Answer the following
- What nodes or relationships could you adjust to make a positive change?
- What could you do to make this system more sustainable?
- How might changing one node of the system affect the nodes closely linked to it?
- What other consequences – good or bad – might your change cause?
- How will the change affect the system as a whole?
- Who needs to be involved to achieve this change – your classmates? The local council? Your teacher? School leadership? Nearby businesses? Someone else?
- How can we adapt the system if the change doesn’t have the desired effect?
Now, write down your plan as a series of actions to take, and what result you hope to achieve.
You’re halfway to solving a big sustainability problem!
Keep your system maps. In the next module, you will review and implement your solutions.
That’s the very first step to creating sustainability solutions.