Abstract
Transformative education and practice are underpinned by the following axiom: human beings can be free and diverse to the extent that we do not undermine living systems in this generation and the next. This is in turn based on a recognition of our diversity and interconnectedness and that we are one of many species within a living system. The approach by the authors of the various chapters in this book is based on expanding pragmatism and rethinking the social, economic and environmental consequences of decisions using mixed methods matched to a specific area of concern through engaging with the relevant stakeholders. Social, economic and environmental challenges that are convergent can be perceived differently by diverse stakeholders, thus engaging with diverse groups is a vital for transformation. The focus of this volume is on values, perspectives and ways to make a difference through addressing a range of practical concerns, such as: food, energy and water security. The models of sustainable development across the volume emphasise education for wellbeing in line with the UNESCO approach outlined in 2021 that emphasises the systemic nature of education rooted in protecting the environment and supported by the participation of active global citizens.
The dreaming story of the caterpillar (mpantwe) and the butterfly (yeperenye) in Alice Springs is detailed in McIntyre-Mills (2003) as explained to me by Olive Veverbrandts as a metaphor for transformation.
Acknowledgment. I would like to acknowledge and thank Professor Veronica McKay for her contributions to this volume and this chapter based on emailed conversations and the box insert. Veronica is Acting Vice Principal: Teaching and Learning, University of South Africa.
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Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide (2021) June COMMENTARY AND CORE TEXT June 2021. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca2608ab914493c64ef1f6d/t/60d1e6e604fae2201d03407f/1624368879048/SE+Foundation+Commentary+and+core+text+rev+6.pdf
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Burke, A and Celermajer, D. (2021) Human progress is no excuse to destroy nature. A push to make ‘ecocide’ a global crime must recognise this fundamental truth. https://thefifthestate.com.au/columns/spinifex/human-progress-is-no-excuse-to-destroy-nature-a-push-to-make-ecocide-a-global-crime-must-recognise-this-fundamental-truth/
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sustainable development, global citizenship, health and well-being
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https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/much-deeper-emissions-cuts-needed/13097482. Much deeper emission cuts needed to keep global warming below 2 degrees. According to Steffen (2021) Lead author of the Paris Goals report by the Climate Targets Panel explains that: “An independent panel of senior climate scientists has reworked Australia’s emission trajectories.” He concludes “carbon output will need to be cut by 50% by 2030 if we are to play our part in keeping temperature rises below 2 degrees by the end of the century.” Professor Will Steffen.
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Source: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/much-deeper-emissions-cutsneeded/13097482 cites the work of Professor Steffen as follows: “much deeper emission cuts needed to keep global warming below 2 degrees. According to Steffen (2021) Lead author of the Paris Goals report by the Climate Targets Panel explains that: “An independent panel of senior climate scientists has reworked Australia’s emission trajectories.” He concludes “carbon output will need to be cut by 50% by 2030 if we are to play our part in keeping temperature rises below 2 degrees by the end of the century.”
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“From this perspective, sustainability implies avoiding critical boundaries and maintaining the combined SES within its historically viable stability domain, i.e., an operating range compatible with reasonable human demands. Resilience then becomes a theoretical construct for sustainability that: (a) guides against breaching unknown systems boundaries; (b) suggests that continuous changes in certain driving variables is inherently dangerous (e.g., continuously increasing fishing pressure, escalating GHG emissions, or constant material growth)and; (c) warns that surviving the breach of a major tipping point, whether human induced or natural, will require unprecedented levels of investment, cooperation and other forms of institutional and societal adaptation. Human-induced climate change will almost certainly validate all these assertions. In short, resilience thinking is a complement to sustainability, not a substitute.”
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Daniel Wahl with you. Recorded last month. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKBlGtzEJoo
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Joanna Macey discusses Buddhism and systems theory and underlines the similarities.
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As well as his students, colleagues and those he inspired such as Werner Ulrich, Gerald Midgley, Mike Jackson and Robert Flood).
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It could also be argued that it is possible for programmers to take into account quantum, rather than binary logic (Bohm, 2002). Quantum thinking is relational, not binary.
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This version of Western Science was seen to have parallels with Buddhism according to the Dalai Lama. The main difference being the emphasis on testing based on perception, personal lived experience and thought experiments versus testing based on external empirical experiments.
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See McIntyre-Mills 2021 Communication and culture: a Multispecies endeavour within a shared habitat in International Systems Sciences Year Book to appear in Systems Research and Behavioural Science which develops this point. Also see McIntyre-Mills, J (2021a) Chapter 1 Communication and Culture: A Multispecies Endeavour Recognising Kinship with Multiple Species in From Polarisation to Multispecies Relationships which extends the argument.
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This key point has been made by Eva Meijer (2016 on animal communication), Frans De Waal (2009) explains how animals have a sense of empathy, fairness and ability to reciprocate, Susan Simard (2016), Simard and Defrenne (2019) explain how trees communicate as does the forester Peter Wohlleben (2016). The botanist Allen Rayner (2010, 2017a, b) explains how the mycelia underground create communication highways or internet systems whilst Gagliano et al. (2018) explain that plants are capable of ‘remembering’ and capable of decision making.
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Daniel Wahl with you. Recorded last month. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKBlGtzEJoo
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See Chapter “Collective Action for Regeneration of the Web of Life in the Face of Disruptive Injustice” this volume.
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Published on 13 Mar 2018 cocide, the 5th Crime Against Peace – Polly Higgins.
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