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SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE is looking for a half-time analyst to work with a modeling project on the Midwest corn economy. The ideal person will be: - familiar with system dynamics modeling; able to work effectively with system dynamics modelers (advanced modeling skills appreciated but not necessary)...

I have enjoyed the discussion about modeling aging chains, since that was my problem in the very first model I made (the population sector of World3). What I learned from that exercise reinforces several of the points made in this recent discussion. First, for my dynamic question it was important to...

I am fascinated by the ongoing discussion on this list about "ownership," "buy-in," what we used to call "implementation," and what in a larger context we could call "social change" or even "paradigm shift." I have several questions for those of you ...

Forwarded From: Donella.H.Meadows@Dartmouth.EDU (Donella H. Meadows) [Hosts Note - Please do not reply to list. All such replies will be lost.] Dartmouth College Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies - Tenure Track Environmental Systems Modeling Dartmouth College is expanding its interdiscipl...

Dear SD folks, For some time I have been playing with the following list, an attempt to distill systems wisdom about how to effect change or find leverage points. I know that such lists are necessarily oversimplified. I also know that this particular one is slithery -- for example many parameter cha...

Herman Daly has defined the 3 essential rules of sustainability: 1. Use each renewable resource (forests, soils, groundwater, fish) no faster than it regenerates. 2. Use each nonrenewable resource (fossil fuels, minerals, fossil groundwater) no faster than the rate at which you can find a sustainabl...

For the record in the discussion of an SD history: Dana Meadows has been thinking and talking of writing a history of SD for years, but has no opportunity to do it in the foreseeable future. If I DID write a history, I would want it to be not official and academic, but journalistic and accessible to...