Iceberg Model in principles of sustainability SUS 101 PDF

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Levels of thinking when it comes to approaching situations in sustainability, and finding ways to think about things differently...

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I fwel ookj us tbel owt heev entl ev el ,weof t ennot i c epat t er ns . Si mi l arev ent shav ebeent aki ngpl ac eov ert i me— wemayhav e beencat chi ngmor ecol dswhenwehav en’ tbeenr es t i ngenough. Obs er v i ngpat t er nsal l owsust of or ec astandf or est al lev ent s . 3.TheSt r uct ur eLevel Bel owt hepat t er nl ev el l i est hest r uct ur el ev el .Whenweas k , “ Whati scaus i ngt hepat t er nwear eobs er v i ng?”t heans weri s us ual l ysomeki ndofs t r uct ur e.I ncr eas edst r es satwor kduet ot he newpr omot i onpol i c y ,t hehabi tofeat i ngpoor l ywhenunder s t r ess ,ort hei nconv eni entl ocat i onofheal t hyf oods our cescoul d al lbest r uct ur esatpl ayi nourcat c hi ngacol d.Accor di ngt o Pr of es sorJohnGer ber ,st r uct ur escani ncl udet hef ol l owi ng: 1Phy si c alt hi ngs— l i k ev endi ngmachi nes ,r oads ,t r afficl i ght sor t er r ai n. 2Or gani zat i ons— l i k ecor por at i ons ,gov er nment s ,ands chool s . 3Pol i c i es— l i k el aws ,r egul at i ons ,andt axst r uct ur es . 4Ri t ual — habi t ual behav i or ssoi ngr ai nedt hatt heyar enot cons c i ous . 4.TheMent alModelLevel Ment almodel sar et heat t i t udes ,bel i ef s ,mor al s,ex pect at i ons ,and v al uest hatal l ows t r uct ur est ocont i nuef unc t i oni ngast heyar e. Thes ear et hebel i ef st hatweof t enl ear nsubcons c i ousl yf r om our s oci et yorf ami l yandar el i k el yunawar eof .Ment al model st hat coul dbei nv ol v edi nuscat c hi ngacol dcoul di nc l ude:abel i eft hat car eeri sdeepl yi mpor t antt oouri dent i t y ,t hatheal t hyf oodi st oo ex pens i v e,ort hatr es ti sf ort heunmot i v at ed.

PUTTI NG THELEVELSTOGETHER Tak eal ookatt hedi agr am bel owt oseet heI c eber gModel appl i edt oani ns t anc eofcat chi ngacol d....