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Sustainability through Soccer: Systems-Thinking in Action

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University of Virginia

Sustainability through Soccer: Systems-Thinking in Action

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This course takes learners on a journey through a progression of systems-thinking and sustainability concepts. Using the beautiful game of soccer (also known as football in many parts of the world) as an analogy, we'll work together to illuminate real-world interdependencies (such as between climate change and human rights), building the chain of concepts in a fun, accessible way. Soccer/Football nerds and newbies alike will be entertained and, ultimately, rewarded with the epiphanies that come from seeing in systems more clearly. Those who complete the course will: create examples of systems parts, boundaries, and behaviors related to sustainability (and soccer/football); practice evaluating the sustainability of systems they care about using several complementary methods; generate ideas to improve the sustainability of a system they care about; and explain a mindset shift that would enhance the sustainability of a system they care about.

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System Boundaries and Behaviors

Our approach to sustainability depends on how we define our system boundaries. What must we consider? What can we leave out? And, what can we reasonably infer from the perspective we define? We will also dive into system behaviors in this section. With parts and boundaries defined, we can detect system-level behaviors and discover how they affect sustainability.

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Leidy Klotz
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and University of Virginia School of Architecture
Engineering and Architecture

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So we're still on boundaries here.

>> Okay.

>> And Icelandic volcanoes and

the best team ever- >> Yeah.

>> Are how you describe inputs and outputs.

>> Yeah, and so the last thing with the boundaries, right, is you define your

systems, the spatial boundaries, the time boundaries, the level of detail.

But then you're also going to have to consider things that are coming into and

out of your system, right, inputs and outputs So

the Icelandic volcano and the best team ever.

So Barcelona's my favorite soccer team and frontrunner.

>> [LAUGH] >> And

they won the Champions League in 2000, I think it's 2009 and 2011 and

then in between, I could be wrong, it could be 2011 and 2013, but whatever.

They win it a lot. >> Yeah.

[LAUGH] >> So the year that they didn't win it,

they lost to Inter Milan.

And one of the reasons, when they went to play against Inter Milan,

they had to take a bus instead of their usual cush chartered flights.

And the reason they had to take a bus is because all the flights in Europe were

grounded because of this volcano in Iceland.

>> Yeah. >> And so instead of getting rest and

being well prepared for the game, they took the bus and

that was the only game they lost.

It's the only game they even really gave up any goals, and

then they were just out of the championship.

So that's kind of an input into the system was that volcano, right?

And that's not something that can be ignored.

And that also ties into the sustainability and climate change.

Not saying that volcano is related to climate change, but one of the worries

with climate change is kind of increasing frequency of these kind of extreme events.

>> Yeah. >> Right,

that are inputs into the system and can drastically change the performance.

So I didn't have a separate sustainability example.

I just said, this is something that is totally related to sustainability as well.

>> Sustainability influence to soccer.

[LAUGH] >> Yeah,

those are the directive points there.

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