Understanding and Assessing
Technologies for Sustainability
Schedule
Important dates:
- EXAM Tuesday 7th November 9:00-12:30
- Group assignment (with 5 persons)
- Personal Sustainability Journal every week! About 100-400 words when writing
essay
o First Thursday Sept 14th
o Last Thursday Oct 26th
Week 36
Papers:
1) Meadows, D.H. (2008). Thinking in systems. A primer. Sustainability Institute.
(chapters 1, 3, 6 and 7).
2) Monat, J.P., Amissah, M. and Gannon, T.F. (2020). Practical Applications of Systems
Thinking to Business. Systems, 8, 14 (Sections 2, 3, 4.1, and 4.5)
3) Senge, P. (2014) Systems Thinking for a Better World-Aalto Systems Forum (YouTube
video)
4) White. M.A. (2013). Sustainability: I know it when I see it. Ecological Economics, (86),
213 – 217.
Week 37
Papers:
5) Allwood JM, Ashby MF, Gutowski TG, Worrell E. (2011). Material efficiency: A white
paper. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 55, 362–381
6) Allwood JM, Ashby MF, Gutowski TG, Worrell E. (2013). Material efficiency: providing
material services with less material production. Phil Trans R Soc A 371: 20120496.
7) Rockström, J. (2011 ). Let the environment guide our development. (YouTube video)
Food for thought.
Week 38
Papers:
8) Folke C. et al. (2021). Our future in the Anthropocene biosphere. Ambio, 50:834–869.
9) Häyhä, T. et al. (2018). Operationalizing the concept of a safe operating space at the
EU level – first steps and explorations. A report for the European Environment
Agency. Stockholm Resilience Centre. Technical report. (Pages 4 – 8)
10) IPCC AR6 (2022). WGII and WGIII SPM Headline Statements
Food for Thought
Week 39
Papers:
1
, 11) Braat L.C. and Groot, R. (2012). The ecosystems services agenda: bridging the worlds
of natural science and economics, conservation and development, and public and
private policy. Ecosystem Services. 1,1,4-15.
12) O‘Neill, D.W. at al. (2018). A good life for all within planetary boundaries. Nature
Sustainability. 1, 88- 95 (pages 88 – 92)
Food for Thought
Week 40
Papers:
13) Hendriks, C; Obernosterer, R; Müller, D; Kytzia, S.;Baccini, P.; and Brunner, P.H.
(2000). Material Flow Analysis: A tool to support environmental policy decision-
making. Case-studies on the city of Vienna and the Swiss lowlands, Local
Environment, 5:3, 311-328
14) Vanasupa, L. (2012). Human Impact: The IPAT Equation. (You Tube video)
15) Waas T., Hugé, J., Block, T., Wright, T., Benitez-Capistros, F. and Verbruggen, A.
(2014). Sustainability Assessment and Indicators: Tools in a Decision-Making Strategy
for Sustainable Development. Sustainability. 6, 5512 – 5534.
Food for thought
Week 41
Papers:
16) Chapter 4, 23 and 24 in Tietenburg, T. (2006). Environmental Natural Resource
Economics
Case studies will be distributed
Week 42
Papers:
17) Murphy, K. (2012). The social pillar of sustainable development: a literature review
and framework for policy analysis. Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy. 8,1, 15-
29.
Additional material will be announced
Week 43
Papers:
18) Bell, S. and Morse, S. (2018). Sustainability Indicators Past and Present: What next?
Sustainability. 10, 72 – 84.
19) Gifford, R. (2011). The Dragons of Inaction. Psychological barriers that limit climate
change mitigation and adaptation. American Psychologist. 66 (4) 290 - 302.
