Human society faces many environmental, social and economic threats as a result of unsustainable behaviour and values. The root cause of these problems is our collective lack of awareness and inability to understand that change for sustainability occurs through systemic and transformational processes. This course is meant to serve as an introduction to the concepts and examples of sustainability, systems theory and transformational change in a global, local, individual and collective context. Drawing on the literature, the course focuses on some of the identified key contextual issues that need to be addressed in changing our unsustainable behaviour and values. In this context, the course examines various models and pedagogical approaches that could enable learning for an interconnected/systemic worldview and transformational change. It then develops an interactive model in addressing sustainability issues and to promoting transformational change for sustainable development. The course aims to encourage students to think in a more systemic way and through questioning their way of thinking and acting to generate transformational change towards a sustainable future.

  

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