Encouraging Emergence (Instead of Chasing the Behaviour Change Golden Bullet)

This workshop presentation is from the “Global Goals: Local Action” EAUC Annual Conference 2017, presented by Kirsti Norris, Carbon Action Manager - University of the West of England. Professor Stephen Sterling, Professor of Sustainability Education - University of Plymouth and fell under the Planet Climate stream. To find more presentations and resources from this Conference, search for EAUCConf17.

Have you eagerly read all the reports, books and studies on the best ways to approach behaviour change for the ultimate approach? Working in complex, constantly moving systems, is it really possible to predict “action” + “message” = “change”? 

In the session, we discussed the principles of Systems Theory, and how by embracing this, we can more successfully facilitate change through encouraging emergence, using examples from UWE Bristol’s experiences.