Archive for 'systems thinking'

Respect and Reverence: Managing Boundaries

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Kathryn Alexander

A big part of learning to live effectively on this blue ball of ours has to do with understanding the gift life here is. We take both our lives and the Earth for granted, as though both will last forever. That is the illusion of youth, but when elders share it, disaster is not far behind.

What Actions Would Make the Biggest Sustainable Difference?

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Kathryn Alexander

Part of the struggle to be and act sustainably is the difficulty of deciding what to do. The reduction in the use of resources is easy to see and understand and it give companies a place to start. In terms of long-term sustainability, the biggest impact this type of action has is on changing our habits. It’s our life style dummy – that’s the most in need of change and every way we can impact that has GOT to be good!

Sustainable Capitalism

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Kathryn Alexander

What changes are needed to make capitalism sustainable? Is it even possible? Al Gore and David Blood have been making suggestions about just such an approach, standing on the shoulders of Hazel Henderson and Woody Tasch.

Term Limits from a Systems Perspective

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Kathryn Alexander

Few would argue that most of our systems need an over haul. Certainly, with the recent shenanigans in Congress the political system is one of these. The Occupy Movement has created the 99% Declaration as a list of changes they would like to see. Grievance Number 4 is Term Limits. Here is why this is a bad idea.