session 11 Flashcards
what are leverage points?
leverage points are places in complex systems where small changes can lead to significant transformation
rigidity trap
institutions can not change
poverty trap
poverty forces people to continue harmful practices
fixes that fail
when a failing strategy is upscaled, rather than changes, to try solve the issue
sunk-cost traps
we should continue this shitty strategy because we already invested too much
diminishing return trap
first there are good results, but when results decline, it is already too late to change
sustainable intensification
increase food production frome existing farmland in ways that place far less pressure on the environment and that do not undermine our capacity to continue producing food in the future
name some weak sustainability factors (wizard, factor 1)
- uses existing frameworks and institutions
- focus on efficiency
name some strong sustainability (prophet)
- rethinks institutional structures
- challenges hegemony
- adresses root causes and drivers