us remember that the world is an interconnected web. Everything we design is part of a whole that has a wider social and ecological impact.
space10.com • Regenerative by Design
Ecology is fundamentally different to the other sciences in that it describes a scope and an attitude of study, rather than a field. There is an ecology – and ecologists – of mathematics, behaviour, economics, physics, history, art, linguistics, psychology, warfare, and almost any other discipline that you can think of.
James Bridle • Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence
One of the major lessons we learn from the unique complexity of life is the following: the only thing we can always expect when manipulating the living world is that there will be unexpected consequences. By definition, those consequences are rarely aligned with the initial goal of our intervention. Climate change, biodiversity loss, and our... See more