![]() ![]() ((( Co-Author: Prof Seaton Baxter University of Dundee and Schumacher College, not yet on ))) The map of value systems and perspectives described by Beck and Cowan 1 as “Spiral Dynamics” can serve as a tool in facilitating “transdisciplinary design dialogue.” Such dialogue will help to integrate multiple perspectives and the diverse knowledge base of different disciplines, value systems, and stakeholders. At the nexus of values, attitudes, needs, and actions, designers have the potential to act as transdisciplinary integrators and facilitators. Design is fundamental to all human activity. The transition towards sustainability is about co-creating a human civilization that flourishes within the ecological limits of the planetary life support system. ![]() Sustainability is a process of coevolution and co-design that involves diverse communities in making flexible and adaptable design decisions on local, regional, and global scales. Designing for sustainability not only requires the redesign of our habits, lifestyles, and practices, but also the way we think about design. However, in a constantly chang- ing environment, sustainability is not some ultimate endpoint, but instead is a continuous process of learning and adaptation. A complexity of dynamically interrelated ecological, social, cultural, economic, and psychologi- cal (awareness) problems interact and converge in the current crisis of our unsustainable civilization. Sustainability is rapidly becoming an issue of critical importance for designers and society as a whole. ![]()
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