Food for thought
Week 44
Papers:
20) De Bono, E. (2000). Six thinking hats (revised and updated). Run better meetings,
make faster decisions. Penguin random house. (Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 43)
2
, 21) Pryshlakivsky, J & Searcy, C. (2013). Sustainable Development as a Wicked Problem in
Samuel F. Kovacic & Andres Sousa-Poza (Eds.) Managing and Engineering in Complex
Situations. Springer. (Sections 6.2, 6.3, 6.4)
Additional workshop material will be announced
Food for Thought
Week 45
EXAM:
• Required reading material
• Lecture .pptx or .pdf files
• Food for thought
Table of Contents
Schedule........................................................................................................................................................ 1
Important dates:..................................................................................................................................................1
Week 36................................................................................................................................................................1
Week 37................................................................................................................................................................1
Week 38................................................................................................................................................................1
Week 39................................................................................................................................................................1
Week 40................................................................................................................................................................2
Week 41................................................................................................................................................................2
Week 42................................................................................................................................................................2
Week 43................................................................................................................................................................2
Week 44................................................................................................................................................................2
Week 45................................................................................................................................................................3
Week 36........................................................................................................................................................ 6
Papers: Reflect about it in your favorite spot accompanied with your favorite drink!........................................6
1) Meadows, D.H. (2008). Thinking in systems. A primer. Sustainability Institute. (chapters 1, 3, 6 and 7)..6
2) Monat, J.P.: Amissah, M. and Gannon, T.F. (2020). Practical Applications of Systems Thinking to
Business. Systems, 8, 14 (Sections 2, 3, 4.1, and 4.5)......................................................................................9
3) Senge, P. (2014) Systems Thinking for a Better World-Aalto Systems Forum (YouTube video)...............12
4) White. M.A. (2013). Sustainability: I know it when I see it. Ecological Economics, (86), 213 – 217.........13
Week 37...................................................................................................................................................... 14
5) Allwood JM, Ashby MF, Gutowski TG, Worrell E. (2011). Material efficiency: A white paper. Resources,
Conservation and Recycling, 55, 362–381.....................................................................................................14
6) Allwood JM, Ashby MF, Gutowski TG, Worrell E. (2013). Material efficiency: providing material services
with less material production. Phil Trans R Soc A 371: 20120496................................................................15
7) Rockström, J. (2011 ). Let the environment guide our development. (YouTube video)...........................16
Week 38...................................................................................................................................................... 17
8) Folke C. et al. (2021). Our future in the Anthropocene biosphere. Ambio, 50:834–869..........................17
9) Häyhä, T. et al. (2018). Operationalizing the concept of a safe operating space at the EU level – first
steps and explorations. A report for the European Environment Agency. Stockholm Resilience Centre.
Technical report. (Pages 4 – 8)......................................................................................................................19
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, 10) IPCC AR6 (2022). WGII and WGIII SPM Headline Statements.................................................................20
Week 39...................................................................................................................................................... 22
Papers:................................................................................................................................................................22
11) Braat L.C. and Groot, R. (2012). The ecosystems services agenda: bridging the worlds of natural
science and economics, conservation and development, and public and private policy. Ecosystem
Services. 1,1,4-15...........................................................................................................................................22
12) O‘Neill, D.W. at al. (2018). A good life for all within planetary boundaries. Nature Sustainability. 1, 88-
95 (pages 88 – 92)..........................................................................................................................................23
Week 40...................................................................................................................................................... 24
Papers:................................................................................................................................................................24
13) Hendriks, C; Obernosterer, R; Müller, D; Kytzia, S.;Baccini, P.; and Brunner, P.H. (2000). Material Flow
Analysis: A tool to support environmental policy decision-making. Case-studies on the city of Vienna and
the Swiss lowlands, Local Environment, 5:3, 311-328..................................................................................24
14) Vanasupa, L. (2012). Human Impact: The IPAT Equation. (You Tube video)..........................................26
15) Waas T., Hugé, J., Block, T., Wright, T., Benitez-Capistros, F. and Verbruggen, A. (2014). Sustainability
Assessment and Indicators: Tools in a Decision-Making Strategy for Sustainable Development.
Sustainability. 6, 5512 – 5534........................................................................................................................27
Week 41...................................................................................................................................................... 29
Papers:................................................................................................................................................................29
16) Chapter 4, 20 and 22 in Tietenburg, T. (2006). Environmental Natural Resource Economics (according
to 9th edition).................................................................................................................................................29
Week 42...................................................................................................................................................... 31
Papers:................................................................................................................................................................31
17) Murphy, K. (2012). The social pillar of sustainable development: a literature review and framework
for policy analysis. Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy. 8,1, 15-29.....................................................31
“Suarez-Visbal et al. Assessing through a gender inclusion lens the social impact of circular strategies in
the apparel value chain. 136-159”................................................................................................................32
Week 43...................................................................................................................................................... 33
Papers:................................................................................................................................................................33
18) Bell, S. and Morse, S. (2018). Sustainability Indicators Past and Present: What next? Sustainability. 10,
72 – 84...........................................................................................................................................................33
19) Gifford, R. (2011). The Dragons of Inaction. Psychological barriers that limit climate change mitigation
and adaptation. American Psychologist. 66 (4) 290 - 302.............................................................................34
Week 44...................................................................................................................................................... 35
Papers:................................................................................................................................................................35
Week 36, teaching week 1............................................................................................................................ 36
Week 37, teaching week 2............................................................................................................................ 39
Week 38, teaching week 3............................................................................................................................ 44
Week 39, teaching week 4............................................................................................................................ 52
Week 40, teaching week 5............................................................................................................................ 57
Conceptual questions.........................................................................................................................................57
Numerical exercises............................................................................................................................................60
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