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Opening slide

Main points today

• environmental science takes a different approach than other disciplines -
• casting a broad net to capture ideas that can help us solve problems, multiple perspectives
  • review the tool box we have assembled
• look at examples that we have seen before in a rigorous yet wide ranging manner

The whole purpose of today is to loopback and review

Week 10: Using multiple tools to take an integrative approach

Environmental science is:

• problem based (rather than curiosity based)
• involves values (not value neutral)
• integrative - not just critical
  • integrative examples
• actively seeks input from broad range of stakeholders
  • may involve scientist/expert in the decision making
• transdisciplinary - beyond just the disciplines in universities

Value of this is:

• multiple perspectives avoids unintended consequences
• promotes engagement and leads to overall improvement in governance
• leads to solving in the pattern
  • reducing environmental impact
  • finding a resilient solution
  • promotes just distribution of impacts and benefits

We have aquired familiarity with broad range of tools:

• The tool box (grid version)
  • problem types
  • KCV (week 7)
  • Accounting - impact (week 2)
  • Scale (week 3)
  • Patterns -
  • systems (week 7)
  • Optimization (week 4 and 9)
  • Risk and uncertainty (week 5)
  • Innovation and support with design (week 5)
  • Accounting - indicators (week 7)
  • Environmental entrepreneurism (week 8)
  • Scientific Adaptive Management (week 9)
  • Multiple criteria decisions (week 9)
• Putting these to use in a disciplined manner
  • practice or habit
  • a checklist is a whimpy substitute for a rigorous methodology (but if it's good enough for airplane pilots ...)

Examples

• choice of water supply for a city
  • week 6
• LCA for diapers
  • week 2
• the water heater in outback Austrailia from Week 3
• building an energy efficient house (week 4)
• week 5 solar cooker and grey water examples
• week 7 social and environmental examples - such as wetland banks
• week 8 local food / composting / coop or company
• Week 9 Everglades (or other big project)