Now it’s your turn. Choose a potential change to the system you drew (but not a coastal windfarm – choose something new!). This might be:
- A music festival
- Alien invaders
- Fire
What would happen to each of the nodes when you add new thing in? What is the new node’s relationship to the other nodes?
Make a list of potential impacts this change will have on your system. Which changes are to your nodes? Are the relationships between the existing nodes changed? How has the sustainability of the ecosystem been affected?
You have now drawn a map that can help us make sustainability decisions, and used it to understand the impact of a big event. You are using systems thinking.