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Session - Scenario Thinking and the Uncertain Future & Sustainability
Convener: Michael Brody, Brody.Michael@epamail.epa.gov
Participants: Martin Cadee, mcadee@ncseonline.org
Charles Blumberg, blumberc@ors.od.nih.gov
Peter Adriance, padriance@usbnc.org
Doug Cohen, DACohen77@aol.com
Sue Slotnick, slotnick.sue@epa.gov
Headlines: (some may work as actions)
- Expect change and expect to be surprised
- Our notion of sustainability will evolve
- Embracing change is a critical quality of the individual
- Focus more on the sustainable management process than a specific future
- Systems thinking is absolutely required
- Be careful about a desired outcome as it may turn out to be limiting
- Ensure that sustainability literacy includes and accounts for systems thinking, scenario planning and the uncertainty of the future.
- Learn to pay attention to early warning of change
- Knowledge is being continually generated
- Build a profile of characteristics and capabilities of those successfully contributing to furthering the sustainability field
