Do you feel as though they’re represented within your course?
Professional example – Futures Thinking at Interface
Watch this film to see how key sustainability skills help transform how people think and work in different settings no matter what their job is.
Skills recap
Systems thinking is so important, and so commonly overlooked! Nothing works in isolation, especially in the field of sustainability – we need to make sense of the world as a whole instead of splitting it down into parts. You may spot that it’s not uncommon for universities to fall into the trap of breaking down the UN Global Goals into separate chunks and approaching them one-by-one instead of exploring and developing effective action in more complex contexts.
Collaboration across boundaries can mean ensuring equity (not necessarily equality) between individuals about what they bring and gain from the experience of working towards a common goal. It’s hugely important to actively listen to and consider different perspectives, whether this means in a demographic sense, a geographic sense, vertical (throughout the levels of a company/university), horizontal (across a level of company/university), or in an external stakeholder environment.
A global justice lens brings in that important theme of de-colonising, as colonialism permeates almost all aspects of society. Social justice and environmental protection should have a mutually supportive relationship, where social justice can be achieved while staying within the limits of our environment. Every group, every individual, and every community should receive a fair, sustainable share of social, environmental, and economic benefits.