Consciousness = Sustainability - Le Muzic Systems Coaching
Consciousness = Sustainability
The “throw” in the quote above speaks to us standing up for what we want more of – taking responsibility for our own growth, be willing to change by learning, and exposing ourselves so we can stand up for the world we want to see evolve. Photo: Frax.
This blog is from an earlier published text – about us consciously evolving as humans.
Would higher systemic & relational skills raise our sustainability impact?
I used to work with sustainability in architectural design, policy making and R&D projects. I wondered why it was so difficult for us to take in that all natural systems can only sustain if their eco-systems are not tinkered with, and that we are responsible for being good stewards here on Gaia.
There is a limit before devolution occurs in any system, and there is a tipping point for ecological crises. Perhaps because we do not understand that we have no right to exploit relationship systems? We don´t willingly make the right choices if we ´ don´t understand what is at stake. The unconscious unconscious. Our concept of We sounds more like ME and not so much thinking of the greater whole – The WE. Most of us seem to make choices for quick wins even though we know we need big change.
This is partly why I switched from buildings to working for the service of evolving sustainable humans, myself for starters. We all need to up-skill our systems thinking, become better stewards of this planet, and in our relationship-systems. We need to understand that all we think, feel, say and do, have impact on living systems; that we in turn, are entirely dependent on for survival.
My friend Anja Stang is on to something. She runs a clever, green site, organized as a house, with topics about sustainable thinking and living. She invites people to visit her in the Guest room, and I visited writing about change – talking about the desired impact of systems thinking and soft/ human skills.
This article is in Norwegian only, published twelve days after COVID lock-down in March. Similar themes may be found here and here.
An earlier feature of my Sustainability / Systems-thinking (before I knew the term, and pre-Ph.D.) , published on buildingSMART Norway blog, is … also in Norwegian only. The piece is written by Morten Iversen (kudos, he writing is witty, precise and informing). Norwegian title is: Lyst er en bedre drivkraft enn tvang. Translates to something like: Desire – A Better Drive Than Force.