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Research Methods
Eco-sustainabilit
y
Our Amazing Place
from a to aor Getting Nowhere
finding the freewayto myself, i put my footdown to my own motivefloorboards asking the
rear-view what to do
next
it saidbrother
the faster youeat me up the more youleave behind – you’ll see
more of me slower so why notpull over ’cause this road is
goingbackwards and your incessant
tyres are speeding upthe world
© Mario Petrucci 2008Published in: Envoi magazine
(#147)
A class of two streams
• Research methods only – 81• Research methods plus Research Practicum –
2 students • 10.00 to 11.30 an interactive lecture relevant
to both groups• 12.30 – 2.00 - practical tasks in class around
methods and RM assignments • 2.00 – 3.00 – tutorial time for RM• RP Small group tutorials by arrangement
Some tricky and not-so-tricky issuesNo attendance requirement. Need to be
respectful of others in the class and the teacher, being intentional about your attendance. Look at your timetable
Where will we do the breakouts? We have two classrooms 510-3011 (65) and 500-3009 (25) 12.30 – 2.00pm (sessions may go into tutorial time, from time to time)
Tutorials: Mostly 2.00- 3.00pm. Practicum – by arrangement
Issues in Resource Depletion?• Population growth projections• Per capita use of resources• Peak Oil • Carbon or Ecological Footprint• Effects of Climate Change• Environmental degradation and loss of
biodiversity• The evolutionary psychology of change• The politics of change – cultural evolution• The pragmatics of individual change
The problem of doubling
• Put a small piece of paper (one 32th of an A4 page) on the desk, double it for the second , double for the third and so on. How high would the stack of pages be on the 83rd student’s desk?
• If we have 7% growth how long is before we double our use of resources? How long before we have 1000 fold increase in the use of our resources
World GDP Growth Rates 2009
Exponential curvesWorld Population Growth, 1750–2150
1920 - 1 billion
1955 - 2 billion
1985 - 4 billion
2035 - 8 billion
Annual growth rate = 3.5%
Actual and Estimated production of oil and gas – Peak Oil
Ecological footprint per person G:\Carbon Footprint Advert.wmv
Land needed for uranium
Land and ocean needed for carbon sequestration
Land needed for housing
Land needed for agriculture (animal food) Ocean needed for fishing Land needed for timber
Land needed for plant foods, biofuels
1961 - 2001
Ecological Footprint• The biocapacity of the Earth =11.2 billion
hectares on a sustainable basis • =1.8 global hectares per person – nothing for
non-humans • In 2001 we used 13.7 billion global hectares,
or 2.2 global hectares per person. • Our Footprint exceeds our biocapacity by 0.4
global hectares per person. • The planet’s living stocks are being depleted
faster than nature can regenerate them
Climate change
melting of the
Artic ice caps
24% lost over 30 years
Sea level rising
Maldives
1000 year drought - Australia
followed by 1000 year floods
Air pollution in Beijing
Environmental degradation
deforestataion
Risks to biodiversity
Death to biodiversity = death to Humanity
“We are hearing a great deal about the economic ‘credit crunch’. What we face also in the natural world
is a ‘credit crunch for biodiversity’.
We need to set – and then reach - new ambitious targets to value and conserve the fundamental riches
of our life support systems, and the wildlife and people that depend on them”.Julia Marton- Director IUCN
Citation: Vié, J.-C., Hilton-Taylor, C. and Stuart, S.N. (eds.) (2009). Wildlife in a Changing World – An Analysis of the 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. 180 pp.
Rapanui
Why can’t we change?
Rapanui
Evolution of change
• Human behaviour is adapted well to responding to short and medium term threats, but not to long term threats.
• We know about the mechanisms of biological evolution, but very little about cultural evolution G:\Ehrlich_ We Must Change Behavior to Save Global Culture.wmv
• We need to understand the psychology (the effects of incentives) and sociology (e.g. social norming) of behaviour change
Possible mechanisms of change?the ways in which different types of consumer feedback and
information affect sustainability behaviourthe effect of non-economic incentives and disincentives; the impact of social marketing campaigns; G:\How To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint.wmv
the importance of social networks and social movements in shaping sustainability behaviour uptake
the effect of group contingencies and behavioural modelling on individual behaviour;
the significance of commitment to behavioural change; the importance of the social and political context in shaping
individual attitudes and behaviour; the relationship between social status, values and
sustainability behaviour and socio-cultural patterns of sustainability behaviour.
Resilient local communities and eco-sustainability
• Grow more local food• Share and employ more local resources – food co-ops• Repair and re-use rather than replace• Play more sport, have more social life locally• Travel less, bike more, more fun, more work locally• Support each other (including elderly and people with
disability) – less reliant on welfare services• Recycle water, waste less water, energy , use solar power• Better local infra-structure - less need for motorways• Feeling empowered to make change
OUR AMAZING PLACE
Treasure Hunts are a vibrant platform for community development
Highlights…•Unsworth Heights – 58 teams, 250 people•Helensville – 130 teams, 400 people•Glenfield - 30 teams 150 people•Lyttelton - 120 teams - 450 people
Glen Eden 23rd March 2013Massey 23rd March 2013Unsworth Heights 23rd March 2013Avondale 6th of April 2013Kelston 13th April 2013Initial steps underway in Glendene, Ranui, Titirangi, Te Atatu, MPHS, Tamaki, Riverside, Bayswater. Also enquiries for Mt Roskill and Central suburbs
How was it?• 85% rated the event 8, 9 or 10 out of 10, 41% were
10/10• Great day for my family, it was fun to have time with
my son & work together, loved spending the day with my family and community, we all had lots of fun,
• What a great fun idea, Awesome job, we salute you for your great concern for our community. On behalf of Lata, I would like to thank you for organising this event to open up our minds about the community
• Cool, love this!, fun, exciting, awesome day, awesome day, we had an awesome time, what an awesome day, Perfect event